I work in the pro shop doing customer service: taking reservations, taking payment for green fees, selling equipment, and handling issues as they occur.

Doing just about anything to keep the Club clean and functioning and making sure the ice is fast and curly!

Worked six days a week as a groundskeeper to maintain one of the nicest golf courses I have ever had the pleasure to play on. Beautiful course and great people to work with. It was a lot of hard work, but really enjoyable.

Responsible for the inspection, documentation, and cataloging of all (public, private, and farm) level railway crossings in Eastern Canada (Manitoba to Quebec)Assisted in the design, testing, and implementation of the railways grade crossing database and responsible for the managing and updating of the railway portion of the information.Work with Transport Canada and road authorities on grade crossings issues, including inspections, sight lines, crossing signal issues and signalling upgrades.Responsible for tracking internal crossing projects and upgrades to ensure their completion in a timely manner.

Responsible for ordering, tracking, and delivery of material for road crossing, bridge, and culvert rehabilitation projects.Responsible for the development and submission of capital project requests, including scope, project justification, and budget.Prepare contracts for outsourced projects, including RFQ documents, letter notification to prospective bidders, arrange and chair on site meetings with interested bidders, review and evaluation of bids and recommendation of awarding of the contract.Accountable for the on-budget and timely completion of construction projects with a value up to $1,000,000.Monitor contractors on outsourced capital projects, including initial safety briefings, monitoring adherence to specifications, technical drawings, and schedule, and interim and final contract payments, including holdback.Arrange with road authorities for level crossing rehabilitation and repairs, including road closures and detour routes.Liasse with City of Toronto project supervisors, consultants, and contractors on bridge rehabilitation capital project.Perform bridge and culvert inspections, as required.Responsible for arranging fire-optic and electrical cable locates for projects and their re-location, if required due to project constraints.Responsible for the creation and tracking of capital projects in the SAP system to track costs and issue project cost updates for supervisors and managers.

Accountable for all aspects of the Diesel Shop shift operations. This included work allocation and monitoring, shift start and safety meetings, part needs & ordering & delivery, shop cleanliness, locomotive movements and positioning, and shop set-up for next shift. Managed a staff of up to 35 employees.Worked on both afternoon and night shifts.

Accountable for the supply of all locomotive and freight car components for the Toronto Car and Locomotive repair shops.Ensure timely and accurate material counts to notify buyers of material shortages.Arrange for the loading and unloading of trucks and freight cars.Responsible to order specialty items on an as-needed basis and following up to ensure timely delivery.Supervised a staff of eight employees; six on day shift, 2 on afternoon shift.

Responsible for the operation of ancillary operations to the Locomotive and Car Repair Facilities, including the Waste Water Treatment Plant, Power House, Diesel Laboratory, and environmental issues.Responsible for the supervision and direction of six technicians.Responsible for the investigation of environmental mishaps and the arranging and supervision of remedial clean-up operations.Responsible for the correction of deficiencies identified during environmental audits.Responsible for the coordination, supervision, and auditing of the ISO9000 Quality System formultilevel operations at six locations in Southern Ontario.Responsible for the monitoring of locomotive diesel fuel and the generation of delivery notifications authorizing payment in excess of $40,000,000 yearly.

Responsible for the capital purchase of maintenance equipment, vehicles, and tools for the Car Repair Facilities at six locations in Southern Ontario.Responsible to source new equipment applications and new equipment implementation programs.Administer, schedule, and monitor outside freight car cleaning contractors and review and process invoices of approximately $40,000 per month.Responsible to monitor a budget of over $30,000,000 and provide monthly variance summaries for six locations.

Responsible for CPR/Transport Canada air brake test program which resulted in year over year savings of over $2,500,000.Wrote and submitted air brake technical reports, maintenance bulletins, and air brake test booklets.Conducted training sessions for employees involved in the maintenance of air brake equipment. Responsible for the installation of the first electro-pneumatic air brake system on a locomotive in Canada.Investigated and diagnosed air brake related mishaps, including writing and submission of reports.Participated on teams which investigated the causes of “Undesired Emergency Brake” applications, including the introduction, testing, and evaluation of new freight car brake control valves.

Responsible for providing technical expertise to customers and clients on air brake issues.Responsible to assist customers on product trouble-shooting and recommend solutions.Provide technical guidance to improve customers’ air brake operations.Conduct training sessions at customer's facilities on the operation and maintenance of air brake components.