Contract Price/Cost Analyst

US Department of Energy Headquarters; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The US Department of Energy Headquarters, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), seeks a Contract Price/Cost Analyst to inform management on price and cost issues, evaluate procurement actions, awards, grants and cooperative agreements, and negotiate final contract expenses.

Basic and specialized experience requirements include a 4-year degree with relevant coursework and multiple years of contracting or related experience, with waivers possible by the senior procurement executive based

Qualifications

• 4-year degree with 24 semester hours in accounting/business/finance/contracts/etc.
• At least 4 years contracting or related experience; at least 1 year specialized at next lower grade level.
• Waivers may be granted by senior procurement executive based on potential and performance.

Responsibilities

• Provide management and officials with information on price and cost issues.
• Evaluate procurement actions, awards, grants, and cooperative agreements.
• Negotiate final expenses incurred on various contracts.

Skills

Contract cost analysis

Federal contracting

Pricing analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting/business/finance/contracts

Job description

This position is part of the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). As a Contract Price/Cost Analyst, you will provide information to management and other officials on price and cost issues, evaluate procurement actions, awards, grants and cooperative agreements, and negotiate final expenses incurred on various contracts.

You must meet both the Basic and Specialized Experience Requirements:

BASIC REQUIREMENT:

A. Applicants must have at least 4 years experience in contracting or related positions. At least 1 year of that experience must have been specialized experience at or equivalent to work at the next lower grade level of the position in federal service, as defined under Specialized Experience below.

AND

B. A 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree, that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours in any combination of the following fields: accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organization and management.

C. Exceptions: Applicants holding a GS-1102 position in federal service will be considered to have met the standard for positions they occupied on January 1, 2000. This also applies to positions at the same grade in the same agency or other agencies if the specialized experience requirements are met. However, they will have to meet the basic requirements and specialized experience requirements in order to qualify for promotion to a higher grade, unless granted a waiver under Paragraph D.

D. Waiver: Applicants may request that the senior procurement executive of DOE, at his or her discretion, waive any part of the requirements above. The senior procurement executive must certify that the applicant possesses significant potential for advancement to levels of greater responsibility and authority, based on demonstrated analytical and decision-making capabilities, job performance, and qualifying experience. With respect to each waiver granted under this Paragraph D, the senior procurement executive must document for the record the basis of the waiver. If an individual is placed in a position in DOE on the basis of a waiver, DOE may later reassign that individual to another position at the same grade within DOE without additional waiver action.

GS-12 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level GS-11 in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as meeting 2 of the following 3:

• Assist with reviewing technical evaluations and financial audit reports to formulate cost/pricing recommendations.
• Conduct pre and post-award activities (e.g., ensuring bid schedule is properly structured, preparing solicitation sources, or conducting pre-bid conferences) to determine award of contract.
• Performing market or price analysis to recommend availability of products or services.

GS-13 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as meeting 2 of the following 3:

• Developing pre-negotiation pricing position, cost objectives or pricing memoranda.
• Evaluating multi-year cost proposals, contract change proposals or requests for adjustments by analyzing direct and indirect cost elements (such as labor rates, material costs, overhead/indirect expense pools, or profit fees.)
• Participate in negotiations with vendors/contractors to resolve discrepancies, billing rates or settle final contract/grant closeouts.

Education cannot be substituted for education at the GS-12 and GS-13 levels.

"Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills; and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

CTAP/ICTAP candidates:

To be considered "well qualified" you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section.

You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.