Job Title : Mayordomo / Foreman, Locomotive MX
Location : NUEVO LAREDO, Tamaulipas, MX
Company : Kansas City Southern
Salary :
Open Date : 2023-06-06
Close Date : 2023-10-06

Description

This job leads and supervises the safety & quality work to the Union workers on Service track, road and yard Locomotive attentions, ensuring the daily and scheduled Inspections duties will be done in accordance with the Company workscopes and FRA / SCT / AAR / Other Government Authorities regulations and OEM specifications, coordination with the Transportation MLU & CCO for the consist preparation for the trains assignation in accordance with the TSP.

Accountabilities

• Supervises the Unionized craftsmen (Universal Qualified Operators and Qualified Operators) in the execution for Locomotive daily inspections, 92 days scheduled inspections, minor repairs, on service interruption attention, documenting the inspection formats, for ensuring the daily operation and security conditions.
• Manages the Daily Inspection Center / Service track personnel, equipment, tools and installations.
• Prepares the locomotives consist sets, accordigly the strategic TSP, execution in coordination with NOC and MLU Departments.
• Checks the diesel fuel supply, requisiting the dispatch tickets, for ensuring the supply according to each unit destination and capacity.
• Keeps the proper inventory levels of diesel fuel, lube oil, sand and water.
• Manages the warehouse inventory parts for Loc inspection, and repairs.
• Coordinates with the local Transportation staff and NOC, MLU and MAC desk for the Loc failures attention and scheduled inspection program to address the locs on time.
• Attends the SCT verification visits in his locality.
• Demonstrates operational excellence by knowing and applying the business requirements. Demonstrates customer focus and contingency planning to ensure stakeholder expectations are met.
• Understands the relevant business metrics and applies effective tactics to sustain a culture of operational effectiveness that produces teams of high performing, engaged and empowered operational leaders.
• Identifies when a rule / regulation / policy has been violated and has one-on-one accountability conversations with an innoscriptidual who has not met expectations, using KCS Candor, Aligning the Stars & KCS ABC's, and have the innoscriptidual produce better results.
• Demonstrates KCS's commitment to being ONE TEAM - Living a Speak Up Culture - by using communication and interpersonal skills to enhance inclusion, civility, respect, innovation, safety, customer focus, teamwork within KCS, while encouraging and enabling others to do the same.
• Defines and communicates clearly the teams roles and responsibilities; holds people accountable for accomplishing objectives;

recognizes and rewards people who achieve results and deliver on performance expectations; provides pinpointed (specific & measurable) feedback on performance.

Develops and retains a strong team of high performers; creates a challenging and rewarding work environment; organizes a noscripterse group of people into a cohesive team to leverage their energy, knowledge and skills;

creates grassroots / localized events to train & develop others - including location-specific safety training, localized Speak Up events, regular recognition or team-building activities.

Exemplifies KCS Vision, Values, and Culture interactions with coworkers, business partners, customers and stakeholders.

Ideal Candidate Qualifications :

Required

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Minimum two (2) years of relevant operations experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience

Preferred

• Medium command of English.
• Mechanics, electricity and pneumatic knowledge
• People Management
• Basic Railroad knowledge
• Basic Computer system usage

Working Conditions

• Shows a sense of urgency, focuses on specific and challenging objectives.
• Planning, productivity and quality skills to uses resources efficiently.
• Commitment and sense of responsibility to achieve quality results.
• Respond adequately to situations of stress.
• Able to alternate work shifts.
• Shift work is an essential function of this job. Employees must have the ability and willingness to support critically important railroad operations 24 hours per day / 7 days per week, working various shifts as assigned.

Schedule assignments may include after-hours, weekends and holidays.

We Offer :

• Complete health and welfare benefits package
• Competitive salary
• Incentive plan
• Vacation plan

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