Carmen. Repair and maintain rail cars for BNSF.

• Assign work orders to specific crew members and selects work for various jobs on the basis of knowledge, skills and abilities. • Pass on the work instructions received from the supervisor, demonstrates proper work methods, and starts work.• Insure that needed plans, blueprints, material, and tools are available, and that needed stock is obtained from supply location.• Assure that there is enough work to keep the work crew busy. Check work in progress and when finished for compliance with supervisor's instructions, work orders, and established shop procedures on work sequence, procedures, methods and deadlines; and directs or advises other works to follow supervisor's instructions and to meet deadlines. Non-Supervisory Duties:• Troubleshoot; perform maintenance and major repairs on heavy duty mobile equipment, combat, tactical and automotive vehicles. This includes self-propelled artillery, tracked cargo and personnel carriers, road graders, mobile cranes, front loaders, conveyors, bulldozers, power shovels, compressors, generators, tanks, tracked combat vehicles, sedans, buses, all terrain vehicles, trucks, semi trailers, forklifts, tractors, and accessory equipment.• Troubleshoot repairs and overhaul major systems to include internal combustion engines, turbine engines, automatic and non-automatic transmissions, heavy duty drive line systems, and hydraulic utility systems and controls.• Troubleshoot equipment and diagnoses that cause of mechanic failures by means of visual and auditory checks and/or uses test equipment such as engine analyzers, compression testers, voltmeters, ohmmeters, pressure gauges, and computer diagnostic tools.• Remove and disassemble engines and major assemblies, sub-assemblies, components, fuel, hydraulic, and oil pressure systems.• Make the appropriate repairs, overhauls, or modifications in accordance with the proper repair specifications and procedures.

• Motor Sergeant for 10th Special Forces Group 2nd BN for the period from July 1988 thru December 1989.• Motor Sergeant during Provide Comfort I and II in the year 1991 while deployed during Desert Shield/Storm.• Motor Sergeant for 754th Recon-Decon Company from 2000-2002.