LEAD Technical COST Specialist Security Clearance

Position: LEAD TECHNICAL COST SPECIALIST with Security Clearance
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. Requirements Conditions of employment
* Must be a US Citizen.
* Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
* Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
* New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
* Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
* Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
* Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
* You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
* This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
* You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment. Qualifications 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:
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. Additional 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…