Senior Cost Estimator

Pacific Missile Range Facility - Barking Sands
Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii

Project Summary

This position supports the Emergency Post-Hurricane Lowell Facility Damage Assessment at PMRF Barking Sands, and several remote sites in Kauai. Operating under a NAVFAC Pacific Command solicitation, the purpose of this immediate-action contract phase is to evaluate damage from Hurricane Lowell with 92 MPH gusts and 17 inches of rain across multiple facilities, and miles of fencing. On-ground assessment duration is short: deployment imminent.
Special conditions include strict federal base access approvals (DBIDS), entirely contractor-furnished logistics (post-storm environment), and air-freighted field operations with no initial barge dependencies.
All logistics and accommodations provided.

Key Responsibilities

• Integrates with the assessment team to immediately convert on-the-ground engineering findings and material takeoffs into defensible cost models.
• Manages cost capture by CLIN from day one to support the joint-scoping session baseline with the COR.
• Remains on contract through the joint-scoping period to build the final Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) repair proposal within the task order's ceiling.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Certified Cost Professional (CCP) or Certified Professional Estimator (CPE) designation.
• Minimum of 7 years' experience developing federal facility FFP repair scopes utilizing RSMeans or specialized Department of Defense pricing databases.

NAVFAC Specific

• Proficient utilizing NAVFAC cost estimating tools, UFC 3-740-05, and building defensible line-item cost estimates matching Navy contract structures.

Hurricane Assessment Context

• Expert capability in processing emergency takeoffs under tight limits, estimating localized

high-cost Hawaiian remote labor rates and projecting post-disaster material supply-chain escalations.