Senior Business Analyst - Estimating 1269 - EGS

Senior Business Analyst - Estimating
US Citizenship Required - 1 position

SRNS @ SRS, Aiken, SC  

RFQ# 1269 / contract: 1 year w/ 2 opt years / Deadline 12/19/2024

• 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.

• Responsibilities include but are not limited to: - Develop cost estimates comprehensively applying basic principles and concepts, 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 assists in designing a Work Breakdown Structure 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 

• Oversees 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 for 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 action. 

• Prepares discipline Change Order Estimates for use with Baseline Change Proposals - Develops and maintains project-level and control-account level specialty estimating schedules. 

• Prepares estimate analysis within the discipline. Maintains established specialty estimating systems, procedures, and manuals. Presents information to management with recommendations occasionally.

Qualifications for Senior Business Analyst - Estimating 1269

Please answer how you meet each qualification as if you were being interviewed in person. Many times, they will not interview, so this is your chance to sell yourself. A YES or a NO is not an acceptable answer unless specified. Many of the required qualifications are not posed as questions, but you need to demonstrate how you meet each qualification. Answer each clearly and thoroughly. You must meet every required qualification in order to be submitted for this role.

1.  A Master's degree in business / construction management / technical / engineering or a related area and 2 years of practical experience. 
   OR A 
   Bachelor's degree in business / construction management / technical / engineering or a related area and 5 years of practical experience would be considered equivalent. 
   OR A 
   Associate's degree and 8 years of practical experience would be considered equivalent. 
   OR A 
   high school diploma and 12 years of relevant experience would also be considered equivalent Please Answer:

2. Requires considerable proficiency in the use of automated accounting, budgeting, cost management and estimating systems as tools for performing required duties Please Answer:

3. 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. Please Answer:

4. Estimating Specialty - Demonstrated skill in conceptual estimating, coordination with technical personnel, interfacing with engineers, knowledge of field construction techniques, labor, and equipment requirements. Please Answer:

5. Ability to apply concepts and methods to quantify work condition impacts on costs is necessary Please Answer:

6. Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE 'Q' security clearance. Please Answer:

7. Provide your preferred phone number and email address. Please Answer:

8. US Citizenship is required.  Are you a US Citizen? Please Answer: