MassDOT Employees of Month Honored, May 5, 2010
Iris Benitez, above right, MassDOT RMV Chinatown employee, is one of numerous MassDOT employees receiving Employee of the Month Awards at the MassDOT Board meeting in May 2010. Benitez is described as a thorough, prompt and customer-friendly RMV Hearing Officer who serves as a model for other RMV employees.
As part of the effort to help make MassDOT the premier transportation organization in the U.S., MassDOT Secretary & CEO has initiated at the suggestion of employees a Monthly Employee Recognition Program.
The program will recognize outstanding performances by MassDOT employees as individuals or groups.
The other first winners of MassDOT Employees of the Month, for May 2010 include:
* James Robida, Highway Division, an exemplary team leader who “thought fast on his feet” while coordinating a major repair of a Culvert on Route 119 in Littleton during the floods of March.
* Anne Marie Thornton, MBTA Human Resources, whose data entry skills helped the MBTA comply with the new Ethics Law by the April 2, 2010 deadline, as she organized some 12,000 documents.
* A group award for 8 Sheet Metal Workers at the MBTA Subway Main Repair Group in Everett, whose design and repair work resulted in a savings of $1,000,000 to the MBTA. The workers: James Dewar, Kenneth Floyd, Gregory Smith, Lee Adams, Jack Jones, Scott Ehlers, Brian Hurton, and Jay Toland.
* A group award for the 10 Highway Division District 5 Maintenance Forces employees, who put public safety and customer service first by working around the clock to resolve highway problems during the March flood. The employees: John Ayer, Richard Ouellette, Mark Desrocher, George Boucher, Raymond Medeiros, Gordon Costa, Keith Medeiros, Timothy Grew, John Shaughnessey, and Andrew Lafferty.
* A Special Group Award to the 50 employees of the MBTA SMI Maintenance of Way Group, whose tremendous teamwork and around-the-clock dedication to make sure that the Green Line’s D train was operable within days, not weeks, following the peak of the March floods.
Congratulations again to all MassDOT Employees of the Month for May 2010!
MassDOT Employees of Month Honored, May 5, 2010
Iris Benitez, above right, MassDOT RMV Chinatown employee, is one of numerous MassDOT employees receiving Employee of the Month Awards at the MassDOT Board meeting in May 2010. Benitez is described as a thorough, prompt and customer-friendly RMV Hearing Officer who serves as a model for other RMV employees.
As part of the effort to help make MassDOT the premier transportation organization in the U.S., MassDOT Secretary & CEO has initiated at the suggestion of employees a Monthly Employee Recognition Program.
The program will recognize outstanding performances by MassDOT employees as individuals or groups.
The other first winners of MassDOT Employees of the Month, for May 2010 include:
* James Robida, Highway Division, an exemplary team leader who “thought fast on his feet” while coordinating a major repair of a Culvert on Route 119 in Littleton during the floods of March.
* Anne Marie Thornton, MBTA Human Resources, whose data entry skills helped the MBTA comply with the new Ethics Law by the April 2, 2010 deadline, as she organized some 12,000 documents.
* A group award for 8 Sheet Metal Workers at the MBTA Subway Main Repair Group in Everett, whose design and repair work resulted in a savings of $1,000,000 to the MBTA. The workers: James Dewar, Kenneth Floyd, Gregory Smith, Lee Adams, Jack Jones, Scott Ehlers, Brian Hurton, and Jay Toland.
* A group award for the 10 Highway Division District 5 Maintenance Forces employees, who put public safety and customer service first by working around the clock to resolve highway problems during the March flood. The employees: John Ayer, Richard Ouellette, Mark Desrocher, George Boucher, Raymond Medeiros, Gordon Costa, Keith Medeiros, Timothy Grew, John Shaughnessey, and Andrew Lafferty.
* A Special Group Award to the 50 employees of the MBTA SMI Maintenance of Way Group, whose tremendous teamwork and around-the-clock dedication to make sure that the Green Line’s D train was operable within days, not weeks, following the peak of the March floods.
Congratulations again to all MassDOT Employees of the Month for May 2010!