JACOB MORRIS
Huntington,WV
Summary
Forward-thinking project controller specialist with proven leadership skills in team management, schedule coordination, and resource allocation. Adept at keeping projects on-track through decisive supervision and quick problem-solving. Persuasive communicator skilled in negotiating with internal team members, vendors, and stakeholders.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Junior Project Controller
TransCanada Energy
Charleston, WV
04.2024 - Current
- Worked with leads in project plan development, project monitoring and integrated change control.
- Created and maintained project schedule status, enabling project-wide forecast integration.
- Tracked variances and strategized to implement corrective action.
- Organized and managed quarterly and annual reports and coordinated reviews and approvals.
- Administered change control to schedule and budgets, verifying documentation of changes.
- Developed and updated project plans to document objectives, technologies, schedules and funding.
- Generated reports and deliverables in alignment with customer objectives and timelines.
- Collaborated with external customers to coordinate schedule-related deliverables.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SPECIALIST
Department of Homeland Security
07.2023 - Current
- Manage and develop federal and supplemental grant packages for programs that apply.
- Review budgets, expenditures, performance, and cost management systems to ensure grant funds are utilized properly in the time frame allocated.
- Participate in quarterly analysis, budget, and program meetings to determine standards of subgrantees.
- Review and uphold organizational structures of the department.
- Compile, file, and upload invoices for review and budget needs.
- Audit and monitor physical locations of jails, prisons, juvenile centers, and other subgrantees to ensure standards are upheld on site.
- Maintain contact with subgrantee virtually and physically.
- Established wide network of routine contacts with relevant agencies to promote timely and consistent exchange of law enforcement information.
- Shared confidential investigative and intelligence information with different law enforcement agencies to achieve criminal justice goals.
SHIFT MANAGER
Qdoba
04.2023 - 07.2023
- Managed and conducted training for 25 employees
- Led shifts working directly with 8-72 people each day
- Developed and improved daily work plans for a three-shift operation; planned production schedules increasing communication between all shifts by 25%
- Coordinated with Human Resource Department all hiring and training of production workers
- Ensured tips were correctly distributed and enhanced employee morale by transforming a passive workplace based on seniority to an active, performance-based culture encouraging teamwork
- Quickly addressed employees who were not meeting expectations.
FINANCIAL INTERN/ANALYST
BlackRock Resources, LLC.
10.2022 - 07.2023
- Learned and performed audits on SAP systems timesheet and expenses versus entries in internal payroll system Paycom
- Audited invoices against Purchase Orders
- Audited insurance prices to determine that payments were being made with the correct amount
- Participated in management meetings regarding financial policies
- Coordinated social media and new hire outreach
- Filed and checked taxes for different states to assure correctness.
SHIPPING AND SALES INTERN
Steel of West Virginia
11.2021 - 08.2022
- Managed and processed the inbound and outbound truck flow for the shipping facility
- Ordered and counted items such as steel and part numbers
- Created processes for future workers to follow to help automate the process of shipping through Excel and Word
- Discussed shipping rates with clients and gained two new clients with Steel of West Virginia
- Managed portfolios and social relations with clients as well as drivers
- Worked de-escalation with angry drivers and filed complaints and formal documents to note the situations.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Criminal Justice
Marshall University
Huntington, WV05.2023
Skills
- Budgeting and Forecasting
- Case Management
- Document Drafting and Review
- Auditing/Analysis Reconciliation
- Calendar Management
- File Organization
- Project Management
- Budget Control
- Scope implementation
- Procuring Funding
Affiliations
Kappa Sigma Fraternity Alumnus Advisor: 2024- CURRENT
Kappa Sigma Fraternity Assistant Alumnus Advisor: 2022 - 2024
TC Energy Golf Scramble - 2024
Certification
Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Access.
CPR, First Aid
Accomplishments
- Young Alumnus of the Year, Kappa Sigma Fraternity, 2022 - 2023
- Outstanding Assistant Alumnus, Kappa Sigma Fraternity, 2022 - 2023
Timeline
Junior Project Controller
TransCanada Energy
04.2024 - Current
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SPECIALIST
Department of Homeland Security
07.2023 - Current
SHIFT MANAGER
Qdoba
04.2023 - 07.2023
FINANCIAL INTERN/ANALYST
BlackRock Resources, LLC.
10.2022 - 07.2023
SHIPPING AND SALES INTERN
Steel of West Virginia
11.2021 - 08.2022
Bachelor of Arts - Criminal Justice
Marshall University
Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Access.
CPR, First Aid
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