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Lead Cost Analyst

Kansas City National Security Campus
Kansas, MO Full Time
POSTED ON 1/6/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/4/2026
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Honeywell is a Fortune 100 company that invents and manufactures technologies to address critical challenges linked to global macrotrends such as safety, security, productivity, global urbanization and energy. With approximately 100,000 employees worldwide, including more than 19,000 engineers and scientists, Honeywell has an unrelenting focus on quality, delivery, value, and technology in everything they make and do.  Honeywell has been named a Top 100 Global Innovator for seven years in a row, recognizing the company’s global reach of portfolio and invention influence.

In Kansas City, Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies (FM&T) manages and operates the U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Kansas City National Security Campus. This state-of-the-art engineering, manufacturing and sourcing facility produces a wide array of intricate components to deliver trusted national security products and government services primarily for the NNSA. Honeywell FM&T’s culture of integrity, commitment and continuous improvement enables them to deliver responsive, collaborative and innovative management and technology services and products that translate into cutting edge solutions to complex national security issues.

Summary

Lead Cost Analyst works independently to perform cost data analysis, data gathering and collection used to support independent cost estimation practices.  Leads Cost Analysts are responsible in the coordination and the development of complex program life cycle cost estimates and weapons design cost reviews for new and emerging weapons programs.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Develop independent or program life cycle estimate and accompanying risk, uncertainty, and sensitivity analysis.
  • Develop economic analyses, including but not limited to business case analyses, cost/benefit analyses and analysis-of-alternatives.
  • Responsible for developing the estimating methodologies and providing guidance to all estimating teams on the level of detail required by weapons guidance and other cost estimate types developed in the business.
  • Apply high demonstration of ability to work effectively with teams to foster a collaborative work environment across the organization.
  • Responsible for evaluating the credibility of basis of estimates generated within the organization; working as an independent reviewer of such estimates.
  • Responsible for providing documentation and presenting defendable analytical results.
  • Provides post mortem analysis on prior estimates to obtain lessons learned.
  • Apply leadership skills and the ability to manage competing priorities, multiple tasks, and work requirements.
  • Apply highly effective communication skills (oral and written) and communicate complex issues and present results to senior managers and others in a clear and concise manner.
  • Mentors and develops cost analysts skill sets around cost estimating.

You Must Have

  • Must have Bachelor’s degree and 7 years of relevant experience.
  • Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.
  • Ability to work remote, hybrid, or on-site as directed by management and is determined by the needs of the business.
  • United States Citizenship.
  • Regular and reliable attendance is an essential function of this job.

We Value

  • Preferred degree in a quantitative discipline such as Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics or Business.
  • Master’s Degree in quantitative discipline or MBA.
  • Understanding of the NSE weapons acquisition and product realization process.
  • Applied experience and expertise necessary for complex weapons and related program work breakdown structures .

FMT2021

This job description/job posting is not all inclusive and other duties may be assigned.

Honeywell is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, or veteran status.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to submit an application, please send an email to our Reasonable Accommodation Support Team at

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Additional Information

  • Job ID: 3879
  • Category: Business Management
  • Level of Experience:
  • Posting Location: Kansas City National Security Campus 14520 Botts Road Kansas City, MO, 64147
  • Remote Eligibility: Hybrid
  • Travel Required: 0-10%
  • Approved Work States: KS; MO
  • Hourly/Salary: Salary

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