Professor Of Cost Estimating

Warfighting Acquisition University • Fort Belvoir, VA

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About The Position

Serve as a Professor of Cost Estimating in support of the WarU mission. The position conveys extensive knowledge and experience in Department of War (DoW) program life-cycle cost estimating and provides technical advice and assistance in cost analysis. It develops and delivers customer-focused learning solutions using current functional expertise, digital and data capabilities, university technologies, stakeholder collaboration, and customer feedback to continuously improve learning products, processes, and services.

The role involves designing, developing, and adapting cost-estimating techniques and data-analysis methods; analyzing resource requirements and program-related issues for what-if decision support; modeling cost-analysis problems using computer applications; and applying scientific inquiry to establish cost-estimating requirements. It uses databases and analytical tools to manage and analyze data, assess program estimates and goals, and perform statistical analysis of program life-cycle costs.

This Excepted Service position may be filled at WarU Pay Band B (AD-12, equivalent to GS-14) or Pay Band C (AD-13, equivalent to GS-15). The initial appointment is for three years, conditional on satisfactory completion of a two-year WarU probationary period. WarU requires employees to report to their assigned duty location during each pay period. The position may involve travel away from the normal duty station and overtime, irregular shifts, or weekend work.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Males must be registered for Selective Service, as applicable.
• Must obtain and maintain an appropriate security clearance if required.
• If applicable, meet or be capable of meeting within specified timeframes and maintaining DAWIA certification requirements for an acquisition-coded position, and meet Continuing Acquisition Education requirements.
• Meet the basic education requirement: a bachelor's or higher degree in operations research, or at least 24 semester hours in a combination of operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, mathematical logic, science, or subject-matter courses requiring substantial competence in college-level mathematics or statistics; at least 3 of those hours must be in calculus.
• Meet the applicable WarU pay-band requirements: Band B requires at least a bachelor's degree in an appropriate discipline and six years of experience in the appropriate functional area; Band C requires at least a bachelor's degree in an appropriate discipline and eight years of experience in the appropriate functional area.
• Demonstrate specialized experience processing, cleansing, and verifying datasets used for cost-estimating model building and analysis.
• Demonstrate specialized experience analyzing and employing large datasets for statistical analysis of program life-cycle costs.
• Demonstrate specialized experience evaluating budget and financial systems and requirements of a complex program to determine cost impacts.
• Demonstrate specialized experience developing and recommending data analyses, reports, and studies that enable ongoing improvement to systems and programs.
• Have Advanced Certification in Business Cost Estimating or be able to become certified within 18 months.
• Submit proof of education, such as unofficial transcripts, with the application when required.
• If using foreign education to qualify, provide evidence that it is equivalent to a conventional U.S. education program.
• If selected, be able to start employment within 30 days of acceptance unless otherwise approved by WarU.
• Federal employees are required to use direct deposit.
• A one-year probationary period may be required; the position also describes a WarU probationary period of two years.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degrees are highly desired for both Pay Band B and Pay Band C.
• Technical certifications and/or experience may be approved by the WarU Chief of Staff to meet the needs of the University.

Responsibilities

• Convey extensive cost-estimating knowledge and experience in DoW program life-cycle cost estimating.
• Design, develop, and adapt techniques relevant to cost-estimating processes and data analysis, including data analytics.
• Analyze resource requirements and program-related problems to support what-if analysis and program decision-making.
• Analyze and model cost-analysis problems using practical knowledge of computer applications.
• Apply scientific inquiry and analysis to develop cost-estimating requirements and provide technical advice in cost analysis.
• Use databases, including CADE, JIAT, DAMIR, and operating and support cost data systems, to manage and analyze data.
• Use analytical tools such as @Risk, ACEIT, Excel, Power BI, and Power Query, and techniques including parametric and nonparametric statistics, advanced regression, data normalization, and risk and uncertainty analysis.
• Monitor programs, projects, operations, or activities against short- and long-term goals and assess estimate realism using cost-estimating knowledge and Defense Business Systems.
• Process, cleanse, and verify the integrity of datasets used for cost-estimating model building and analysis.
• Analyze and employ large datasets for statistical analysis of program life-cycle costs.
• Use database query tools to obtain cost data for cost estimating and program life-cycle cost analysis.
• Use current software systems to perform cost analysis and provide technical assistance and advice on program cost data.
• Develop and deliver customer-focused learning solutions using functional expertise, digital and data capabilities, and university technologies.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders and use customer feedback to improve learning products, processes, and services.
• Meet applicable DAWIA certification and continuing acquisition education requirements, if applicable.
• Travel away from the normal duty station when required and work overtime, irregular shifts, and/or weekends when required.

Benefits

• Flexible work schedules, at the supervisor's discretion.
• Transit subsidy.
• Federal employee benefits package, with benefits eligibility dependent on position type and other applicable factors.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior