Ken Dickerson

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Cell Phone (601) 508 – 0312

Email acv9rg@r.postjobfree.com

Objective:

To obtain a position where I can utilize my computer skills and have the opportunity to learn additional skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Enbridge (Randstad Engineering) June 2013 – December 2015

Field Cost Analyst Project Controls

Track Progress and Cost associated with Pipeline Construction Activities for Enbridge Eastern Access Pipeline Project.

Forecast Completion dates for Activities. Review schedule provided by contractor to ensure forecast accuracy and discuss discrepancies.

Forecast UPI (Unit Price Items) to determine planned cost and overages. Document and discus any overages and cost associated with UPIs.

Meet with Contractor Daily for reconciliation of UPI items and discuss project status.

Provide daily updates to tracking software and any additional data needs.

Generate weekly invoices and attend meeting to discuss and review invoice.

Maintain Project Schedule in Microsoft Projects.

Meet with Construction Manage and Chief Inspector to discuss updates to schedule daily.

Right of Way visits to verify progress and accuracy of Inspector reports.

Review inspector reports to retrieve footage for the Daily Construction Progress Report and UPI items for the invoice process.

Updated documents in SharePoint.

T C Boiler March 2013

Job Site Cost Analyst

Tracked Time and Material cost for Paper Mill outage (shutdown).

Provided updates on the budget status for Project Manager daily.

Ran projections for time and material to determine projected budget balance.

Progressive Pipeline Oct 2011 – July 2012

Job Site Equipment Manager / Purchasing Agent for Pipeline Company

Track Equipment transfers between jobs, inspecting and logging Equipment condition using SharePoint Software.

Tracked Equipment hours charged to the equipment and the cost code associated with the hours for project cost in SharePoint and Spectrum.

Purchase materials and rent equipment for the job and tracked material cost.

Maintained inventories of job site materials in tool van.

Contact Equipment vendors about repairs, maintenance and pickup of off rented

Equipment.

Shipped Equipment to other job sites and created Bill of Ladings.

Payroll Time entry of Employee hours and benefits.

Manage labors and equipment operators on job site.

Continue Education Student January 2011– October 2011

Microsoft Excel 2010

Visual Studios 2008 Visual Basic dot Net programming

Visual Studios 2008 C++ programming

Visual Studios 1010 ASP programming

Modis Inc Pittsburgh, PA July 2008 - July 2009

Consultant

Perform detailed analysis of existing systems to determine impact of enhancements and estimate scope of changes.

Develop system changes for Insurance Claims, Retirement Benefits and Cobra Insurance in an OPEN VMS environment using Basic and Cognos Powerhouse programming languages.

Perform extensive unit-level and system-level testing of enhancements.

Performed Data Analysis using Microsoft Access and Excel.

Wrote technical and user documentation for all system changes developed.

Self Employed April 2006 – July 2008

Hurricane Katrina relief/cleanup worker and student.

Inspected FEMA trailers and documented damage to units by taking and uploading photos to a computer. Performed minor repairs to trailers.

Army Corp of Engineers South Mississippi December 2005 - April 2006

Quality Assurance Inspector Debris Removal

Monitored loading of Debris into Contractors Trucks & Trailers. Wrote Load Tickets for Debris Classification, Capacity, Truck and Driver Information.

Observed the Trucks at the Landfill to determine Pay Quantities and completed the Load Tickets.

Monitored safety at jobsite for contractors verifying PPE and checked for safety violations.

Performed site assessments to identify hazards and verify utilities were disconnected.

Provided Training for Corp of Engineers personnel in Quality Assurance Inspection duties.

OSI Support Services Jacksonville, FL March 2003 - July 2005

Senior Programmer Analyst

Perform detailed analysis of existing systems to determine impact of enhancements and estimate scope of changes.

Develop system changes for Utilities and Credit Card Collection Systems in an OPEN VMS environment using Basic, DCL and FMS screen utility.

Perform extensive unit-level and system-level testing of enhancements.

Wrote technical and user documentation for all system changes developed.

Worked as a member of a 5-developer team to support existing applications.

Utilized CMS source code management system for all source code and FTP to transfer file between systems.

Performed Data Analysis using Connex, Microsoft Access and Excel.

Microsoft Access and Excel were used to gather data from multiple systems for analysis and reporting.

Armstrong Trace February 2003 - March 2003

Temporary Assignment as Payroll Data Analyst

Responsible for maintaining Excel spread sheets that contained Manning, Payroll, and other miscellaneous data tracking on site in Chevron Refinery in Pascagoula, MS.

