Matthew C.

Experience

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  BNSF Railway

  Mar 2003 - Jan 2010

  Assist in implementing policy and the execution of the operating plan. Supervise TY&E employees and plan daily train and switching operations consistent with safety and efficiency. Conduct operations tests and safety meetings. Monitor and control costs to meet goals.Investigate accidents and injuries. Ensure compliance with BNSF and Federal Safety requirements for eligibility, training, testing, certification, and monitoring of locomotive engineers. Supervise train, engine and yard crews for safe and efficient operation. Assist legal department as an expert witness in court cases involving grade crossing or other related derailment analysis.Identify specific train handling problems related to particular route profiles and develop train handling techniques to achieve improved operations.Ensure compliance with BNSF's equal employment policies, safety and operating rules, schedule agreements, and Government regulations.Provide strong leadership for a unified Operating Network by developing plan and train movement priorities with multiple Divisions' General Directors of Transportation, superintendents corridor operations, cheif dispatchers and MCOs.Provide leadership in order for team to plan, analyze, coordinate and manage BNSF traffic flows and establish priorities; overcome obstacles and manage contingency processes and real-time activitiesSubject matter expert for routes, junctions and joint facility agreement Show less

  • Assistant Trainmaster/Trainmaster

    Jun 2007 - Jan 2010

  • Locomotive Engineer

    Mar 2004 - Aug 2007

  • Switchman/Conductor/RCO Operator

    Mar 2003 - Mar 2004
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  BNSF Railway

  Mar 2010 - now

  Manage BNSF Railways Remote Control Operations program. In charge of implementing, designing and integrating Remote Control into rail operations. In charge of multi million dollar operations budget. Oversight of over 350 remote control locomotives and in over 60 locations and over 10,000 certified operators. In charge of locomotive engineer certification. Accident and incident data collection along with expert witness to intemperate data.

  • Manager of Economic Development

    Oct 2023 - now

  • Manager of Locomotive Utilization_RCO

    Mar 2014 - Oct 2023

  • Road Foreman of Enginees

    Mar 2010 - Mar 2014