John Dodd Email & Phone Number

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

• Successfully coordinated with executive level management to ensure locomotives were available and ready to run trains despite derailments, snow, floods, and washouts.
• Taken a leading hand with new hires and ensuring they are set up for success and understand their training as best as possible and reshuffle staff assignments when I felt it was necessary to do so.
• Proposed and had approved the purchase of new tooling and equipment for my staff to increase productivity while decreasing safety hazards and time spent on task.
• Assigned and installed new kiosks for employees’ time entry when concerns raised the existing kiosks were not operational.
• Reassigned and implemented stores systems to ensure no bad order cores are lost and parts are easier and faster to find.
• Designed and implemented LSOP servicing and inspection plan to ensure no inspections or servicing dates are missed.

Jasper, Alberta, Canada

• Ensure the safe and efficient movement of trains in accordance with company rules and regulations.
• Conduct pre-trip inspections of equipment and ensure that it is in good working condition.
• Operate track switches, couplings, and air brakes to safely couple and uncouple rail cars.
• Communicate with train crew and dispatchers via radio, phone, or other means to coordinate movements and ensure safety protocols are followed.
• Inspect and document cargo, hazardous materials, and other freight to ensure compliance with regulations.
• Complete various reports and documentation related to train movements, crew changes, and freight details.

Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada

Grande Prairie, AB, Canada

Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada