Stacy S. Saavedra
Pampa,TX
Summary
15+ years of Railroad experience both as conductor and engineer. 5+ yrs prison security experience. Willing to relocate: Anywhere Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Overview
1
1
Certification
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Locomotive Engineer
Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Services Inc.
Arizona and New Mexico
Locomotive Engineer/ Conductor
Panhandle Northern Railroad
Borger, TX
04.2024 - Current
- Conduct railcar and train movements; signal crew members for movement of the engine or train using lantern, hand, and/or flag signals or radio to indicate when to start, stop, back up, or set or release air brakes
- Observe, interpret, and relay arm, lantern or radio signals and all other indications affecting movement of a train
- Operate track switches (visually check switch condition and direction) to change the direction of the engine or cars within yard limits or on the main railroad; apply or release hand brakes to switch or perform other duties
- Read and understand the book of rules, timetables, bulletins, train orders, waybills, placards, safety instructions, and other written or printed material
- Prepare required daily reports and switch lists, either manually or with a computer; fill out forms, including train orders
- Inspect the condition of the train and equipment in movement and while stationary
- Couple air and electrical connections between locomotives when making up trains
- Assist with other projects and perform other duties as assigned
Locomotive Engineer
Cimarron Valley Railroad
Satanta, KS
12.2023 - 02.2024
Locomotive Engineer
Kiamichi Railroad
Hugo, OK
08.2023 - 11.2023
Locomotive Engineer
New Orleans Gulf Coast Railway
New Orleans, LA
03.2023 - 07.2023
Food Service Manager
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Pampa, TX
04.2022 - 08.2022
- Hire, train, discipline, and sometimes fire employees.
- Order food and beverages, equipment, and supplies.
- Oversee food preparation and other kitchen operations.
- Inspect supplies, equipment, and work areas.
- Ensure that employees comply with health and food safety standards.
Correctional Officer
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Pampa, TX
05.2020 - 08.2022
- Working with experienced correctional officers at the assigned facility.
- Searches for contraband and provides security; counts, feeds, and supervises offenders in housing, work, and other areas accessed by stairs; and maintains security of various assigned areas involving long periods of sitting and standing, climbing stairs and ladders to reach the assigned areas, and working at heights.
- Provides custody and security of offenders including observing actions of offenders, squatting and bending to perform "pat" and "strip" searches of offenders, restraining and securing sometimes assaultive offenders, and transferring and transporting offenders by walking or riding in various vehicles such as trailers, vans, buses, and other forms of transportation.
- Supervises and provides security of offenders performing technical skills such as construction, maintenance, laundry, food service, and in varied industrial and agricultural operations which involve climbing stairs and ladders, and climbing around the inside or outside of buildings; works outdoors and indoors without air conditioning; works around motorized or moving equipment and machinery; and is subject to all types of weather.
- Responds to emergencies, including climbing stairs and ladders while searching for escaped offenders, hearing calls for and calling for help, giving first aid at the emergency site, carrying an injured or unconscious offender or employee various distances to safety up or down stairs and ladders; and uses force and deadly force, including the use of chemical agents and firearms, to control offenders.
- Reads, reviews, and properly applies information found in offender records which is related to the offenders health and safety and to the security of the facility; provides leadership and technical guidance to other staff; complies with policies, procedures, rules, and regulations; enforces offender disciplinary rules; and prepares and maintains records, forms, and reports.
Locomotive Engineer
Canadian National Railroad
Fond du Lac, WI
03.2018 - 03.2020
- Ensure compliance with all train orders, signals, railroad and safety rules and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) regulations
- Be able to safely perform all job responsibilities
- Inspect all equipment on cars prior to departures
- Receive and transmit information by radio and telephone
- Read and understand bulletins, work orders, and switch lists
- Assist with the coupling and uncoupling of cars, operate switches, and make minor repairs to railcars, including replacing heavy couplings or air brake hoses
- Work with customers to ensure accurate movement and placement of cars; delivers excellent customer service by identifying customer needs and meeting or exceeding expectations
- Maintain awareness of surrounding area and suspicious activity to ensure rail safety
- Operate locomotive equipment through the use of remote control device
- Comprehend color and/or hand signals and systems
- Review instructions from dispatchers and other transportation employees, and discuss with locomotive engineer
- Miscellaneous activities and responsibilities as assigned by manager
Correctional Officer
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Pampa, TX
04.2016 - 03.2018
- Working with experienced correctional officers at the assigned facility.
- Searches for contraband and provides security; counts, feeds, and supervises offenders in housing, work, and other areas accessed by stairs; and maintains security of various assigned areas involving long periods of sitting and standing, climbing stairs and ladders to reach the assigned areas, and working at heights.
- Provides custody and security of offenders including observing actions of offenders, squatting and bending to perform "pat" and "strip" searches of offenders, restraining and securing sometimes assaultive offenders, and transferring and transporting offenders by walking or riding in various vehicles such as trailers, vans, buses, and other forms of transportation.
