Keith Jester

4008 Stillwater Way      Phone: 801-664-8189

West Valley, UT, 84120 Email: kjester@wabtec.com

 

 

Objective: Safety and Training Manager

 

 

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

I am an experienced Safety and Quality Coordinator with more than 18 years of involvement in the fast-paced Rail industry and have excellent multitasking and problem solving abilities. I carry a track record of achieving excellent results in Safety Management and Quality Control.

 

 

EDUCATION

·   Utah Safety Council First aid and CPR Card

·   OSHA General Industry Safety and Health Card

·   Forklift operation, Confined space entry, and Overhead crane certifications.

·   Certificate of training from American Society of Quality.

·   Extensive experience in 5S and 6 Sigma Lean thinking principles.

·   Management / Supervisor training certificates.

·   FRA rules and regulations

·   FRA 238 Certified locomotive mechanic

 

 

EXPERIENCE

 

Safety and Quality Coordinator Aug 2007 - Current

Wabtec Global Services. Salt Lake City, UT

·   Educate and Monitor 25 + employees on OSHA and Company Safety rules, developing classes taken from the JJKeller company kelleronline training website used by Wabtec. Monthly topics chosen by the corporate Safety Manager. Usually a topic from a subject causing a problem at one of the Wabtec sites.  Also developed additional classes on any topics needing improvement at our site. All classes are thoroughly documented for company records.

·   Instrumental in the Startup of the Utah Transit Authority Rail Service Center maintenance shop.  I am proud to know that UTA, while being a safety oriented company, nonetheless adopted multiple safety policies and practices that I put in place and enforced with Wabtec at this UTA site.

·   Report and liaison with OSHA and Corporate offices monthly on all safety and quality issues.

·   Participate in bimonthly Safety and quality calls with corporate, discussing problems and making suggestions with safety and quality coordinators from across the Wabtec companies to help find solutions.

·   Work closely with the UTA safety administrator, performing site safety audits, and remote safety audits on the alignment

·   On the UTA safety committee, Discussing and implementing solutions to unsafe items and practices found during audits within the Maintenance shop and on the alignment. We have effectively resolved multiple issues that did not pass OSHA regulation, I.E. installed toe kicks on mezzanines, developed fall protection work stations for specific tasks, and lately have resolved many environmentally related issues.

·   On the alignment, we have worked to resolve issues relating to stations, such as poor visibility for operators at pedestrian crossings and gap issues at the platforms, and many others.

·   Work closely with outside fire and safety agencies about incidents out on the alignment, doing safety drills and mock emergencies.

·   Monitor and implement proper handling of quality related issues, creating a controlled document paper trail of issue resolutions, and documenting training records demonstrating maintenance work is being done by properly trained employees. Monitor and document the calibration of all measuring and test equipment.

·   Conduct Quality audits at work stations and job sites to ensure work is being done to proper specifications.  Audit work instructions and controlled documents to verify only current revisions of all instructions are in use.

 

 

 

            Fabrication Shop Sheet Metal and Machine Shop Lead Man - May 1996 – Aug 2007

MotivePower Inc. Boise, ID

·   Supervised and directed day to day activities of 40+ employees, helping increase production and fabrication of locomotive parts and subassemblies by 28% through employee engagement noticeably improving morale and process flow to help with employee attitude.  Worked with employee scheduling and helped create a monitored employee time off needed trade board.

·   Inspect and verify proper manufacturing of locomotive parts to ensure quality control of all manufactured parts to meet proper specifications to match blueprints.

·   6 years as operator of CNC machines including Laser cutting tables, plasma tables press brakes and mills.

·   Instruct employees in reading and understanding blueprints to ensure their ability to manufacture parts to meet specifications.

·   Team Building activities on a regular basis, helping implement and maintain a successful lean thinking 5S program at the MotivePower plant.

·   Wabtec Corp. Is heavily involved in lean thinking principles at all of its locations.

·   8 years on the Safety Committee. Meeting monthly to identify, discuss and implement solutions to any recurring problems found to be unsafe going on at the plant.  We solved a recurring fall protection issue at the teardown shop by installing a trolley on beam setup over the high reach teardown shop. Created a material loading process for the laser cutting table the lessened handling and removed operators from point of possible impact. 

·   I assisted with hands on work when necessary to achieve desired results.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keith Jester

4008 Stillwater Way      Phone: 801-664-8189

West Valley, UT, 84120 Email: kjester@wabtec.com

 

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Objective; Safety and Training Manager

 

REFERENCES

 

1.         Ed Allen; Production Shop Operations Manager. MotivePower Inc. eallen@wabtec.com

  4600 Apple St.  Boise, Id. 83709 Cell; 208-761-0671 Office; 208-947-2994

 

2.         Sheldon Shaw; Rail Safety Administrator. Utah Transit Authority

     Warm Springs Rail Service Center 900 North, 500 West    sshaw@rideuta.com

      Salt Lake City, UT 84116 Cell; 801-513-7218 Office; 801-287-8861

 

     3. Fred Engum; Manager, Equipment Maintenance. Utah Transit Authority

     Warm Springs Rail Service Center 900 North 500 West Salt Lake City, UT. 84116

      Cell;801.243.9185 Office;801.287.5416

 

4. Robin Braziel; Rail Operations Manager UTA Warm Springs Rail Service Center

     900 North, 500 West Salt Lake City, UT. 84116 Cell;801.671.7216  Office; 801.287.5412

 

             5. Craig Mascot; Manager, Equipment Maintenance. 9400 NW 37^th Ave.Unit 600 Bldg.D

      Miami, FL. 33147 Cell; 786.224.9865 Office; 305.696.2907 (with Tri Rail South Florida)

 

       6. Craig VanRoosendaal; Technical Services Supervisor UTA Warm Springs Rail Service Center

            900 North 500 West, Salt Lake City, UT. 84116 Cell; 801.514.3291  Office; 801.287.5439

 

       7. Richard Castleberry; Manager of Right of Way Assets.  UTA Warm Springs Rail Service

         Center  900 North 500 West Salt Lake City, UT. 84116 Cell;801.514.6457 Office 801.287.4538

 

       8. Bruce Cardon; Commuter Rail General Manager. UTA Warm Springs Rail Service Center

           900 North 500 West, Salt lake City, UT. 84116 cell; 801.510.4225 Office;801.287.1234

 

 

9.  Rhonda McHaley; Commuter Rail Office Specialist.  Warm Springs Rail Service Center

    900 North 500 West Salt Lake City, UT. 84116 Cell;801.897.3752 Office; 801.287.5444 Top of Form