What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cost Estimator (HYBRID/DOD) position at NSS?
We are currently seeking an experienced Cost Estimator to join us full time and long-term supporting the Navy Customer. We work together across clients and projects to provide repeatable solutions, using the latest cost estimation, data analytics, and data visualization tools.
Location: HYBRID: 2-3 days a week onsite at the Navy Yard/Company HQ located in Washington, DC. The remaining days each week are work from home.
Clearance: Active Secret preferred
Role Overview:
Location: HYBRID: 2-3 days a week onsite at the Navy Yard/Company HQ located in Washington, DC. The remaining days each week are work from home.
Clearance: Active Secret preferred
Role Overview:
- Work as a part of an integrated team, interfacing with program offices and leadership.
- Understand phases of a program – Engineering & Manufacturing Development (EMD), Production, Operations and Sustainment, and Disposal – and be able to apply different cost estimating techniques and data sources dependent on the program phase.
- Work in coordination with subject matter experts and be able to elicit requirements that translate into costs for a program
- Analyze and make effective use of cost, schedule, technical, and programmatic data.
- Develop, analyze, and validate cost and schedule risk-adjusted Life Cycle Cost Estimations (LCCEs), Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCEs), Business Case Analyses (BCAs), Analysis of Alternatives (AoAs), program office estimates, and other standard cost analyses.
- Move beyond just putting together the estimate, employ dynamic modeling techniques and provide dashboards to quickly manipulate data.
- Use data visualization tools to present data dynamically and support client evaluation and decision-making in real time.
- Develop presentations and draft, edit, and manage routing of executive level briefings, papers, and/or reports on program cost positions, impact of budget changes on supported programs, and other cost issues.
- Use an analytical process – setting up the problem, conducting background research, collecting and reducing data, displaying data for analysis, formulating mathematical expressions, and drawing conclusions – in conjunction with the cost estimating process to provide data-driven solutions.
- Understand the DoD’s financial management and budget process to identify funding issues, prepare for budget or other reviews, resolve issues, and make sound and timely recommendations.
- Analyze cost and financial data using EVM best practices to assess program performance as it relates to cost and schedule estimates to complete.
- Provide leadership and guidance to a team of cost analysts in support of above tasks (senior-level requirement)
- 5-7 years of relative experience
- A completed Bachelor’s degree
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Proficient with MS Office suite
- Active clearance or clearable (US Citizenship required)
- Experience with PowerBI or other data visualization and analytics tools is a plus
- Experience with Crystal Ball, @Risk, or other simulation software is a plus
- Experience with MS Project is a plus
- Experience with AEGIS a plus
- CCEA certification a plus