Senior Business Analyst - Estimating

OUTSOURCE Consulting Services, Inc.•Aiken, SC

47d•Onsite

About The Position

Seeking a Senior Business Analyst - Estimating to support our federal government client in Aiken, SC. The Contractor will provide Project Control, Estimating and Scheduling support services to the NNSA Capital Projects mission undertaken by the client. The main goal of these support services is to assist the client's Capital Projects initiative through comprehensive evaluation and assessment of various project scopes. This includes tasks such as estimating costs and scheduling. Responsible for organizing, developing, analyzing, and maintaining project controls, financial analysis or estimating applications required to monitor established objectives, and to prepare status and management reports that identify variances in the work execution strategy and recommend solutions. Provide management with the capability of maintaining cost and schedule control throughout the life cycle of a complex project or work activity. Under limited supervision, responsible for the coordination and limited direction of estimating activities.

Requirements

Minimum of 10 years of experience in engineering, construction, operations, estimating, scheduling, project controls, proposal development, and/or project management.
Five (5) years of experience demonstrating knowledge of desired area of subject matter expertise
Reviews work for completeness as required by project specifications and scope definitions
Candidate must have strong problem solving, analysis and interpersonal skills as well as oral and written communication skills
Possesses strong personal computer skills
Requires considerable proficiency in the use of automated accounting, budgeting, cost management and estimating systems as tools for performing required duties
Working knowledge and understanding of project management and cost and schedule control at the tactical level is necessary, along with a knowledge of operations, maintenance, or project startup and construction.
Estimating Specialty – Demonstrated skill in conceptual estimating, coordination with technical personnel, interfacing with engineers, knowledge of field construction techniques, labor, and equipment requirements.
Ability to apply concepts and methods to quantify work condition impacts on costs is necessary
Must be able to maintain and obtain DOE "Q" security clearance
US Citizenship is required to perform this government contract.

Nice To Haves

Candidates who have possessed an active DOE clearance (L or Q) within the past two (2) years

Responsibilities

Develop cost estimates applying basic principles and concepts in a comprehensive manner, complete in all respects, for facilities with varying degrees of complexity
Conceptual design estimates are based on less than 15 percent complete designs and can determine the upper project funding limits.
Ensures the validity of the project coding structures and work packages for the scope of work.
Designs or assistance in the design of a Work Breakdown Structure that is suitable for capturing ail cost components
Participates with the Lead Estimator in the development of the estimate basis
Identify areas of incomplete design definition within engineering drawings or other scope definition documents within a discipline or specialty
Recognize omissions of necessary elements of the work scope
Develop quantity estimates for all commodities within a discipline from drawings and develop quantities utilizing parametric estimating techniques for undefined scope.
Develops quality material, labor, and subcontract take-offs, coordinates information between the Engineering, Purchasing, and Construction groups, and helps determine the Project Execution Plan.
Develops an understanding of indirect and conceptual estimating
Oversee the development of Discipline Material Take-Offs, Material Pricing, and Labor Effort-hour Units
Provide detailed and credible explanations of complex estimates to internal and external customers
Requires negotiating skills and tradeoffs to generate acceptance
Perform assigned tasks related to establishing or implementing cost estimating databases using field, technical and commercial/industrial information that requires analysis and conversion
Perform trend analysis and evaluate data to support recommended alterations to databases. Present this information to upper management with recommendations for actions
Prepares discipline Change Order Estimates for use with Baseline Change Proposals
Develops and maintains project-level and control-account level specialty estimating schedules
Prepares the estimate analysis within the Discipline.
Maintains established Specialty Estimating Systems, Procedures, and Manuals.
May present information to management with recommendations on occasion.
Review and provide input to specifications for engineered equipment and/or subcontracts.
Review and provide input to estimators on resources (labor and other-than-labor) needed to perform the scope of work.
Provide input to schedulers on sequence, durations, and logic of activities.
Provide input to management regarding risk-informed schedules to serve as the basis for establishing milestones and PBIs.
Provide input to technical writers for BOEs, BOS, and WBS data dictionary.