ARMIN R WIHLON, JR

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MERIDIAN, IDAHO 83642

925-***-****

adbqze@r.postjobfree.com

SAFETY SKILLS

Construction Regulatory Compliance – 3 yrs

General Industry Regulatory Compliance – 8 yrs

CHSP: Comprehensive H&S Compliance – 8 yrs

General H&S Compliance – 5 yrs

Experience w/highly refined corporate environments

HR Compliance – 6 yrs

Operations Management – 12 yrs

Familiar w/union & non-union environments

Experience w/ground up builds for safety programs

WORK HISTORY

FEB 2019 – DEC 2019

NORTH AMERICAN PACKAGE DIVISION HEALTH & SAFETY MANAGER

Material Handling Systems

MHS IS A SINGLE-SOURCE PROVIDER OF TURNKEY MATERIAL HANDLING AUTOMATION SOLUTIONS, ABLE TO HANDLE VIRTUALLY ALL ASPECTS OF DISTRIBUTION CENTER PROJECTS IN-HOUSE, FROM SYSTEM DESIGN AND FABRICATION TO CONTROLS, INSTALLATION AND AFTERMARKET SUPPORT.

Promotion from West Region (western half of U.S.) health & safety manager to North American (U.S. + Canada) health & safety manager. See description below for details.

JAN 2017 - JAN 2019

WEST REGION HEALTH & SAFETY MANAGER

MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEMS

Review & update existing MHS corporate safety policy. Build relationships with field project teams. Develop easy to implement safety education programs. Provide comprehensive oversight of MHS corporate safety rules in the field. Provide immediate safety advice to field management for any safety related issues. Collaborate with all field management to best initiate needed safety changes. Minimize disruptions to field operations from safety programs. Manage all outside contact, including planned or unplanned visits, by regulatory agencies like OSHA – Cal OSHA – Canadian Ministry of Labor. Conduct investigations and advise field management on all serious incidents (4 fatality investigations completed previously). Coordination with sub-contractors and temporary agencies on safety training requirements. Coordination with sub-contractors and temporary agencies on incident liability. Provide oversight of contracted field safety professionals on large project sites. Coordinate and compliment outside regulatory auditing agencies.

FEB 2012 – JAN 2017

NORTH CALIFORNIA DISTRICT REGULATED GOODS COORDINATOR

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Responsible through the UPS North California District office in Oakland CA for managing all regulated goods / hazardous materials activity from Ventura CA North to the Oregon border + most of Nevada. Duties involved coordination with the West Region office on both customer and internal employee training regarding the handling – loading – unloading – cleanup of regulated goods including fully regulated hazardous materials. This included certification under the federal HAZWPPR program, use of SCBA (Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus), PIT (Powered Industrial Truck) operation, emergency haz mat spill response, and the regular auditing of these programs.

FEB 2011 – JAN 2012

NAPA CA OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

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Responsible for all FT / PT employees and customer activity in the UPS Napa CA operations area (between Calistoga CA and American Canyon CA). This included all safety training – certifications – safety committee activity – incident investigations. This was an operation with activity from 4am to 10pm. This was a stand-alone facility with no support functions resident. All issues were handled by the management group assigned to that facility. Estimated employee breakdown: 50 FT – 25 PT – 4 Clerical – 3 Administrative – 3 FT Supervisors – 3 PT Supervisors.

FEB 2004 – JAN 2011

COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAM DISTRICT MANAGER

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Responsible through the North California District office to oversee CHSP and maintain the following safety programs: employee safety committees, safety recognition programs, coordinate district safety activities (safety conferences and safety fairs), internal / external auditing, and district level data analysis used to address specific safety concerns done annually and as needed. Estimated employees in district – 12,000.

FEB 1998 – JAN 2004

COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAM DISTRICT SUPERVISOR united parcel service

Responsible through the North California district office by working directly with the district Health & Safety manager. Duties involved coordinating rollout of all safety programs to individual operations and management throughout the district. Analyze data for trends in “Most Common” and “Most Severe” safety issues. Develop and maintain outside agency relationships: OSHA – Cal OSHA – DOT – CHP / law enforcement – local fire districts - Liberty Mutual Insurance – CA State Workers Compensation Board – CA State Disability – EPA.

