Principal Business Analyst-Estimator

Duties/Responsibilities

The main goal of these support services is to assist the SRNS NNSA Capital Projects initiative through comprehensive evaluation and assessment of various project scopes. This includes tasks such as estimating costs, scheduling, formulating management plans, and developing support procedures and processes to ensure seamless integration with engineering and procurement functions.

Provide leadership, technical direction and training to other Project Controls personnel.

• Understands CAS/FAR principle

Additional Duties

• Provide guidance to management on classification requirements and compliance and on the CD process and deliverable format
• 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 engineers, estimators, and schedulers on constructability, maintain-ability, operability, and commissioning
• Provide input to technical writers for BOEs, BOS, and WBS data dictionary

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Education: Master's degree in business / construction management / technical / engineering or a related area and 5 years of practical experience. Bachelor's degree in business / construction management / technical / engineering or a related area and 7 years of practical experience would be considered equivalent. An associate’s degree and 11 years of practical experience would be considered equivalent. A high school diploma and 15 years of relevant experience would also be considered equivalent.

• Experience/Skills

Possesses strong personal computer skills. Requires expert proficiency in the use of automated accounting, cost management, scheduling and estimating systems as tools for performing required duties. Possesses practical experience in the use of the Site Business systems. A comprehensive knowledge and understanding of project management and cost and schedule control at the tactical level would be necessary, along with a knowledge of operations, maintenance, or project startup and construction

• Additional Experience/Skills

Minimum of 10 years of experience in engineering, construction, operations, estimating, scheduling, project controls, proposal development, and/or project management. (Required)

Five years of experience demonstrating knowledge of desired area of subject matter expertise required.

Candidate must have strong problem solving, analysis and interpersonal skills as well as oral and written communication skills.