Solutions Consultant
Job Description:
- Ability to use the Automated cost Estimating-Integrated Tools (ACE-IT) program to estimate and document major cost estimating products (primary estimates and major tradeoff and what-ifs).
- Ability to dynamically structure major cost analysis products to respond to probably what-if questions anticipated and identified by the Program Office.
- Ability to develop all cost estimating products by working with and through an integrated product team of functional and program management specialists designated by the design and system engineers, manufacturing, test, logistics procurement and budget specialist.
- Ability to time phase estimates in accordance with the latest budget rules and regulations, broken out by application, and by fiscal year in each estimate/what if/trade-off, as necessary.
- Ability to make cost estimating a more integral part of day to day program management and financial management
- Secret and Top Secret Clearance apply
- Cost Estimating and Analysis
- Independent cost estimates
- Understand the system and establish estimating objectives
- Identify system risk issues and cost impacts
- Collect data and develop or tailor a cost model
- Normalize data, develop and validate base case estimates
- Review estimates for reasonableness and adjust the model accordingly.
- Document results and methodology
- Cost and technical data collection
- Collect data from primary sources (system developers)
- Develop data book to document program cost and technical information
- Develop databases to manage data collection efforts and house the collected data
- Model and methods development and calibration
- Develop cost estimating relationships (CERs)
- Develop system complexity/cost factors
- Calibrate commercial models
- Develop cost estimating risk models
- Estimating research
- Examine production cost variance and probability distributions
- Create historically-based cost improvement curves
- Investigate historically-based cost improvement curves
- Investigate causes of software code growth
- Perform statistical cost analyses
- Perform inflation studies
- Independent Program Assessment
- Information gathering to support cost analysis
- Identification of cost to complete
- Schedule analysis
- Cost benefit analysis
- Cost trade studies
- Resource requirements analysis
Job Requirements:
- Minimum – Four Year College Degree
- Twenty-four hours of Quantitative Methods. Must present verification
- Experience with a wide variety of Cost Estimating tools including ACE-IT, SEER-SEM and the PRICE Estimating Suite
- Engineering background a plus
- Ability to interface with clients.
- Ability to perform Classroom instruction
- Ability to prepare and present technical papers.
- Must be an excellent communicator.
- Willing to Travel
