Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) manages and operates the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).  Our MISSION is to help ensure the security of the United States and its allies by providing high-hazard experimentation and incident response capabilities through operations, engineering, education, field, and integration services and by acting as environmental stewards to the Site’s Cold War legacy.  Our VISION is to be the user site of choice for large-scale, high-hazard, national security experimentation, with premier facilities and capabilities below ground, on the ground, and in the air. (See NNSS.gov for our unique capabilities.) Our 2,750+ professional, craft, and support employees are called upon to innovate, collaborate, and deliver on some of the more difficult nuclear security challenges facing the world today.  In this environment, the best ideas need to be voiced and every opinion matters.  As such, MSTS places great value on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and is committed to a diverse and equitable workforce, with an inclusive culture that values and celebrates the diversity of our people, talents, ideas, and perspectives.

• MSTS offers our full-time employees highly competitive salaries and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision; both a pension and a 401k; paid time off and 96 hours of paid holidays; relocation (if located more than 75 miles from work location); tuition assistance and reimbursement; and more.  
• MSTS is a limited liability company consisting of Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs), and HII Nuclear Inc.

MSTS is seeking a Cost Estimator II to support the development/execution of project and service cost estimates. This Cost Estimator II will utilize the skill set necessary to develop an understanding of project scope, quantification, pricing review, and presentation processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Under the direction of the Manager of Estimating, support the development/execution of project cost estimates.

• Utilize the skill set necessary to develop an understanding of project scope, quantification, pricing, review, and presentation processes.

• Demonstrate a graded proficiency in the use of the following processes and tool sets:

  • Work Breakdown Structure development

  • Work Authorization process

  • Schedule development

  • Estimate development

  • Earned Value Management (EVM) techniques

  • Estimating processes and techniques

  • Application System processes

  • Opening and closing of charge numbers in the accounting system

  • Change Control process

  • Read and understand Project Scope Document

  • Quantity development and entry into the estimate

  • Commodity pricing

  • Application of indirect costs (burden)

  • Identification of scope changes, including client supporting data

  • Correlation of project Work Breakdown Structure and schedule activities with the estimate detail

  • Estimate review process

• Support the Variance Analysis process.

• Assist in preparing routine preliminary cost estimates for specific areas of construction, maintenance, engineering, or scientific projects, including tasks such as calculating material and labor costs associated with the electrical, structural, civil, or mechanical phase of construction and maintenance projects.

• Visit work sites to better visualize the project and to help plan for unusual circumstances, which could affect the estimate.

• Make material takeoffs from drawings and determines costs based on parts catalogs or occasionally by contacting the vendor for more specific information.

• Submit work to a senior level estimator for review.

• Prepare reports, logs, historical documents, and records of estimating activities to enable review.

• Assist in researching information and developing background material.

• Employee may be assigned to support other organization in a matrix environment by the Manager of Estimating.

• Perform other duties assigned by Management. 

• Bachelor’s degree in field related to the position or equivalent training and experience, plus 2 years of professional experience.

• Demonstrated computer skills, including the use of scheduling applications, project management software, spreadsheet software, word processing software, and databases.

• Must have the ability to manipulate large amounts of data with minimal errors.

• Must have good communication and organizational skills and the ability to work in a team environment.

• The primary work location will be at the Losee Road facility in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
• The schedule for this position will be 4/10s Monday - Thursday (subject to change).
• Pre-placement physical examination, which includes a drug screen, is required. MSTS maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license.

MSTS is required by DOE directive to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants offered employment with MSTS are also subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment. In addition, Applicants for employment must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship, at least 18 years of age. Reference DOE Order 472.2, “Personnel Security”. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Department of Energy Q Clearance (position will be cleared to this level). Reviews and tests for the absence of any illegal drug as defined in 10 CFR Part 707.4, “Workplace Substance Abuse Programs at DOE Sites,” will be conducted.  Applicant selected will be subject to a Federal background investigation, required to participate in subsequent reinvestigations, and must meet the eligibility requirements for access to classified matter. Successful completion of a counterintelligence evaluation, which may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination, may also be required. Reference 10 CFR Part 709, “Counterintelligence Evaluation Program.”

MSTS is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. MSTS is a background screening, drug-free workplace.

Annual salary range for this position is: $62,358.40 - $93,537.60. 

Starting salary is determined based on the position market value, the individual candidate education and experience and internal equity.