RICHARD WILSON
*** * * **.#* Lompoc, CA *****
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SUMMARY
Broad background in construction trades, business/project management, marketing, customer relations, quality assurance and personnel management. Proficient in translating complex system requirements into system specifications, establishing and leading a project team, effective integration of internal and external agencies, while monitoring/meeting project schedules, cost and quality. Consistently meet or exceed customer requirements. Demonstrated leadership skills; excellent team player. Computer literate. WORK EXPERIENCE
Owner/Operator - Advanced Coatings, Lompoc, CA 05/2001 – 06/2009
* Provide professional coatings (a variety of paints, stains, epoxies and polyurea products) for residential and commercial customers in satisfying corrosion control or industrial sealing requirements.
* Provide specialized “bed-liner type” coatings for automotive and industrial applications.
* Developed mobile delivery systems to enable “field” applications of a variety of corrosion control/sealing products; supported job-sites from Ventura to San Luis Obispo.
* Provide “Spray-On Bed Liner” sales to the central coast automotive industry, serving retail, fleet and dealership markets.
* Managed all aspects of the “small business’ enterprise, including, personnel hiring/training, marketing, sales, quality assurance and customer relations.
* Knowledgably in U.S. Government and civil contracting practices and requirements.
* Some industrial projects successfully completed include the following: 1012 Polyurea coating/sealing of inmate showers, U.S. Penitentiary, Lompoc, CA 288288112 Repair of secondary containment areas at petroleum processing and transfer facilities (Spray Polyurethane Foam [SPF] base coat with Polyurea top coat) 288288168 U.S. Government Propellant/Oil/Lubricant (POL) storage facilities (prep areas, apply crack sealer, and coat with Polyurea to form leak-proof liner. 288287888 Sealing of agriculture water storage containers and ponds. 288287384 Corrosion control/remediation of Government-owned telemetry/radar tracking towers (preparation by blasting, and coating with 2-part epoxy and SPF/Polyurea) Job Foreman - P&L Electric, Lompoc, CA 11/2004 – 05/2005
● Supervised 8 journeyman electricians in performing the demolition and construction of the entire electrical and security systems for the VAFB Enlisted Airmen Titan Dormitories.
· Performed all supervisory and project management functions, including interfacing and coordinating all aspects of the job with customers and subcontractors.
· Operated heavy equipment in support of exterior trenching and site lighting work. Electrician - Sadler Electric, Inc., Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA 10/1999 – 05/2001
* Responsible of security, lighting, fire alarm, communication and power distribution systems for a major upgrade of the Vandenberg Air Force Base Range Control Center.
* Performed sheet metal design and fabrication of cable trays to support unique communication cable configurations.
* Fabricated electrical conduits, using hand and hydraulic forming equipment, pulled wiring and terminated wiring connections in distribution panels.
* Selected to coordinate and supervise the construction of a 12KV Riser Pole with disconnect switches, lightning arresters and complete grounding/bonding system. Cable Technician - DCI Corporation, Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA 08/1998 – 10/1999
* Lead for crew Job-Site Safety.
* Utilized state-of-the art equipment in performing trouble shooting, repair and new installations of fiber optics and coax communication lines; both aerial (up to 90 feet) and underground configurations.
* Personally operated and supervised others in the use of heavy construction equipment (backhoe, forklifts, trenchers, compactor/rollers, front loaders and boom-lifts. Field Foreman - Melgoza-Odale Construction, Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA 01/1998 – 08/1998
* Provided all construction site supervision and management of crew and work 1017 Interfaced with all customer and base inspection personnel. 288287832 Maintained all work logs required by OSHA, Base Safety, Fire Department and environmental monitoring agencies.
288287720 Coordinated all subcontractor work.
288288224 Managed project schedule, including assured that all job materials were ordered and received to accomplish scheduled work.
288054824 Operated heavy equipment (dump trucks, backhoe, front-loader and forklift). 288054768 Operated hand and power tools, as required, to assist other crew members in completing construction job tasks.
Lineman - B&H Communications, Atascadero, CA 06/1997 – 12/1997
* Performed all aspects of ground and aerial high-work to install and maintain power and telephone lines for such customers as Pacific Railroad, Pacific Bell, GTE, Lucent Technologies and Cox Cable.
Lineman/Mechanical Technician - Ryan Company, VAFB, CA 05/1995 – 04/1997
* Performed all lineman tasks, for both underground and overhead work, in support of 12KV/70KV switching station upgrades.
1023 Involved five new substations, and eight substation upgrades. 288054152 Installation/routing and pulling cabling for up to six inch schedule 40 pipe and PVC.
288054880 Running rigid conduit/EMT for exterior and interior lighting, controls, DC Uninterruptible Power Supplies, switchgear, and remotely operated switching equipment. 288054936 Set poles, hung transformers/cross arms/breakers/guy wires and ran 70KV overhead lines and bus bars.
● Performed all maintenance on boom trucks, line trucks, ladder trucks, backhoes, trench roller, and company vehicles.
● Additional work experience includes Union (Local 381) Truck Driver/route sales, electrician, painter, vehicle and heavy equipment mechanic and production assembler. EDUCATION
Graduated Cabrillo High School, Lompoc, CA
Numerous industry-sponsored short courses on job-related operations, e.g., First Aid, CPR, HazWopper, SPF Technology, Applications and Lead-Based Paint Awareness, Handling and Disposal Certified Fiber Optics Splicer
COMPUTER SKILLS
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access) Microsoft Project
Word Perfect (Windows and DOS)
Means Construction Cost Estimating
References available upon request