Principal Specialist - Estimating and Pricing

About the role

RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, seeks an employee to join the Land & Air Defense Systems (L&ADS) Estimating organization. This role involves preparing various types of proposals for development, production, and competitive contracts, supporting gate reviews, government audits, and negotiations with customers.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and understanding of proposals
• Work with functions from across the company to develop the labor, material, and other direct costs associated with proposed contracts
• Utilize company estimating and pricing programs and tools
• Develop detailed bidding guidelines which are used to kick off proposals
• Provide estimating support for the development of Basis of Estimates to include validating and analyzing actuals, ensuring consistency within task descriptions, and confirming estimating approach is sound
• Prepare and present limited complexity
• Submit Gate charts for program/company leadership review of proposal information
• Avoid proposals that do not comply with basic FAR and internal requirements
• Absorb and formulate potential solutions leading to a thorough proposal submittal
• Show ability and willingness to gain special access clearance to work activities as appropriate

Requirements

• You must have a Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and a minimum of 3 years experience
• Experience with Microsoft Office products, such as Microsoft Excel (basic formulas, lookup functions, pivot tables, filtering/sorting, etc.)
• Must be a U.S. citizen, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, as well as the ability to interact with senior levels of management and customer organizations
• Good investigative/analytical abilities, strong organization skills, and demonstrated ability to consistently meet deadlines in a schedule-driven environment
• The ability to work well in teams, with peers and management
• The ability to follow and apply internal and external regulations to the development of company proposals
• Basic working knowledge of the RTN pricing tool, ProPricer, is desired but not required

Qualifications

• Active Secret Clearance is a plus, but not required

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays

Pay

The salary range for this role is 86,800 USD - 165,200 USD.

Schedule

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

Benefits

• Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement

Pay Structure

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

Equal Opportunity Employer

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class.