Contract Price/Cost Analyst

Full Job Description

See below for important information regarding this job. Additional vacancies may be filled from this announcement. Positions will be filled at any of the locations listed below.

Site specific salary information as follows: - McChord AFB, Washington: $101,694 - $131,625 (includes 31.57% locality) - Saint Louis, Missouri: $92,775- $120,080 (includes 20.03% locality) - Huntington Beach, California: $105,482 - $136,527 (includes 36.47% locality) To qualify for a Contract Price/Cost Analyst, your resume and supporting documentation must support: A.

Basic Contracting Requirement: A.) A baccalaureate degree from an accredited educational institution authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees OR B.) a current civilian employee in DoD or member of the Armed Forces, who occupied an 1102 position, contracting officer position, or comparable military contracting position with authority to award or administer contracts above the simplified acquisition threshold on or before September 30, 2000 are excluded from the requirements of "A" above B.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in, or related to, this position.

To qualify for the NH-03 level, specialized experience must be at the NH-02 or GS-11 grade level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector.

Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement.

Creditable specialized experience includes: Utilizing contract price and cost analysis techniques and procedures to analyze contractor's proposals and actual costs Analyzing direct and indirect rates to ensure compliance with cost accounting standards (CAS) and Federal and Defense Acquisition Regulation (FAR /DFAR) policies and procedures Negotiating cost elements and writing/developing pricing reports.

Major Duties:

• Performs price and cost analyses on the various elements of major contractor proposals, reviewing in detail the significant direct and indirect cost elements such as: material; labor; overhead; and general and administrative expenses.
• Reviews the contractor forward pricing rate, final overhead rate, and cost impact proposals, conducting an in-depth analytical and judgmental evaluation of the proposal to determine reasonableness, accuracy, timeliness, and completeness.
• Forecasts price trends, economic factors and efficiencies in production for future accounting periods using analytical techniques such as random sampling, cost models, learning curves, and parametric cost models.
• Requests, coordinates and integrates into a comprehensive pricing report the various technical evaluations of cost elements such as engineering; start-up labor; facilities; subcontractor overhead and profit; and inefficiencies of idle labor.
• Analyzes available data such as direct labor hours; the contractors past performance; costs of previous procurement; and/or standards and other techniques in producing like or similar items.
• Reviews and evaluates contract price proposals for adequacy and compliance with laws and regulations, and with the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS).