Experience

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  Lowen Corporation

  • Hutchinson, Kansas, United States

  • Project Coordinator

    • Oct 2023 - Mar 2024
    • Hutchinson, Kansas, United States

    -Project management: coordinates/monitors daily work for the IT department with the VP of IT.-Utilizing Smartsheet in creating sheets, reports, calendars, dashboards in assisting employee work progress.

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  City of Hutchinson, Kansas

  • United States

  • Associate Planner at City of Hutchinson Planning and Development Department

    • Jul 2021 - Jun 2022
    • United States

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  Pitkin County Planning and Zoning

  • Planning Technician

    • Feb 2019 - Jun 2021

    -Serves as the primary ‘planner of the day’ providing customer service to the public in person and by phone and email by answering technical questions related to land use code, official zone district map, and departmental procedures.-Confers with applicants and the public to explain, interpret, and discuss regulations, plans, and policies as they relate to proposed development, and provides verbal and written communication as needed.-Reviews and analyzes minor/administrative applications land use planning and development projects for consistency with applicable provisions of the Land Use Code and Comprehensive Plans. Formulates recommendations and prepares staff reports for assigned land use cases.-Researches historical records and matters pertinent to land use applications.-Maintains records and files for data tracking purposes according to departmental procedures.-Reviews and processes special event permit applications.-Performs occasional field checks for compliance with approvals or permits.-Provides assistance to Director, Deputy Director, or other Community Development Staff as needed in providing support for current planning case review or special projects-Supports the relationship between Pitkin County government and the general public by demonstrating courteous and cooperative behavior when interacting with citizens, visitors, and County staff; maintains confidentiality of work-related issues and County information; performs other duties as required or assigned

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  Garfield County Department of Human Services for HotJobs

  • Rifle, Colorado

  • Administrative Assistant

    • Sep 2018 - Dec 2018
    • Rifle, Colorado

    Scanned all Child Support Technicians case files into Laserfiche, OCRing, and categorized all case files

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  Garfield County Govt., CO

  • 108 8th Street, Suite #401

  • Planning Administrative Assistant/Technician for HotJobs

    • Jun 2018 - Sep 2018
    • 108 8th Street, Suite #401

    Performs a wide variety of basic research, data collection, and data entry activities related to planning and building permit processing. Provide public information at the counter, over the phone, and through website and email portals. Other responsibilities include: reviewing forms and permit applications for completeness and accuracy and issuing certificates and fewer complex permits; issuing and updating certificates; tracking and invoicing fees; compiling data and reporting; managing databases, web postings.

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  Mullenax Construction and Roofing, Inc.

  • Silt, Colorado

  • Office Manager/Bookkeeper

    • Mar 2018 - May 2018
    • Silt, Colorado

    -All Office Manager duties.-Accounts Payable (finances), all Insurance Compliance.-Bookkeeping, reconciliation (QuickBooks)

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  Sage Telecommunications

  • Rifle, CO

  • Administrative Assistant to Project Coordinator

    • Mar 2017 - Mar 2018
    • Rifle, CO

    -Accounting tasks: coding invoices, funding requests, correction dailies amending estimates and proposals, purchase orders-Handles front office procedures, new hires paperwork, issues badges, extensive communication with project managers-Enter and update data into various software programs: CPS, Job Tracker, Job Docs, Excel spreadsheets-Process daily paperwork including daily and subcontractor time sheets, and match to approved funding-Update, process, and maintain employee records: human resource paperwork including applications, benefits packages, etc. -Enter utility locations into website database using CPS

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  Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado

  • Parachute, Colorado

  • Executive Administrative Assistant

    • 2016 - 2016
    • Parachute, Colorado

    -Coordinated, scheduled and organized meetings and travel: logistics for meeting space, catering, etc-Provided outreach and support to the public for the Enterprise Zone and tax credit programs to seven counties in Northwest Colorado-Oversaw all documents/contracts w/state departments OEDIT & DOLA for contribution projects in Northwest Enterprise Zone-Requested grant submittals from municipalities and counties, then reporting to DOLA, CTO, AAoA for those projects -Organized and coordinated all organization's monthly and miscellaneous Board meetings in various cities throughout Northwestern Colorado; consulting with city representatives on the actions needed to be taken to improve their communities and sway legislation-Oversaw organization's website: memberships, administers, designs, and maintenance through WordPress, Doodle Polls-Researched and recommended approaches to bring emerging issues to resolution through updating guidelines and policies-Managed all payroll and benefits (QuickBooks), bookkeeping, bank reconciliations, auditing, and sales tax reporting

