Senior Defense Economist: Shipyards & Strategy

ACT1 Federal; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

Life Insurance & AD&D

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

FSAs

HSA

401K with match

PTO

Holidays

Military Leave

Education & Development

Voluntary Insurance & Identity Protect

Job summary

ACT1 Federal is seeking a Senior Defense Industrial Base Economist to analyze industrial base and fifth shipyard decisions, focusing on maritime infrastructure, cost estimation, labor markets, and readiness. The role entails independent studies, forecasting, and presenting findings to senior leadership.

Responsibilities include evaluating shipyard options, analyzing costs, and coordinating with stakeholders across government and industry.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in economics, applied economics, public policy, statistics, or related field.
• 12+ years of economics, defense or industrial base analysis, corporate finance, supply chain risk, operations research, or related field.
• Demonstrated application of microeconomics, industrial organization, quantitative methods, and corporate financial analysis to complex policy, acquisition, production, industry, or national security questions.
• Experience building models, resolving incomplete or conflicting data, communicating uncertainty, and briefing senior executives or comparable leaders.
• Active Top Secret Clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Maritime Infrastructure and Shipyard Analysis: evaluate potential shipyard sites, compare regions based on workforce, industrial ecosystem, and related factors.
• Estimate capital, operating, lifecycle costs, schedules, ramp-up, and uncertainty for various approaches.
• Assess labor markets, suppliers, construction capacity, ports, utilities, and transportation.
• Evaluate effects on fleet maintenance, workload balance, and readiness under different scenarios.
• Design studies of defense industrial base capacity and resilience using economic methods.
• Prepare and present executive briefings, issue papers, and decision memoranda; defend methods and conclusions.

Skills

Economics

Industrial Base Analysis

Quantitative Methods

Corporate Finance

Executive Briefings

Top Secret Clearance

Model Building

Data Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in economics

Job description

ACT1 Federal is seeking a Senior Defense Industrial Base Economist to analyze industrial base and fifth shipyard decisions, focusing on maritime infrastructure, cost estimation, labor markets, and readiness. The role entails independent studies, forecasting, and presenting findings to senior leadership.

Responsibilities include evaluating shipyard options, analyzing costs, and coordinating with stakeholders across government and industry.