Senior Business Analyst - Estimating

Seeking a Senior Business Analyst - Estimating to support our federal government client in Aiken, SC.

Application Deadline: Thursday, July 2, 2026 at 12:00 noon EST.

Requirements:

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. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• 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.

Additional Duties:

• 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.

Work Hours A 40 hour work week is scheduled. SRNS utilizes various work schedules including 5/8s (8 hour/day; five days per week), 4/10's (10 hours/day; four days per week), and 9/80's (9 hours/day, five days on week AA and four days on week BB. Work week excludes SRNS holidays. Each workday has 30-minute lunch. Overtime will be expected at times to meet deliverables and will be utilized at the discretion of the Manager. The anticipated work schedule is from 6:30am -5:30pm, Monday-Thursday.

Area Security Access: Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE "Q" security clearance. An active DOE clearance is not initially required to perform assigned duties.

Qualifications:

Required

• 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

Education

• A master's degree in business / construction management / technical / engineering or a related area and 2 years of practical experience. OR

• Bachelor''''s degree in business / construction management / technical / engineering or a related area and 5 years of practical experience would be considered equivalent. OR

• An 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.

Preferred

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

NOTE: US Citizenship is required to perform this government contract.

Additional Information:

OUTSOURCE Consulting Services, Inc. (OCSI.co) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and take affirmative action to employ and advance qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA. OCSI.co participates in E-Verify. Learn more about applicant rights under Federal Employment Laws.

OCSI.co provides great benefits to our federal contractors: Holidays, PTO, Healthcare, Dental, Vision, Short/Long Term Disability, Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Account (FSA), 401(k) Savings Plan, Roth IRA, and Direct Deposit.

To learn more about OCSI.co, please visit our corporate website at  www.ocsi.co. Thank you for your interest in our jobs. We look forward to seeing your resume!

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