Superintendent Locomotive Operations- Norfolk, VAApply now »Date: Jan 9, 2025Location: Norfolk, VA, US, 23507Company: Norfolk Southern Corp.Requisition38179:B5 Superintendent Locomotive Operations- Norfolk, VAA resume helps you stand out to hiring managers and recruiters; your resume communicates your experience and your brand. While it is not required, we encourage you to include an up-to-date resume along with a completed job application to give you the best opportunity to be considered. A complete resume helps us to better understand your unique background, relevant experiences, and passions. We look forward to learning about you.Job DescriptionPrimary Purpose:Plans, administers, and supervises a large locomotive maintenance facility and manages an organization properly structured, trained, and motivated to meet the Department objectives for superior performance in safety, locomotive reliability, and shop craft productivity.Principal Duties: Oversees the direction, scheduling, production, cost control, and quality control for the locomotive shop. Manages FRA maintenance and heavy repair work on the assigned fleet of locomotives within the established budget restraints. Ensures efficient and prompt dispatching of locomotive consists for all trains. Ensures efficient and prompt repair of locomotives consistent with traffic requirements and continued changes and/or improvements in locomotive maintenance to provide more reliable and economical unit repair and performance. Recommends the purchase of equipment and the modification of existing facilities for attaining quality, efficiency, and production goals. Resolves grievances, time claims, discipline problems, differences in interpretation of agreements, and conflicts between crafts regarding jurisdiction of work. Maintains professional relationships with local craft representatives. Assists in the employment of qualified personnel for all crafts, fulfilling EEO requirements, administering agreements, training student mechanics, and recommending candidates for promotions to supervisors.Job Related Experience:Minimum Level: 11-15 years Preferred Level: 15+ yearsEducation:Preferred Level: Bachelor's Degree (BS)Preferred Majors: Engineering - Electronics Engineering Engineering - Mechanical EngineeringLicenses / Certifications: Required: None listed Preferred: None listedTechnical Skills: MS Excel/Spreadsheets MS Outlook MS Powerpoint/Presentations MS Word/Word ProcessingSkills and Abilities: Communication SkillsCareer Path:Predecessor Jobs: Assistant Director Mechanical Operations Senior General SupervisorFuture Jobs: Director Mechanical Operations Director Locomotive OperationsWork Conditions: Environment: Shop Shift Work: No On-Call: Yes Weekend Work: Yes Travel Required: 0 - 5 Days per MonthCompany OverviewSince 1827, Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) and its predecessor companies have safely moved the goods and materials that drive the U.S. economy. Today, it operates a customer-centric and operations-driven freight transportation network. Committed to furthering sustainability, Norfolk Southern helps its customers avoid 15 million tons of yearly carbon emissions by shipping via rail. Its dedicated team members deliver more than 7 million carloads annually, from agriculture to consumer goods, and is the largest rail shipper of auto products and metals in North America. Norfolk Southern also has the most extensive intermodal network in the eastern U.S., serving a majority of the country’s population and manufacturing base, with connections to every major container port on the Atlantic coast as well as the Gulf of Mexico and Great Lakes. Learn more by visiting www.NorfolkSouthern.com .At Norfolk Southern, we believe in celebrating our individuality. By leveraging the unique backgrounds and viewpoints of our employees, we can create a culture of innovation, respect, and inclusion. We know that employees thrive in a workplace where differing viewpoints, ideas, and experiences are freely shared and valued. As such, we encourage all employees to contribute their distinctive skills and capabilities to our organization.Equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Together, we power progress.
