ROBERT WAYNE BRUTON, M.S.

US ARMY- ** years www.linkedin.com/in/rwbruton1/

817-***-****

acfdei@r.postjobfree.com

Manager, Coordinator, Director

HSE: Occupational Health, Safety, and Environmental Compliance

EMGT: Emergency Management

Executive Summary

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Award winning Environmental Meticulous investigational skills- for

Compliance Officer, Program Director accidents, regulatory violations, after-

• action reviews

Battlefield tested manager- excels under

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pressure- dependable Skilled at conducting professional

• research, developing protocols, and

Experienced, proven director of

authoring SOPs

emergency services, emergency planning

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and continuity Accountability- regularly responsible for

• equipment and contracts worth millions

Extensive experience in environmental

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compliance, resource sustainability Global experience- confident anywhere,

anytime

Education

Master of Science- Occupational Safety & Health- Columbia Southern University

[Concentrations- Safety Engineering, System Safety Engineering, Safety & Accident Prevention, Advanced,

Industrial Hygiene, Fire Protection Technology, Advanced Toxicology, Business Ethics, Advanced

Ergonomics]

Bachelor of Science- Emergency Management- University of Maryland

[Concentrations- Emergency Response Preparedness, Continuity Operations Planning, Exercise &

Evaluation Programs, Homeland Security, Global Terrorism, Federal & State Government Policy, Public

Safety, Advanced Application Software]

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Confident working with DOD, OSHA, • Open to continued certifications, training,

FEMA and other Federal, State and local and continuing education hours (CEH)

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agencies Accustomed to travel and short notice

• Adept in OSHA Regulations Standards deployment

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CFR 29- 1910 Well written, authored numerous SOPs,

• Experienced in composite risk presentations and reviews

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management Ethically and morally sound

• Flawless accountability of multi-million • Confident leader- can provide purpose,

dollar contracts/equipment direction, and motivation

• Performance oriented project manager • Excellent analytical, quantitative,

• Well versed in emergency response plans organization and multitasking skills

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and business continuity Meticulous, objective investigator

• Experienced instructor/trainer

Experience: UNITED STATES ARMY: 1995 – present

Director of Tactical Emergency Services & Logistics

Program manager over all operational aspects of tactical emergency services including rescue, evacuation,

and fire-fighting operations for a military live-fire training area encompassing 100 square miles.

Responsible for equipping and training rotational support teams comprised tactical field ambulances/crews

and fire trucks/operators and armed guard security teams.

Manages the TOC and serve as the liaison between civilian staff employees and the US Army. Serves as the

Army’s primary interface between military training operations and external contractors, governmental

stakeholders, and NGOs.

Performs as the Primary Environmental Compliance Officer responsible for munitions security, hazardous

material spill response, unexploded ordinance (UXO), and protection of an endangered species habit.

Results: Trained 15 tactical ambulance crews to proficiency in tactical patient extractions and navigation

during live-firing training exercises; taught crews how to communicate and combine resources with

external emergency services such as local police and sheriff agencies for transport of casualties

through different jurisdictions.

These training and coordination efforts resulted in the organization being able to conduct over two

dozen life-saving air and ground emergency medical evacuations from a field environment to Level I

medical care with zero loss of life.

Trained and coordinated agency fire truck operators and equipment to combat wild-fires caused by

military grade munitions; and how to coordinate those efforts with US Forestry to contain major fires

from leaving training areas and threatening local civilian lives and property.

Trained and supervised 15 armed-guard security teams to secure and protect all munitions required

for ground and air dropped weapons and ammunition.

The culmination of these efforts resulted in zero loss of weapons or ammunition during training

rotations that prepared over 25,000 soldiers for deployment.

Chief Environmental Compliance Officer

Led a team of 5 Environmental Compliance Officers for an organization whose facilities included over 300

pieces of heavy equipment and vehicles, 11 tons of petroleum products and hazardous material, and 4 hazmat

collection and recycling platforms.

Trained compliance officers to be subject-matter experts in:

• disposal and recycling of all hazardous • energy management that saves taxpayer dollars,

materials reduces emissions, reduce air pollution

• controlling air pollution sources • spill response operations and hazardous material

including paint booths, parts washers and control and transportation

fuel tanks • National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

• environmentally sustainable-

technologies that increase quality of life

• natural resources management

Results: Developed and implemented a zero-tolerance environmental program that increased the

organization’s compliance rating from 39% to 98% in one fiscal year. This effort resulted in the

organization winning the Fort Hood Environmental Stewardship Award.

Safety Officer

Range safety officer at the largest US live-fire and maneuver training area in Europe: patrolled and inspected

unit-level training ensuring that commanders had qualified safety officers and NCOs, acceptable composite

risk management practices, functional fire-fighting capabilities, and emergency medical personnel and

patient transport vehicles.

Responsibility encompassed 45 live fire ranges, 135 artillery firing points, equipment and targetry valued in

excess of $135 million, and 57,000 acres of forest in Bavaria, Germany.

Efforts ensured the training of infantry, armor, artillery, and military fixed and rotary wing aircraft while

maintaining safety and environmental compliance IAW all Army Regulations and the Conventional Forces

Europe Treaty.

Results:

Selected above his peers to serve as the Senior Safety Officer for the first NATO training operation

in Novo Selo, Bulgaria during Operation Bulwark. Under this direction, the US Army was able to

use an abandoned Soviet Union military area to train over 600 soldiers to proficiency with all

assigned company level weapons– without a single injury or unsafe act.

Government Subcontract Quality Assurance Rep

Oversees a multi-million dollar range targetry and maintenance contract. Responsible for ensuring that

contractor’s provide realistic battlefield conditions and live-fire exercises that simulate what war fighters can

expect to encounter when they are called into conflict.

Areas of quality assurance and oversight include: training exercise and operations preparation and activation,

range support maintenance, engineering and fabrication, life-cycle support.

Results:

Ensured the customer (the US Army) receives the best live fire products, pyrotechnics, services,

maintenance, and field operators available during all complex day and night training operations.

Vigilantly maintains the highest level of proficiency is achieved without a single loss of life or injury

to contractor or support personnel.

Certifications, Awards, Authorizations

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DOD Secret Security Clearance Government Contract Quality Assurance

Representative

• Valid US Passport

• Equal Opportunity Representative

• Environmental Compliance Officer Cert

• HAZMAT Handling & Transportation

• Observer-Mentor-Trainer Cert

Cert (US & Germany)

• Safety Officer • FEMA: ICS 100, ICS-200, IS-315, IS-

450, IS-559, IS-634, IS-700

• Government Acquisition Officer

• Energy Conservation Officer

Veteran- OIF; Operation New Dawn; Three tours in combat as a leader.

Awards: Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal in combat (x2), Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation

Medal (x5), Army Achievement Medal (x6), Army Good Conduct Medal (x5), National Defense Service

Medal, Korea Defense Service Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on

Terrorism Medal, NCO Professional Development Ribbon, Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi), Kuwait

Liberation Medal (Kuwait).

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