Rex Powers
Director Mechanical Operations @Norfolk Southern
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WORK HISTORY
Director Mechanical Operations @Norfolk Southern
Atlanta, GA, US
EDUCATION
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Master of Business Administration - MBA
The Ohio State University
Bachelor of Science (BS)
ABOUT REX POWERS
As a Project Manager, my leadership extends beyond day-to-day management to strategic problem solving and effective employee coaching. These skills have been developed over 10+ years of escalating responsibilities overseeing the inspection and repair of rolling stock locomotive and rail car repair facilities. Develop and manage annual and capital budgets up to $38M and teams of up to 300 people in 21 states with 24/7 coverage. In addition, have extensive experience in the maintenance and repair of locomotive and rail car equipment, parts, tooling, inventory, process failures and improvements, labor, unions, and root cause analysis. Strong ability to prioritize projects, planning workflow, safety (including multi-car accident decisions and hazmat with public implications), location reliability metrics, production goals, on-time performance, compliance, and establishment of processes to minimize location dwell. In addition, align, engage, and develop talent to follow and adhere to industry and federal rules and regulations. Also earned a Master of Business Administration – MBA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Bachelor of Science Electrical & Computer Engineering from The Ohio State University
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