Operations Research Analyst (Intermediate Cost Analyst)

Location: On-site at Hill AFB in Ogden, Utah, United States

Company

hirify.global supports critical national defense programs through cost analysis, research, and engineering services.

What you will do

• Perform cost estimating, economic analysis, forecasting, and engineering support for Department of Defense acquisition programs.
• Develop parametric cost estimates, life-cycle cost analyses, cost-estimating relationships, models, and cost-risk assessments.
• Collect, normalize, and analyze cost, technical, and programmatic data from government and industry sources.
• Support earned-value performance measurement, trade studies, market research, scheduling, and proposal evaluations.
• Prepare cost estimates, acquisition documentation, key decision point materials, and management-level briefings.
• Interface with program offices and contribute subject-matter expertise within an integrated cost-estimating team.

Requirements

• At least five years of technical cost-estimating and analysis experience with the Air Force, Navy, Army, MDA, or a comparable DoD organization.
• Experience with Air Force ACAT I acquisition program cost analysis and complex weapon-system programs, preferably ICBM or nuclear weapons systems.
• Bachelor’s degree in mathematics, engineering, business, science, or a related field.
• Knowledge of DCARC, CSDRs, CPRs, DACIMS, and/or AFTOC data sources and processes.
• Experience with construction cost data, design documents, construction trades, building systems, and RS Means-based estimating software.
• U.S. citizenship required; ability to obtain and maintain a Secret or Top Secret clearance required, with Top Secret preferred.

Nice to have

• Strong working knowledge of ACEIT, @Risk, Crystal Ball, or similar parametric and cost-risk tools.
• Experience supporting construction-focused cost estimating.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment in a collaborative and innovative work environment.
• Competitive salary and opportunities for professional growth and development.
• Company-paid medical, dental, vision, life, accidental death and dismemberment, travel accident, and long-term disability coverage.
• Company-funded pension plan and employee stock ownership plan.
• Paid annual, sick, holiday, bereavement, jury duty, and military leave.