Tracy Marsh Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Georgia, US

Libanon, Westonaria, Gauteng, ZA

• In my current role as Cost Engineer/Management Accountant 4, I:
• Develop and manage high-performance, including finance and mining, to ensure continuous planning and achieving financial targets and deliverables.
• Develop, organize, plan, monitor, and create accurate project schedule forecasts. Identify and quantify cost factors, such as production time, materials, and labor expenses.
• Generate commodity curves, identify critical path activities, and collaborate with team members for accurate schedule updates. Manage the inputs of costing and financial activities per Operations/Services requirements.
• Collaborate with other engineers, clients, contractors, and team members to gather information for cost reduction initiatives.
• Recommend implementable ways to make projects more cost-effective and profitable, consult with industry experts to discuss estimates, and resolve issues.

Billings, MT, US

• In my previous role as Estimator/Project Manager, I:
• Successfully bid and secured multiple projects; scheduled material deliveries and subcontractor site work; and managed job cost control, including development and implementation.
• Developed job cost module of Microsoft GP Software, including project cost reports to management. Managed IT projects and coordination of projects with vendors.
• Reviewed and analyzed weekly reports and monthly reports of work contracts and collected information on work done quantities and materials on site.
• Prepared detailed cost estimates of the detailed designs of given project documents and estimated required quantities and costs for variations for all contracts.
• Recommended ways to make projects more cost-effective and profitable, consulted with industry experts to discuss estimates and resolve issues.

• In my previous role as Project Administration, I:
• Handled project submittals, administration of contracts, pay estimates, and subcontractors, and implemented and maintained the HCSS HeavyJob system.
• Participated in HeavyJob cost control system training and worked in process statements for both companies. Tracked invoicing for disaster recovery operations.
• Facilitated project planning sessions, coordinated staff, and internal resources, and managed project progress, budget, schedule, and materials, for flawless execution of the project.
• Developed and leveraged expertise in Quickbooks software, HCSS HeavyJob, HCSS HeavyBid, MS Excel, MS Word, MS One Note, and PowerPoint.

• In my previous role as Engineer/Office Manager, I:
• Functioned as the Office Manager 2014 and 2015 for the Rapid City division and handled all JD Edwards accounting functions and HCSS HeavyJob database setup and maintenance.
• Managed a wide range of JD Edwards responsibilities, including project cost transfer from HCSS HeavyBid to JDE, payroll transfer from HCSS HeavyJob to JDE, payables entry, subcontractor voucher entry, and insurance.
• Handled quantity takeoffs for projects, estimates, HeavyJob database management, HeavyJob IPAD, and Manager System troubleshooting for Knife River Yellowstone Division.
• Developed monthly process reports based on the Division Manager’s cost to complete.
• Paid estimate entry and reconciliation in a timely and accurate manner, conducted cost review, and generated comprehensive WIP report for management.

Billings, MT, US

• In my previous role as Project Manager/Software Implementation, I:
• Oversaw Software needs analysis for multiple business units, including financial management of all companies and intercompany relationships, trucking load management, and tracking.
• Successfully implemented servers and hardware to support new software systems, inventory, ordering, and setting up all cell phones and tablet devices for all Weave companies.
• Coordinated the day-to-day maintenance and troubleshooting of computer workstations.
• Handled equipment maintenance in a trucking company, inventory, and sales for the materials company, and took responsibility for the implementation schedule.

Bismarck, North Dakota, US

• In my previous role as Application Analyst, I:
• Developed cost-to-complete functionality on all projects, supported applications, and training on Heavy Construction Software Systems (HCSS) HeavyBid and HeavyJob software.
• Implemented HeavyBid and HeavyJob as KR acquired companies, supported month-end closing processes for all job cost functions, and interfaced with finance for Work in Progress posting entries.
• Provided extensive support on the JD Edwards software (JDE) Job Cost Accounting, Contract Billing, and Subcontract Payment Modules.

Bismarck, North Dakota, US

• In my previous role as Implementation Team, I:
• Managed various functions, including Job Cost Accounting, Work in Process month-end closing, Contract Billing, and Subcontract Payment modules.
• Implemented JDE software at Knife River Companies in the western United States.
• Handled data conversion of project cost estimation, including detailed cost history conversion from legacy cost code system to JD Edwards cost code system, and tie out of financial balances from legacy system to JD.
• Responsible for data conversion of project billing, including detailed invoicing and payments to tie out to the legacy system.
• Managed data conversion of subcontract vouchers and payments to date for all projects and developed custom applications to upload HCSS HeavyBid budget information to the JD Edwards system.