Senior Cost Analyst

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Senior Cost Analyst

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KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.

Why Join Us?

• Innovative Projects: As a Cost Analyst at KBR, you will contribute to cutting-edge space systems, ground systems, and launch systems for national security applications. Your work will directly influence the success of critical government programs and shape the future of defense technology.
• Collaborative Environment: Work alongside a talented team of engineers, analysts, and subject-matter experts. KBR fosters a collaborative atmosphere where knowledge sharing, mentorship, and continuous learning are encouraged.
• Impactful Work: Your expertise in cost estimation and risk analysis will drive essential decisions for complex government acquisitions, directly supporting our mission to protect national security and provide advanced solutions to our government clients.

Key Responsibilities:

• Cost Estimation for Government Acquisitions: Apply principles, theories, and methods of cost estimation to complex space systems, including satellites, launch vehicles, and ground systems.
• Develop Cost Estimating Relationships (CERs): Use advanced statistical techniques to build CERs and support lifecycle cost modeling for space-related product lines.
• Lead Life-Cycle Cost Estimates: Develop and present life-cycle cost estimates for major acquisitions, ensuring that they account for key cost and technical risk areas.
• Data Analysis & Normalization: Collect, analyze, and normalize data to design cost estimating methods and models that align with industry best practices.
• Risk Identification & Mitigation: Identify key cost and technical risks, assess their impact, and translate them into actionable insights for senior leadership.

Work Environment:

• Location: [Insert Location] (On-site/Remote/Hybrid)
• Travel Requirements: Minimal/Moderate (if applicable)
• Working Hours: Flexible (or specify the standard working hours or shifts)

Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Physics, Operations Research, Cost Analysis, Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 2-5 years of relevant experience in cost estimation, modeling, or analysis in a government or defense-related environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel, and experience using statistical analysis tools and Monte Carlo simulations.
• Experience in cost estimation methods, including parametric, analogy-based, and lifecycle cost estimating.
• Strong Communication Skills: Ability to present complex data and results to senior leadership in a clear and actionable manner.

Desired:

• Master’s Degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., Engineering, Operations Research, Cost Analysis).
• Experience in Space Systems: Familiarity with space hardware (bus and payload), launch systems, satellite systems, or related ground systems (e.g., mission management, command and control, data centers).
• Certifications: ICEAA Certified Cost Estimator/Analyst (CCEA) preferred.
• Risk Analysis Software: Experience with software like @Risk or Crystal Ball for cost risk analysis.
• Statistical Analysis Software: Proficiency in SAS, SPSS, or similar tools for data analysis.

Security Requirements:

• TS/SCI with CI Polygraph clearance is required for this position.

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KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.