Senior Business Analyst - Estimator

HukariAscendent; Aiken (SC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

A leading engineering services company in the US seeks a Technical Recruiter to manage project controls and develop comprehensive cost estimates for complex projects. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree and experience in project management and estimating tools. This role offers excellent benefits including medical, dental, 401(k), and paid time off, reflecting the value placed on quality professionals in a mid-senior level position.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in business or related field and 2 years experience required.
• Proficiency in automated accounting and cost management systems necessary.
• Skilled in conceptual estimating and field construction techniques essential.

Responsibilities

• Develop cost estimates for projects with varying complexity.
• Identify missing design elements and recommend solutions.
• Present estimates and recommendations to management.

Skills

Proficiency in accounting and cost management tools

Project management at tactical level

Conceptual estimating skills

Ability to quantify work condition impacts

Education

Master's or Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Experience equivalent to education level

Tools

Success Estimating Software

Job description

Technical Recruiter - Helping talented people find work in Professional and Technical Support with top DOE, NRC and DOD clientele

Duration: 12 Months or more

Summary: 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.

Responsibilities

• 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 all 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.

Required Qualifications

• 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.
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience and working knowledge of Success Estimating Software
• Experience in planning / developing Baseline Change Proposals and Performance Baselines for large capital line-item (DOE 413.3) DOE/NNSA projects

Benefits

HukariAscendent offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, 401(k) plan, and paid time off.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Engineering Services and Construction

Equal Opportunity

HukariAscendent is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran or military status including disabled veterans and Vietnam era veterans, or other protected status.

HukariAscendent maintains a drug-free workplace.