DIRECTOR, PRICING AND ESTIMATING (San Diego)

About Us

When you work at Chugach Government Solutions (CGS), you join a proud legacy of supporting missions while sustaining culture.

The federal division of Chugach Alaska Corporation, CGS has been supporting critical missions as a government contractor for over 25 years. Our focus is to support facility maintenance, IT/technical services, construction, and education. We are proud to have built, and continue to foster, an incredibly talented team spanning across the globe in hundreds of different fields – each team member proud to serve our country with first-class business services, while also making a difference for our Chugach shareholders.

At CGS, empowering employees is a part of our core, and that focus is one of the ways we build and foster high-performing teams. We empower our employees through a competitive compensation and benefits package, professional growth opportunities, truthful communication, and more!

If you are looking for an opportunity to serve something bigger than yourself; if you want your day job to be one that creates meaningful value; if you are looking for an environment that highly values employees and respects individual differences – then Chugach Government Solutions may be the right fit for you!

Job Overview

The Director of Pricing and Estimating manages the CGS team of estimating professionals. The Director is responsible for the evaluation, coordination, and development of all bid specifications, ensuring the estimating staff are knowledgeable with every aspect required to successfully bid and win projects. Ensures the technical writing requirements are completed accurately. Ensures pricing of proposals and contracts are competitive, accurate, complete, and compliant. Aggressive in follow-ups with subcontractors to ensure bids are received on time. Works with the Project Management teams to ensure follow-up on bids and budgets, ensuring accurate and complete information are provided.

Work Model: Onsite/In-Office

Responsibilities

Essential Duties & Job Functions:

• Responsible for the content and accuracy of all pricing and technical writing documents submitted in bid proposals.
• Researches RFP and supporting resources necessary to develop complete and competitive cost and written proposals within corporate and client constraints.
• Responsible for providing daily guidance and support of the Estimating Team in a Lead capacity to ensure productivity and accuracy of tasks.
• Ensures that accurate and sufficient supporting documentation is provided to allow formal internal and external audits of completed proposals.
• Performs detailed documented compliance reviews of completed cost proposals.
• Prepares formal responses to audit inquiries on behalf of department.
• Works with minimal supervision to coordinate the development of complete and competitive cost proposals within corporate and client constraints as defined by the Estimating System Manual, RFP, and FAR/DFAR guidelines.
• Proficient with developing complex work breakdown structures that will accurately present incremental resource requirements for customer bid schedules.
• Communicates and coordinates with subject matter experts sufficiently to accurately define the level of effort, resources, and cost elements.
• Prepares formal responses to internal and external audit inquiries.
• Assists with organizational training and development efforts.
• Analyzes scope of work to be performed by means (not all inclusive) of written scope, drawings, blueprints, sketches, manufacturer's instructions, and/or requests, assuring compliance with current accepted trade practices, codes, regulations, and all other applicable rules.
• Determines quantity and type of material needed by each trade group, acquiring cost, source, and availability, and compiles for a complete bill of material.
• Determines additional sources for specialized tasks, consisting of research, composing solicitation, review of bids, and recommends final determination.
• Recommends procedural and model refinements based on lessons learned and experience.
• Ensures that all Cost Proposals and Estimates are compiled in accordance with recognized estimating practices, RFP requirements, and the Corporate Estimating System Manual.
• Ensures the development of complex financial spreadsheets for cost proposals in response to government RFPs and discussions with customers.
• Assists Project Managers in developing contract project start-up budgets based on negotiated contract proposals.
• Reviews and documents lessons learned from ongoing and completed contract start-up efforts. Refines computer models to improve estimating methodologies and cost proposal effectiveness.
• Prepares and publishes final proposal documents using compute-based publishing software and other computer-based production technologies.
• Performs additional duties as required.

The Director of Pricing and Estimating manages the CGS team of estimating professionals. The Director is responsible for the evaluation, coordination, and development of all bid specifications, ensuring the estimating staff are knowledgeable with every aspect required to successfully bid and win projects. Ensures the technical writing requirements are completed accurately. Ensures pricing of proposals and contracts are competitive, accurate, complete, and compliant. Aggressive in follow-ups with subcontractors to ensure bids are received on time. Works with the Project Management teams to ensure follow-up on bids and budgets, ensuring accurate and complete information are provided.

Work Model: Onsite/In-Office