Senior Business Analyst - Estimating

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

Top Skills & Years of Experience:
-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
-Minimum of 10 years of experience in engineering, construction, operations, estimating, scheduling, project controls, proposal development, and/or project management.
-Five 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.

Nice to Have:
-Candidates who have possessed an active DOE clearance (L or Q) within the past two (2) years are preferred.

Interview Process:
Phone or Video Conference

PF-81 Evaluation Criteria:
" Price and Cost to Company: 20%
" Technical Acceptability: 80%

Duration of the Contract: One (1) Year with the option to extend for two (2) additional one (1) year option years in accordance with the attached job title.
" Option Periods are not guaranteed and are executed at the discretion of the hiring manager.
" Yearly options will automatically include a 3.5% escalation.

Estimates Hours Per Year:
2080 ST 600 OT

Anticipated Work Schedule:
6:30p-5:00p Mon-Thurs

Onsite or Remote? Onsite with the potential of remote/hybrid work upon manager's approval.

JOB TITLE: SR BUSINESS ANALYST ESTIMATING
DUTIES
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 assists 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 - 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 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.
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.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
Education: A Master's degree in business / construction management / technical / engineering or a related
area and 2 years of practical experience. Bachelor's degree in business / construction management /
technical / engineering or a related area and 5 years of practical experience would be considered
equivalent. An Associate's degree and 8 years of practical experience would be considered equivalent. A
high school diploma and 12 years of relevant experience would also be considered equivalent
Experience/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
OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
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. After award, the selected
candidate will be notified when to apply for a clearance based on specific work assignments.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Candidates who have possessed an active DOE clearance (L or Q) within the past two (2) years are
preferred.
Attachment A
Job Title: Senior Estimator
Working Title: Senior Business Analyst - Estimating
Task:
Provide Project Control, Estimating and Scheduling support services to the NNSA Capital Projects
mission undertaken by Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS), LLC. 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 and scheduling.
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
Additional Education
- Please list additional education requirements here
- Please specify whether required or preferred
Additional Experience Qualifications
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)
Reviews work for completeness as required by project specifications and scope definitions. (required)
Candidate must have strong problem solving, analysis and interpersonal skills as well as oral and written
communication skills. (required)
Additional Work Requirements
Area Security Access: Clearance "Q required. Subcontractor must have an active eFOCI
registration and approved Facility Level Clearance with DOE / NNSA.
- Please identify any travel requirements here
Business Travel Justification: Minimal travel will be required if Candidate is remote. Candidate
will be required to travel to the site to attend on-site meetings or for other business related
activities.
Estimated Funding for Travel: $10,000 / year
o Please note Travel cannot take place until it has been approved by procurement via a
fully funded requisition and added to the Task Order Authorization. A justification, travel
locations, estimated cost, and dates of travel must be provided prior to procurement
approval. SRNS will not reimburse for travel to conferences or trainings. Please
remember, all rates are fully burdened and should include all costs outside of direct
business travel.