FEB 1996 – JAN 1998

MENLO PARK CA DIVISION HR SUPERVISOR

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Coordinate with district HR office and division operations management on all FT and PT staffing issues. This included recruitment, pre-employment interviewing, new employee training, and administration of all HR programs. This was a stand-alone facility with no support functions resident. All issues were handled by the management group assigned to that facility. Estimated employees – 250.

FEB 1990 – JAN 1996

SAN BRUNO CA DRIVER OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR

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Driver operations are responsible for the daily front-line supervision of delivery drivers and customer interface. This includes new driver safety training, annual safety certifications, post-incident investigation and follow up. Responsible for approx 60 FT drivers.

MAR 1986 – JAN 1990

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION HR SUPERVISOR

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See description above for Menlo Park CA HR supervisor. This division was not a stand-alone facility, having multiple support functions resident and available for assistance as needed. Estimated employees – 300.

NOV 1985 – FEB 1986

FT INSIDE OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR

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FT supervisor in charge of 4-6 PT supervisors + 60 – 80 PT employees. Direct report to operations manager to coordinate driver dispatch, work load leveling, and administration of all safety – security – HR related programs for PT employees during early morning operations.

JAN 1982 – OCT 1985

PT INSIDE OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR

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Supervise 12 – 15 PT hourly employee during early morning operations.

OCT 1980 – DEC 1981

PT INSIDE OPERATIONS HOURLY EMPLOYEE

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PT hourly employee loading packages into UPS delivery vehicles from 4am to 8am daily.

EDUCATION

JUNE 1984

BA IN PSYCHOLOGY, Simpson College

San francisco, ca

Men’s Association President, Basketball Team, Resident Asst in Men’s Dormitory

JUNE 1984

BA IN BIBLICAL LITERATURE, Simpson College

San francisco, ca

Volunteer at Shriners Children’s Hospital

MAY 1979

ADVANCED PROGRAM DIPLOMA, dupont manual HS

louisville, ky

Senior Class Student Govt, School Newspaper, Wrestling Team

CERTIFICATIONS

2019 Canadian Regulatory Training – Construction MHS Canada

2018 OSHA 30 Hour Certification MHS online

2011 Comprehensive Health & Safety Programs Liberty Mutual / KETER Consultants

2010 Master Trainer: Haz Mat Response UPS / Liberty Mutual / KETER

2005 Safety 101 Corporate Certification UPS / Liberty Mutual / KETER

2004 Haz Mat Incident Response KETER Consultants

2003 Computer Hardware & Operating Systems Contra Costa County Adult Education

REGULATORY AGENCY EXPERIENCE

OSHA IATA Local Fire Protection Districts

Cal OSHA CA Workers Comp Board IBT / Teamsters

EPA CA State Disability NTSB - Natl Transportation Safety Board

DOT / FAA Federal / State Law Enforcement Canadian Ministry of Labor

EEOC NLRB

OFCCP – Office of Federal Contract Compliance

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Married 28 years to my wife Kathi

One son, Jared

Two adopted grandsons, Caleb & Riley

COMMUNITY / VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

Ambassador Bible Fellowship Church Meridian, ID 9 months

oChurch Leadership Board

oSmall Group Community Leader

Grace Bible Church Pleasant Hill, CA 14 years

oDeacon

oSmall Group Community Leader

oUsher

Bay Area Chaplains Richmond, CA 14 years

oPrison Ministry

City of Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, CA

oAnnual July 4th Parade 5 years

Annual Adopt-a-School Cleanup 4 years

REFERENCES

Bruce Groves, Pastor at Ambassador Bible Fellowship Church Meridian, ID 818-***-****

Lonnie Crutcher, Health & Safety Manager, MHS / SRS Systems Mt Washington, KY 270-***-****

Gordon Judd, San Francisco General Manager, NRG Corp. Pleasant Hill, CA 925-***-****

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