Scheduler/Estimator

Overview

Scheduler/Estimator

Bethesda, MD

Are you ready to enhance your skills and build your career in a rapidly evolving business climate? Are you looking for a career where professional development is embedded in your employer’s core culture? If so, Chenega Military, Intelligence & Operations Support (MIOS) could be the place for you! Join our team of professionals who support large-scale government operations by leveraging cutting-edge technology and take your career to the next level!  

Chenega Architecture Design Solutions (CADS) is an Alaskan Native Small Disadvantaged Business, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chenega Corporation.  We solve complex challenges with dedication and excellence—keeping clients and stakeholders informed at every step. Our professionals have been serving clients for more than three decades. 

We make our clients’ priorities our own so that we can develop consistent, long-term partnerships with all of our customers. Fulfilling our commitments to our clients and projects is the backbone of those relationships, and our ability to be agile and flexible is a big part of our success. 

The Scheduler/Estimator will collaborate with the NAVFAC field offices relating to Project Management and Construction Engineering for various projects. Schedules will be compatible with the government’s operations hours.

Responsibilities

• Assist in preparing correspondence, technical reports, estimates, fact sheets, status reports, and
• schedules as required to complete project assignments.
• Review and analyze the contractor’s initial and monthly updated CPM schedules for logic, duration changes, milestone changes, etc.
• Assist in preparing the government's position on delay claims and participate as a team member in negotiations with the contractor.
• Prepare estimates for proposed Government changes.
• Routinely visiting construction sites to monitor activity progress and assist in developing cost estimates.
• Assist in identifying the need for a modification to the scope, cost, and/or schedule based on collaboration with supported Command, designer, and/or other entities.
• Assist in the issuance of the contractor request for proposal.
• Assist in ensuring funds are reserved for the modification.
• Prepare Independent Government Estimates (IGEs) when needed.
• Assist in preparing or coordinating the preparation of sketches and drawings in support of negotiations and issuance of the modification.
• After negotiation, assist in preparing the final documentation and wording for the modification, including justification for cost and time involved in support of the Contracting Officer.
• Assist in providing technical support for claims/disputes/terminations processing, negotiation, and resolution.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or architecture, Construction Management, or related fields.
• 10 years of CPM scheduling and estimating experience
  • Expert-level understanding of the scheduling techniques utilized by the construction industry, such as P6, as well as extensive practical experience with the development and successful application of such techniques to specific contracts, projects, large-scale programs, and the detailed analysis of contractor requests for equitable adjustments and claims.
• Secret Clearance

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Understanding of schedules utilizing network analysis and the potential impact of modifications to the critical path.
• Able to conduct a delay.
• Analysis to determine cause and effect.
• Possess a thorough understanding of key issues such as float, concurrence, constructive acceleration, impacts on unchanged work, and the cumulative effect of changes.
• Able and willing to traverse on construction jobsites (approximately 20% of the time).
• Able to communicate (both orally and in writing) effectively to all leadership levels.
• Knowledge and experience with applicable Codes and Industry Standards.
• Proficiency with industry standard software packages such as Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Cost Works, and RS Means.
• able to analyze and make informed decisions and projections.
• on the general health of a project based on earned values and actual progress.
• A fundamental knowledge of computer applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, electronic mail, the Internet, and database software is required.
• Knowledge of computer operations and software applications such as MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint)

How you’ll grow  

At Chenega MIOS, our professional development plan focuses on helping our team members at every level of their careers to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there’s always room to learn.  

We offer opportunities to help sharpen skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their careers.  

Benefits  

At Chenega MIOS, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our team members and offer them a broad range of benefits.  

Learn more about what working at Chenega MIOS can mean for you.  

Chenega MIOS’s culture  

Our positive and supportive culture encourages our team members to do their best work every day. We celebrate individuals by recognizing their uniqueness and offering them the flexibility to make daily choices that can help them be healthy, centered, confident, and aware. We offer well-being programs and continuously look for new ways to maintain a culture where we excel and lead healthy, happy lives.  

Corporate citizenship  

Chenega MIOS is led by a purpose to make an impact that matters. This purpose defines who we are and extends to relationships with our clients, our team members, and our communities. We believe that business has the power to inspire and transform. We focus on education, giving, skill-based volunteerism, and leadership to help drive positive social impact in our communities.  

Learn more about Chenega’s impact on the world.  

Chenega MIOS News- https://chenegamios.com/news/  

Tips from your Talent Acquisition Team  

We want job seekers exploring opportunities at Chenega MIOS to feel prepared and confident. To help you with your research, we suggest you review the following links:  

Chenega MIOS web site - www.chenegamios.com  

Glassdoor - https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Chenega-MIOS-EI_IE369514.11,23.htm  

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/1472684/  

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/chenegamios/ 

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