Senior Business Analyst - Estimating

Longenecker & Associates (L&A), a Geosyntec Company, is a trusted partner enabling critical missions across the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) complex for more than 30 years. We contribute to DOE’s nuclear security and environmental remediation enterprise by providing the highest-caliber staff and experts. We are seeking a motivated Sr. Business Analyst - Estimating to contribute to our mission supporting our work at Savannah River Nuclear Solutions in Aiken, SC.

Geosyntec is an innovative, international engineering and consulting firm serving private and public-sector clients to address new ventures and complex problems involving our environment, natural resources, and civil infrastructure. Our engineers, scientists, technical and project employees serve our clients from offices across the world. Ranked by ENR as one of the top environmental engineering design firms, Geosyntec is internationally known for its technical leadership, broad experience, and exceptional client service.

We invest in our people.  Each employee is unique, and your career at Geosyntec will be too.  We offer competitive pay and benefits, and well-being programs to support you and your family.

To Learn More Visit: http://www.geosyntec.com/careers/.

• 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.
• 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

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.

REQUIRED SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• 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
• 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.
• Due to federal contract security requirements, this position requires U.S. Citizenship. (required)
• Due to federal contract security requirements, candidates must be able to successfully pass a federal background investigation to secure and maintain DOE Q security clearance. (required)
• Health & Safety training, medical monitoring, and client-driven drug and background testing. (required)
• Please note that marijuana remains a Schedule III controlled substance under Federal Law. Federal contractors must follow Federal drug-free workplace rules, which prohibit marijuana use, even if medical or recreational use is permitted under State Law.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS & LOCATION DETAILS:

• 10+ years of experience in engineering, construction, operations, estimating, scheduling, project controls, proposal development, and/or project management. Additional education can be considered in lieu of working experience. 
• 5+ years of experience demonstrating knowledge of desired area of subject matter expertise.
• Candidates who have possessed an active DOE clearance (L or Q) within the past two (2) years are preferred.
• 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.
• 6:30p-5:00p Mon-Thurs. 
• Onsite or Remote? Onsite with the potential of remote/hybrid work upon manager's approval.
• Projects supported: SRPPF

As an L&A employee, you will be eligible for a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package including healthcare (medical and dental), 401K plan, and paid time off. We believe in investing in our employees beyond compensation and as an L&A employee, you will have access to in-house training, career pathing, mentoring, award programs, tuition reimbursement and much more.