Principal Business Analyst - Project Controls

Principal Estimator

Working Title:

Principal Business Analyst – Project Controls
Pay: $80-$85/hr
Location: Aiken, SC (On-site at Savannah River Site)
Contract: 1-year base with two (2) 1-year option periods
Work Schedule: Monday–Thursday, 6:30 AM–5:00 PM
Clearance: Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE “Q” clearance

We are recruiting on behalf of Savannah River Site (SRS) for a Principal Estimator to provide project controls, estimating, and scheduling support to the NNSA Capital Projects mission  work centers on evaluating and assessing project scopes, including cost estimating and scheduling, and on the organization, development, and maintenance of project controls, financial analysis, and estimating applications that give management the ability to plan, schedule, analyze, and control cost across the life cycle of complex projects and programs.

Under very limited supervision, you will perform project controls activities and prepare business and financial plans and reports on a periodic or ad hoc basis. This is an on-site position. Candidates should be local to the Aiken, SC area or willing to relocate at their own expense. Telework may be approved at the hiring manager’s discretion and can be revoked at any time;

SRS remains the primary duty station.

• Develop cost and schedule baselines, milestone schedules, work breakdown structures, and spend-out plans that make effective use of equipment, manpower, funding, and facilities.
• Review and provide input to specifications for engineered equipment and subcontracts.
• Advise estimators on the labor and non-labor resources needed to perform the scope of work.
• Provide input to schedulers on activity sequence, durations, and logic, and to management on risk-informed schedules used to set milestones and performance-based incentives (PBIs).
• Provide input to technical writers for Basis of Estimate (BOE), Basis of Schedule (BOS), and WBS data dictionary documents.
• Participate in routine project cost reviews and schedule meetings, and develop and implement a change management system for assigned engineering and construction scope.
• Analyze cost and schedule variances against the plan and communicate causes and proposed mitigation plans to management.
• Apply financial analysis techniques, including variance, statistical, and scenario analysis, to work scopes and management decisions.
• Develop and explain costing rates for the budget process, maintain rates in People Soft, and analyze pool variances (Assigned Overhead and Service Pools).
• Analyze business operations to identify funding limitations, productivity issues, and financial risks, and design integrated financial controls and cost-effective processes.
• Define requirements and develop models for complex business systems, build test plans and scenarios, and oversee implementation of enhancements to financial applications.
• Initiate and direct special studies and translate management’s conceptual direction into operating plans.
• Prepare comprehensive monthly financial reports, including analyses, forecasts, and spend plans.
• Provide leadership, technical direction, and training to other Project Controls personnel, applying an understanding of CAS/FAR principles.

Master’s degree in business, construction management, technical, engineering, or a related area and 5 years of practical experience. Equivalents considered: a Bachelor’s degree in a related area and 7 years of practical experience; an Associate’s degree and 11 years of practical experience; or a high school diploma and 15 years of relevant experience. In addition, the position requires a minimum of 10 years of experience as listed under Top Skills &…