TECHNICAL COST SPECIALIST

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector 1. Experience with a variety of ship repair industrial operations, production processes, methods equipment. 2. Experience with cost and price analysis techniques to gather and evaluate price and/or cost data. 3.

Experience with convincing and supportive reports to explain and persuade readers to adopt to their positions. 4. Experience with estimating practices and procedures, production scheduling, and negotiating.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: 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.

You will provide customer-oriented support for operational units, Fleet and Type Commanders, in matters of technical and logistical services and maintenance and readiness of shipboard equipment and services.,You will perform a full range of responsibilities of Procurement Contracting Officer and Administrative Contracting Officer functions.,You will conduct scoping conferences to develop a mutual understanding with the contractor of the requirements of the specification work.,You will evaluate contractor cost proposals to determine reasonableness, analyzes cost element in the proposal; consider all pertinent data such as drawings, technical manual references, etc.,You will prepare written comprehensive technical advisory reports (TAR) identifying specifically with rationale.,You will review specifications and work packages for clarity, adequacy and completeness in order to develop an independent government estimate (IGE).,You will review and compare bid prices, with planning estimates and perform on site surveillance of contractor's performing major acquisition cost reimbursement contracts.