Skip to content
CV Rocket
Get started
How it worksThe enginePricingBlogContactSign in

Open nowPosted 9 hours ago

Cost Estimator/Analyst (4010)

Workable (global search)107,745 open roles

Where
Idaho Falls, ID, United States
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Your applicationOpen nowCost Estimator/Analyst (4010)Workable (global search) · Idaho Falls, ID, United States

  1. YouYes, apply to this one.

  2. CV RocketCV written for this posting.

  3. 25 readersRecruiter, hiring manager, skeptic. Round after round.

  4. CV RocketApplied on Workable (global search)'s own form.

The reply lands in your private mailbox

3×more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

The clock on this job

Early applications get read.

8.1% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. Workable (global search) postings stay open a median of 2 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 1.7%1 day
  2. 3.6%3 days
  3. 8.1%7 days
  4. 15.0%14 days
  5. 33.9%30 days
This job: posted 9 hours ago

Workable (global search) median: 2 days open

The posting

Navarro Research and Engineering is recruiting a Cost Estimator/Analyst (4100) in Idaho Falls, ID.

Navarro Research & Engineering is an award-winning federal contractor dedicated to partnering with clients to advance clean energy and deliver effective solutions for complex challenges in the nuclear and environmental fields. Joining Navarro means being a part of an exceptional team committed to quality and safety while also looking for innovative strategies to create value for the client’s success. Headquartered in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Navarro has active programs in place across the nation for DOE/NNSA, NASA, and the Department of Defense.

Position Summary

This staffing support position will provide cost estimating and analytical support for a nuclear project in Idaho Falls, Idaho. The Cost Estimator/Analyst will develop, evaluate, and maintain cost information used to support planning, budgeting, forecasting, and informed business and project decisions.

The position requires disciplined analysis, clear documentation of estimating assumptions, and effective coordination with technical, project, and business stakeholders. The successful candidate will help ensure estimates and related cost analyses are complete, traceable, consistent, and aligned with the applicable scope of work.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain cost estimates and support analyses for assigned projects, activities, or work scopes.
  • Review scope, schedule, labor, material, subcontract, equipment, and other cost inputs for completeness and consistency.
  • Document estimate methodologies, assumptions, exclusions, risks, uncertainties, and the basis of estimate.
  • Analyze cost data, trends, variances, and forecasts and communicate findings to project and business stakeholders.
  • Coordinate with technical, project, procurement, finance, and other functional personnel to obtain and validate estimating inputs.
  • Prepare clear cost reports, summaries, presentations, and other supporting documentation for internal and client review.
  • Support budgeting, planning, change evaluation, and decision-making activities with timely and defensible cost information.
  • Maintain organized estimating records and ensure work products comply with applicable quality, confidentiality, and document-control expectations.
  • Develop and maintain cost estimates and support analyses for assigned projects, activities, or work scopes.
  • Review scope, schedule, labor, material, subcontract, equipment, and other cost inputs for completeness and consistency.
  • Document estimate methodologies, assumptions, exclusions, risks, uncertainties, and the basis of estimate.
  • Analyze cost data, trends, variances, and forecasts and communicate findings to project and business stakeholders.
  • Coordinate with technical, project, procurement, finance, and other functional personnel to obtain and validate estimating inputs.
  • Prepare clear cost reports, summaries, presentations, and other supporting documentation for internal and client review.
  • Support budgeting, planning, change evaluation, and decision-making activities with timely and defensible cost information.
  • Maintain organized estimating records and ensure work products comply with applicable quality, confidentiality, and document-control expectations.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated knowledge of cost estimating, cost analysis, budgeting, forecasting, or related project cost functions.
  • Ability to interpret technical scopes, schedules, and support project information and translate them into structured cost estimates.
  • Ability to analyze quantitative information, identify inconsistencies, and clearly explain assumptions and conclusions.
  • Proficiency with spreadsheet-based analysis and the preparation of professional reports and presentations.
  • Strong written and verbal communication, organization, attention to detail, and cross-functional coordination skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and produce accurate, well-documented work products.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience supporting cost estimating or cost analysis in the nuclear, energy, engineering, construction, manufacturing, or other highly regulated technical environment.
  • Experience developing bases of estimate, evaluating cost risks and uncertainties, and supporting project planning or controls activities.
  • Familiarity with cost-estimating tools, enterprise systems, scheduling information, and structured estimating practices.
  • Experience working with multidisciplinary technical and business teams.

Education and Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, accounting, economics, engineering, construction management, project management, or a related discipline is beneficial. An equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be considered.

Due to the nature of the government contract requirements and/or clearances requirements, US citizenship is required.

Navarro is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, religion, color, national origin, age, disability, veteran’s status, or any classification protected by applicable state or local law..

EEO Employer/Vet/Disabled

Benefits

  • Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
  • Retirement Plan (401k)
  • Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
  • Paid Time Off (Vacation & Public Holidays)
  • Short Term & Long Term Disability
From $25, paid onceGet the CV for this job

What happens when you press

One press. We do the rest.

  1. A CV for this posting

    Written against Workable (global search)'s own wording, from every piece of relevant proof in your profile.

  2. 25 readers review it

    Recruiter, hiring manager, skeptic and more read every draft, round after round. You get the best round.

    The review screen in CV Rocket: how each CV was read, round by round.

  3. We apply on Workable (global search)'s form

    Our application engine gets through the hardest forms there are. Where a question needs you, AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

    An application in CV Rocket: every answer filled in on the employer's form.

  4. Every reply, sorted

    Workable (global search)'s answer lands in your private mailbox, and we classify it on arrival: interview, question, rejection.

    The CV Rocket inbox: each employer reply classified as an interview, an action or a rejection.

  5. Reply with AI

    AI helps you write the email, checks it and sends it. We show you whether the recruiter read it.

  6. The interview in your calendar

    Full integration with your calendar. The invitation goes straight in.

    An interview invitation in the CV Rocket inbox, added to the candidate's calendar.
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Why it works

3×

more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

ChatGPT writes a CV and never learns what happened to it. We see every reply. For each CV we know:

  • How it was written, and how the review scored it
  • When we applied, and how long after the posting went up
  • Which posting, which company, which city
  • Who got the interview, and who heard nothing

That is how we know which CVs get called.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

The numbers game

More applications. More interviews.

Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting and paid once. Send enough of them and the law of large numbers finds you the job.

Get the CV for this job
By hand5–10
With CV Rocket100
applications a day

Nearby

Live postings like this one

Same employer first, then the same role elsewhere.

Before you press

Straight answers

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

What if my background isn't good enough?

We make the most of the background you have. The CV uses every piece of relevant proof your profile holds, and one of the 25 readers reads your whole profile and flags what the CV left out.

Do you really apply for me?

Yes, on the employer's own form, the hardest ones included. Where a question needs you, you answer it right there and AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

Is it a subscription?

No. You pay once per CV, from $25. Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting.

One job. One CV.
Paid once.

Pick the posting you want. We write for it, apply for you and catch the reply.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.