Self-Employed Carpenter/ Construction Worker October 2001 to February 2003

Gaylord Container Corporation Bogalusa, LA April 2001 - October 2001

Senior Programmer Analyst

Performed full lifecycle development, from requirements gathering to deployment and training.

Worked closely with user community to design system enhancements that would most benefit productivity. Supported a Plant Management System, which included purchasing, stores, maintenance, and accounting in a Unidata and OPEN VMS environment using Unibasic and Thoroughbred Basic programming languages.

Supervised end-user training to ensure maximum benefit from enhancements.

Search Network Dallas, TX November 2000 - April 2001

Consultant

Contracted to augment existing staff for the support and enhancement of their mortgage company software written in OPEN VMS Basic, DCL and COGNOS Powerhouse programming languages.

Coded and tested system changes for deployment.

Generate system change documentation and training materials for enhancements.

Providence Hospital Mobile, AL June 1999 - October 1999

Senior System Support Analyst

Supported hospital applications on an AS400 and IBM Mainframe using RPG and PLI programming languages.

Supported API (Automating Peripherals Inc.) Payroll Time collection and processing system.

Alabama Pine Pulp Company Perdue Hill, AL April 1995 - May 1999

Programmer Analyst

Performed full lifecycle development, from requirements gathering to deployment and training.

Worked closely with user community to design system enhancements that would most benefit productivity. Supported Plant Management Information System (PMIS), which included purchasing, stores, maintenance, engineering, and Tolas accounting software in an OPEN VMS environment using VAX Basic, DCL and COGNOS Powerhouse programming languages.

Supervised end-user training to ensure maximum benefit from enhancements.

Managed the migration of the PMIS system to a client-server package using Excel, Access, and SQL Server. Microsoft Access and Excel were used to gather data from multiple computer systems and formatted for loading into SQL database.

Provide full technical support for IT systems, including application issues and infrastructure issues using internal technical support system written in Powerhouse.

Supported a product delivery and accounting system that tracked wood deliveries and payments to wood vendors

Wrote documentation for the Programming and User community.

Davidson Automotive Interiors TEXTRON Athens, TN October 1990 - March 1995

Programmer Analyst

Sole developer responsible for full lifecycle development of a shop floor data collection system that was used to monitor production totals, material requirements and labor staffing, using OPEN VMS Basic and DCL programming languages.

Developed training materials and conducted training on the shop floor system for nine hundred employees.

Maintained and supported bar coding system for employee badges and warehouse labels.

Supported Cyborg time and attendance software.

Baptist Memorial Hospital Memphis, TN June 1988 - September 1990

Application Programmer

Provided development support for the help desk, resolving software related issues for medical and financial systems.

Member of a Development Team responsible for the rewrite of a Doctor Database and Cardiac Lab system written in OPEN VMS Basic programming language.

Temporary Construction Worker July 1987 – June 1988

Worked temporary construction (shutdowns) in Paper Mills and Chemical Plants.

Carpenter, Ironworker, Millwright, Millwright helper, Fire watch / Hole watch

Office worker maintained payroll at jobsite

EDUCATION:

TWIC Card

OSHA 10 Hour Construction Industry Outreach Training March 2008

OSHA 30 Hour Safety Training February 2015

CPR September 2013

Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1,23,4 October 2012 - December 2012

Microsoft Excel 2010 Level 3, 4 October 2012

Visual Studios 2010 ASP programming Summer 2011

Visual Studios 2008 Visual Basic dot Net, C++ programming January 2011 - May 2011

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Nursing Student August 2006 to December 2007

Project Management Fundamentals April 2005

Microsoft Visual Basic Dot Net Introduction & Intermediate February - April 2005

Java Beginner Class February 2005

Microsoft Access 97 Levels I, II and Advanced August 1998

Microsoft Mastering Visual Basic 5.0 Fundamentals September 1997

University of Southern Mississippi - BS in Computer Science August 1987

Hardware Experience:

VAX 11/780, 4300, 8600-8800, DEC PDP 11/70

IBM System 36, AS400, IBM Mainframe

Software Experience:

BASIC

PASCAL

COBOL

FORTRAN

RPG II AND III

COGNOS POWERHOUSE

Spectrum

VAX MACRO Assembly DCL

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Visual Basic

MS SQL Server

FMS

SharePoint

CMS

Microsoft Access

Crystal Reports

UniBasic

Unidata Database

SMG

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