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  Cose Financials Services

  • Glenwood Springs, Colorado

  • Bookkeeper

    • 2015 - 2016
    • Glenwood Springs, Colorado

    -Bookkeeping, including bank reconciliations, maintain financial transactions by posting transactions on client accounts-Prepares financial reports by collecting, analyzing, coding, and summarizing data provided by clients (Quickbooks)-Calculation of sales tax and sales tax reporting, payroll and payroll tax reporting,W2s, vendor reconciliation and 1099s

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  Blac-Frac Tanks, Inc.

  • Parachute, Colorado

  • Executive Assistant Human Resources

    • 2013 - 2015
    • Parachute, Colorado

    -Managed a range of human resources/accounting functions to track: (QuickBooks) invoices, A/P & A/R, purchase orders-Reviewed, entered, and maintained manual and computerized records of purchase requisitions and mechanical data, items purchased, costs, schedule of deliveries, vendor performance, inventories-Confirmed day-to-day purchase orders. Prepared daily Material Demand reports and open Purchase Order reports-Improved billable-hours by tracking processes and filtering search criteria, increasing accuracy by 50%-Attended and participated in Marketing Committee, prepared and distributed meeting minutes-Employee of the month for exceptional work and work ethic March 2015

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  Fiberforge Corporation

  • Glenwood Springs, Colorado

  • Office Administrator/Human Resources Assistant

    • 2012 - 2013
    • Glenwood Springs, Colorado

    -Front desk, coded and processed invoices, bookkeeping, statements, payroll, expenditure reports, used Salesforce for clients-Maintained inventory by counting weekly to ensure the quantity are correct-Assisted in informing staff regarding employee benefits: comparison of plans, deduction, and eligibility-Recognized for volunteering to plan and execute all company events, special projects, committees, meetings

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  USDA-ARS

  • Davis, California

  • Office Automation Specialist/Purchasing Assistant/Accounting Assistant

    • 2008 - 2010
    • Davis, California

    -Functioned as liaison for accounting and purchasing departments regarding problems with transactions, paperwork, software, procedures, and processes: customer and staff assistance-Used chart of accounts to audit, code, and reconcile legitimate purchases in Oracle and CATS purchasing and accounting software-Records management: reviewed and processed invoices, contract transactions, expenditure reports, month-end, and year-end summaries, legal documents, audits, proposals, estimates-Coordinated and budgeted monthly cultural events, committees, special projects, meetings, and events-Promptly handled complaints, arbitrated disputes; otherwise negotiated with others.-Streamlined departmental procedures and processes, leading to negotiations with suppliers to have the best deal and establishing a good relationship to build trust with suppliers.-Communicated between vendor and customer on scheduling and delivering progress.-Streamlined departmental procedures and processes, leading to resolution of employee disputes over workload discrepancies, increasing transaction submittal in 4 USDA locations by 75% and improving employee morale and work environment-Resolved employee complaints; trained staff in 4 locations on Oracle and CATS, improved productivity by 50%-Earned multiple bonuses and SPOT awards for outstanding teamwork and work ethic for two consecutive years

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  TLI Solutions, Inc. - Army Corps. of Engineers - Department of Defense

  • Sacramento, California Area

  • Staff Associate/Trainer

    • 2005 - 2007
    • Sacramento, California Area

    Liaison to department supervisor. Coded documents according to the DERP-FUDS program processes. Responsible for screening and interviewing applicants’ performance, training on DERP-FUDS, and assigning workloads to department team members. Prepared reports of assigned cases, input changes, and eliminated duplicate projects. Ensured confidentiality of all clients and projects.-Given a raise and promoted to train new hires/team members after working with the company for two weeks-Revamped project filing system; eliminated project duplicates, accelerated data retrieval and processing times 75%-Increased productivity levels by 50% through streamlining of recruiting and training processes