Navarro Research and Engineering is recruiting a Cost Estimator/Analyst (4100) in Idaho Falls, ID.
Navarro Research & Engineering is an award-winning federal contractor dedicated to partnering with clients to advance clean energy and deliver effective solutions for complex challenges in the nuclear and environmental fields. Joining Navarro means being a part of an exceptional team committed to quality and safety while also looking for innovative strategies to create value for the client's success. Headquartered in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Navarro has active programs in place across the nation for DOE/NNSA, NASA, and the Department of Defense.
Position Summary
This staffing support position will provide cost estimating and analytical support for a nuclear project in Idaho Falls, Idaho. The Cost Estimator/Analyst will develop, evaluate, and maintain cost information used to support planning, budgeting, forecasting, and informed business and project decisions.
The position requires disciplined analysis, clear documentation of estimating assumptions, and effective coordination with technical, project, and business stakeholders. The successful candidate will help ensure estimates and related cost analyses are complete, traceable, consistent, and aligned with the applicable scope of work.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain cost estimates and support analyses for assigned projects, activities, or work scopes.
- Review scope, schedule, labor, material, subcontract, equipment, and other cost inputs for completeness and consistency.
- Document estimate methodologies, assumptions, exclusions, risks, uncertainties, and the basis of estimate.
- Analyze cost data, trends, variances, and forecasts and communicate findings to project and business stakeholders.
- Coordinate with technical, project, procurement, finance, and other functional personnel to obtain and validate estimating inputs.
- Prepare clear cost reports, summaries, presentations, and other supporting documentation for internal and client review.
- Support budgeting, planning, change evaluation, and decision-making activities with timely and defensible cost information.
- Maintain organized estimating records and ensure work products comply with applicable quality, confidentiality, and document-control expectations.
- Develop and maintain cost estimates and support analyses for assigned projects, activities, or work scopes.
- Review scope, schedule, labor, material, subcontract, equipment, and other cost inputs for completeness and consistency.
- Document estimate methodologies, assumptions, exclusions, risks, uncertainties, and the basis of estimate.
- Analyze cost data, trends, variances, and forecasts and communicate findings to project and business stakeholders.
- Coordinate with technical, project, procurement, finance, and other functional personnel to obtain and validate estimating inputs.
- Prepare clear cost reports, summaries, presentations, and other supporting documentation for internal and client review.
- Support budgeting, planning, change evaluation, and decision-making activities with timely and defensible cost information.
- Maintain organized estimating records and ensure work products comply with applicable quality, confidentiality, and document-control expectations.