SUPERVISORY ADMINISTRATIVE/TECHNICAL SPECIALIST
Naval Sea Systems Command
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LEAD TECHNICAL COST SPECIALIST
United States Fleet Forces Command
Department of the Navy
GS-12 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $74,441 - $96,770
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-11. Advanced degree + significant experience.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves leading the analysis of contractor cost proposals for ship maintenance contracts in the Navy, ensuring costs are reasonable and providing expert advice to contracting officers on negotiations or awards.
It requires hands-on experience with specialized Navy software and tools like Excel to generate reports and spot issues.
A good fit would be someone with a background in cost analysis or contracting in government or defense sectors, who enjoys detail-oriented work and team leadership.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-12 level or equivalent in federal, public, or private sector
- Understanding of MARMC business procedures and requirements for using MFOM and MSE application suites
- Proficiency in operating TA&R/FTS applications to support customer needs
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel for creating reports, identifying trends, errors, and process improvements
- Ability to evaluate contractor cost proposals and analyze cost elements for reasonableness
- Experience preparing Technical Analysis Reports (TARs) on excessive or unreasonable costs
- Capability to lead or serve on cost realism teams for evaluating contractor proposals in ship maintenance or acquisitions
Full Job Description
You will serve as a LEAD TECHNICAL COST SPECIALIST in the Multi Ship/ Multi Year Cost Contract Division, Code 430, Contracts Department, of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) of MID ATLANTIC REGIONAL MAINTENANCE CTR.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience understanding MARMC business procedures and requirements which will assist in the appropriate usage of the applications housed within the MFOM and MSE suites of applications.
Experience operating the TA&R/FTS applications in order to facilitate our largest customer base.
Experience utilizing Microsoft Excel to provide comprehensive reports to leadership and assist them in identifying trends or errors while also seeking opportunities for process improvement.
Experience evaluating contractor cost proposals and analyzing each cost element in the proposal to determine reasonableness.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).
Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. Major Duties:
- You will provide advice to the contracting officer relative to further negotiation, cancellation, or award of contracts based on the bids received.
- You will prepare written comprehensive TARs to identify specific costs that are considered excessive, unnecessary, duplicative or otherwise unreasonable.
- You will serve on or leads cost realism teams for Source Selection teams to evaluate and rank contractor proposals for major ship maintenance or acquisitions conducted by MARMC or NAVSEA.
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