TIFFANI KINDER

Self-motivated and driven individual with a strong background in accounting, estimating, and project management. Excellent oral and written communication skills for effective interaction with clients and colleagues. Detail-oriented with a keen focus on customer service and employee relations, consistently delivering high-quality results. Highly organized and a great communicator, with a proven track record of professional growth.

• Key amongst his/her duties is the recognition that risk directly impacts the likelihood of success and that this risk must be both formally and informally measured throughout the lifetime of the project. Maintain open lines of communication.
• Responsible for making decisions both small and large, in such a way that risk is controlled and uncertainty minimized.
• Responsible for all assigned projects (e.g. highway, traffic signal, and communications) to establish and ensure budgets, schedules, materials, sub-contractors and crews are on target and profitable for all assigned jobs.
• Monitors overall quantity and quality of work performed on all assigned jobs.
• Ultimate responsibility for the review and approval of all expenses for each assigned job; ensure they are applied to the proper job and phase code.
• Provides guidance and direction to the billing department as needed; e.g. provide schedule of values, answer questions on applied costs or billing requirements per the contract.
• Oversees process for changes orders and other circumstances changing the scope of work and payment for such changes.
• Monitors contract compliance for each job to ensure the company is protected regarding liabilities matters and liens (collection matters).
• Serves as senior technical advisor.
• Participates in resolving difficult issues or start-up problems.
• Responsible for all personnel transactions (hiring, transfers, wages, etc.) on assigned projects.
• Responsible for resolving labor disputes and related negotiations as required.
• Ensures compliance with all company policies and procedures.
• Implements safety programs as directed by the Safety Department.
• Responsible for verifying that craft and supervision assigned to the projects are completing the appropriate training programs.
• Follows and ensures compliance with all company safety program requirements.
• Promotes safety among peers, subordinates and supervisors.
• Performs additional assignments at the direction of the Division Manager and/or Vice President.
• Prepare customer change orders and Requests for Information (RFI’s) by collecting information, reviewing, and presenting to PM for input. At PM direction, prepare, issue, and process change orders within accounting software and store in the appropriate network file location.
• Review and correct problematic invoices within 72 hours (3 business days) or 24 hours for month close (1 business day) from receipt.
• Responsible for document control ensuring that M Bar C is adequately protected in all areas of written project records (change orders, work orders, job walk notes/photos, paint color selection, RFI’s submittals, email chains, etc.).
• Attain general construction knowledge and ability to read and interpret construction documents (contracts, specifications, construction drawings, geotechnical reports, etc.).
• Prioritize assignments to complete work in a timely and accurate manner when there are: changes in workload and assignments, challenges to meet deadlines, or competing requirements.
• Perform pre-award site walks.
• Extract and send Insurance Requirements from contracts to M Bar C insurance provider for COI (Certificate of Insurance) issuance.
• Promptly and accurately perform all other tasks as assigned.
• Assigned project tasks are completed on or before scheduled deadline.
• Subcontractors are secured 1 week prior to job mobilization.
• Problematic invoices are reviewed and corrected.
• Project submittals (to include safety documents, material specifications, and shop drawings).
• Estimated change orders/adjustments to budget are entered into accounting software 1 business day after PM’s WIP (Work In Progress) presentation to VP of Operations.
• RFI’s.
• CO’s are drafted and presented to PM.
• Approve acceptable invoices based on existing quotes, jobsite tickets and/or field daily reports; issue Certificates of Insurance, Purchase Orders, Subcontract Agreements and Work Orders as needed.
• Accountable to Project Manager to produce accurate project documentation and complete all duties as assigned by Project Manager within set deadlines.
• Authority to negotiate with Subcontractors.

• Sage Contractor 100
• Alliant Wrap
• EMARS
• Certificate of Davis Bacon-AGC
• AON
• Certificate of Prevailing Wage-AGC
• Accubid (Certificate-Trimble)
• ADP
• Bluebeam
• Health & Welfare
• Electrical Union Laws (569, 441, 440, 477, 40, 46, 11)
• Weberf/ERF
• NECAStar
• ERP
• Outlook
• DIR
• LCP Tracker
• Adobe Illustrator
• Corebridge
• Excel