- Supervises and provides security of offenders performing technical skills such as construction, maintenance, laundry, food service, and in varied industrial and agricultural operations which involve climbing stairs and ladders, and climbing around the inside or outside of buildings; works outdoors and indoors without air conditioning; works around motorized or moving equipment and machinery; and is subject to all types of weather.
- Responds to emergencies, including climbing stairs and ladders while searching for escaped offenders, hearing calls for and calling for help, giving first aid at the emergency site, carrying an injured or unconscious offender or employee various distances to safety up or down stairs and ladders; and uses force and deadly force, including the use of chemical agents and firearms, to control offenders.
- Reads, reviews, and properly applies information found in offender records which is related to the offenders health and safety and to the security of the facility; provides leadership and technical guidance to other staff; complies with policies, procedures, rules, and regulations; enforces offender disciplinary rules; and prepares and maintains records, forms, and reports.
Disciplinary Officer
Guadalupe correctional facility
Santa Rosa, NM
01.2016 - 04.2016
- Conducts institutional disciplinary hearings and imposes appropriate sanctions for inmate misconduct incidents following pre-established rules and guidelines. Reports recommendations to the Unit Disciplinary Committee (UDC).
- Conducts disciplinary hearings on acts of misconduct referred by the UDC.
- Conducts administrative fact-finding hearings including acts which could result in criminal charges.
- Reviews disciplinary reports; makes decisions regarding witnesses; takes and records testimonies; evaluates, reviews, and evaluates evidence; determines whether submitted evidence supports allegations of misconduct.
- Follows pre-established rules and guidelines to impose disciplinary sanctions.
- Composes written reports of findings.
- Assists in training institution staff in matters of inmate discipline.
- Conducts other "due process" hearings.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Conductor / Engineer
Timber Rock Railroad / TCS Railtemps
Silsbee, TX
08.2015 - 11.2015
- Ensure compliance with all train orders, signals, railroad and safety rules and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) regulations
- Be able to safely perform all job responsibilities
- Inspect all equipment on cars prior to departures
- Receive and transmit information by radio and telephone
- Read and understand bulletins, work orders, and switch lists
- Assist with the coupling and uncoupling of cars, operate switches, and make minor repairs to railcars, including replacing heavy couplings or air brake hoses
- Work with customers to ensure accurate movement and placement of cars; delivers excellent customer service by identifying customer needs and meeting or exceeding expectations
- Maintain awareness of surrounding area and suspicious activity to ensure rail safety
- Operate locomotive equipment through the use of remote control device
- Comprehend color and/or hand signals and systems
- Review instructions from dispatchers and other transportation employees, and discuss with locomotive engineer
- Miscellaneous activities and responsibilities as assigned by manager
Armed Guard/Driver
Loomis Fargo & Co.
Tampa, FL
06.2015 - 08.2015
- Driving automatic and/or standard shift vehicles from 8,000 to 36,000 pounds a minimum of 4 hours per day, 5 days per week, in accordance with a designated route, making stops at a minimum of 30 customer locations.
- Servicing ATM machines on a set schedule, including re-supplying replenishing, retrieving deposits, and monetarily balancing the machine.
- Picking up/delivering customer change orders/deposits carrying a minimum of 50 pounds by hand or up to several hundred pounds by cart, a minimum of 30 stops per day for a minimum of 4-5 hours, 5 days per week.
- Loading/unloading vehicle cargo consisting of multiple bags and boxes of coins, weighing as much as 50 pounds per item, 5-6 days per week.
- Counting items, recording amounts and serial numbers, signing and dating receipts and manifests, sorting individual cargo items by route.
- Other duties assigned. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS:
- Ability to repeatedly perform heavy lifting and carrying items by hand in an unrestricted manner for covering significant distances (several yards).
- Ability to push/pull dollies/carts loaded with cargo weighing up to several hundred pounds.
- Unrestricted ability to bend, stoop, squat, stand, walk, climb, twist, turn and reach out.
- Ability to operate a motor vehicle safely in accordance with Driver Physical Qualifications established by the US Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration
- Job Description
- As an Armored Driver Guard, you work with your team to ensure the safe and secure pickup and delivery of cash, coin, and valuables.
- Responsibilities
- Drive automatic armored vehicles and other vehicles on designated routes servicing customer locations
- Service ATMs and Smart Safes
- Service customer stops, including delivering customer change orders and picking up deposits.
- Load/unload vehicle cargo including multiple bags and boxes of coins
- Count items, record, and sign for cargo items
- Other duties as assigned by management
Engineer / Conductor
Union Pacific Railroad
Dalhart, TX
01.2004 - 05.2015
- Ensure compliance with all train orders, signals, railroad and safety rules and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) regulations
- Be able to safely perform all job responsibilities
- Inspect all equipment on cars prior to departures
- Receive and transmit information by radio and telephone
- Read and understand bulletins, work orders, and switch lists
- Assist with the coupling and uncoupling of cars, operate switches, and make minor repairs to railcars, including replacing heavy couplings or air brake hoses
- Work with customers to ensure accurate movement and placement of cars; delivers excellent customer service by identifying customer needs and meeting or exceeding expectations
- Maintain awareness of surrounding area and suspicious activity to ensure rail safety
- Operate locomotive equipment through the use of remote control device
- Comprehend color and/or hand signals and systems
- Review instructions from dispatchers and other transportation employees, and discuss with locomotive engineer
- Miscellaneous activities and responsibilities as assigned by manager
Correctional Officer
TDCJ
Dalhart, TX
02.2003 - 01.2004
- Working with experienced correctional officers at the assigned facility.
