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Duties

You will be leading, with minimal supervision, the development and delivery of complex life cycle cost estimates and analyses for Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment (ALRE) and Support Equipment (SE).,You will be ensuring, with a high degree of autonomy, the quality and compliance of all cost department products by leading cost modeling initiatives and supporting high-level decision-making.,You will be leading the defense of cost estimates, independently resolving obstacles, and building consensus among stakeholders with differing viewpoints, ensuring all products undergo the required review process for final certification.,You will providing senior-level mentoring and technical guidance to less experienced analysts, autonomously facilitating knowledge transfer, and sharing best practices and lessons learned with the team.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also 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: Specialized experience. 1. Technical Cost Analysis & Modeling Independently leading the development and delivery of complex life cycle cost estimates for ALRE and/or SE. This includes exercising senior-level judgment to build variable-driven economic models and taking full ownership of assessing technical, programmatic, and financial risks to quantify their impact on cost and schedule. You must demonstrate mastery in overseeing the compilation, verification, and normalization of baseline data with minimal supervision. 2. Stakeholder Engagement & Defense Proactively coordinating with technical authorities and confidently translating complex analytical data into formal briefings for leadership. This requires experience leading the defense of cost estimates, independently resolving obstacles, and building consensus among stakeholders with differing viewpoints to ensure all products are certified. 3. Strategic Leadership & Departmental Improvement Driving departmental efficiency by developing new tools, databases, and processes, and autonomously mentoring junior analysts. This includes independently implementing Product Based Execution (PBE) strategies, ensuring the quality and compliance of all cost department products, and taking the initiative to champion continuous improvement in support of the command's mission. 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.

Other Information

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position. ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.