- Searches for contraband and provides security; counts, feeds, and supervises offenders in housing, work, and other areas accessed by stairs; and maintains security of various assigned areas involving long periods of sitting and standing, climbing stairs and ladders to reach the assigned areas, and working at heights.
- Provides custody and security of offenders including observing actions of offenders, squatting and bending to perform "pat" and "strip" searches of offenders, restraining and securing sometimes assaultive offenders, and transferring and transporting offenders by walking or riding in various vehicles such as trailers, vans, buses, and other forms of transportation.
- Supervises and provides security of offenders performing technical skills such as construction, maintenance, laundry, food service, and in varied industrial and agricultural operations which involve climbing stairs and ladders, and climbing around the inside or outside of buildings; works outdoors and indoors without air conditioning; works around motorized or moving equipment and machinery; and is subject to all types of weather.
- Responds to emergencies, including climbing stairs and ladders while searching for escaped offenders, hearing calls for and calling for help, giving first aid at the emergency site, carrying an injured or unconscious offender or employee various distances to safety up or down stairs and ladders; and uses force and deadly force, including the use of chemical agents and firearms, to control offenders.
- Reads, reviews, and properly applies information found in offender records which is related to the offenders health and safety and to the security of the facility; provides leadership and technical guidance to other staff; complies with policies, procedures, rules, and regulations; enforces offender disciplinary rules; and prepares and maintains records, forms, and reports.
Education
Concealed Handgun Carry - Concealed Handgun License
Texas Private Class
Dalhart, TX01-2024
Leadership/Sergeant Academy - Certified Training
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Huntsville, TX07-2022
ServSafe/National Restaurant Association - Food Service Management
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Huntsville, TX07-2022
Criminal Justice - Certificate TDCJ
Wayland Baptist University/ Clarendon College
Planview, TX06-2017
Homeland Security - Certified
S2 Insitute
Largo, FL05-2015
Basic - Some college
Tucumcari High School
Tucumcari, NM05-1989
Skills
- Android
- Heavy equipment operation
- Supervising Experience
- Leadership
- Management
- Law Enforcement
- Citrix
- Food Service
- Outdoor work
- Kitchen Management Experience
- Security
- Locomotive knowledge
- Driving
- Soldering
- Food Production
- Food Service Management
- Interviewing
- Food Safety
- Surveillance
- Operating heavy equipment
- Mentoring
- Heavy Lifting
- Power tools
- Communication skills
- Intelligence Experience
- Customer service
- Climbing
- Food Preparation
- Air brake
- Delivery Driver Experience
- Restaurant Management
Certification
- Air Brake Endorsement
- Firearms License Concealed Carry
- Driver's License
- Food Handler Certification
- Locomotive engineer March 2010 to 2023
- CPR Certification July 2022
- First Aid Certification July 2022
- Engineer/Conductor License April 2004 to June 2021 Union Pacific Railroad/Timber Rock Railroad/ Canadian National Railroad
- Teaching Certification
Languages
English
Additional Information
Hazmat training through Railroad, IED training through Railroad.Concealed Handgun License, Locomotive Engineer & Conductor, past TWIC license, past Texas security officer license. Past Florida security officer license.
Timeline
Locomotive Engineer/ Conductor
Panhandle Northern Railroad
04.2024 - Current
Locomotive Engineer
Cimarron Valley Railroad
12.2023 - 02.2024
Locomotive Engineer
Kiamichi Railroad
08.2023 - 11.2023
Locomotive Engineer
New Orleans Gulf Coast Railway
03.2023 - 07.2023
Food Service Manager
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
04.2022 - 08.2022
Correctional Officer
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
05.2020 - 08.2022
Locomotive Engineer
Canadian National Railroad
03.2018 - 03.2020
Correctional Officer
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
04.2016 - 03.2018
Disciplinary Officer
Guadalupe correctional facility
01.2016 - 04.2016
Conductor / Engineer
Timber Rock Railroad / TCS Railtemps
08.2015 - 11.2015
Armed Guard/Driver
Loomis Fargo & Co.
06.2015 - 08.2015
Engineer / Conductor
Union Pacific Railroad
01.2004 - 05.2015
Correctional Officer
TDCJ
02.2003 - 01.2004
Basic - Some college
Tucumcari High School
Homeland Security - Certified
S2 Insitute
Criminal Justice - Certificate TDCJ
Wayland Baptist University/ Clarendon College
ServSafe/National Restaurant Association - Food Service Management
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Leadership/Sergeant Academy - Certified Training
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Concealed Handgun Carry - Concealed Handgun License
Texas Private Class
Locomotive Engineer
Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Services Inc.