Immediate need for a talented Cost Engineer / Life Cycle Cost Analyst. This is a 06+months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Santa Ana, CA (Onsite). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.
Job ID:26-33252
Pay Range: $80 - $85/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).
Key Responsibilities:
- Build and own the life cycle cost model for the vehicle fleet and its support system
- Produce operating and support (O&S) cost estimates and keep them current as the design matures
- Perform product support analysis covering provisioning, manning, facilities, and support equipment
- Run cost trade studies on sustainment approaches and feed results into design decisions
- Develop and maintain comprehensive, ground-up sustainment plans for the products you support
- Define the product support strategy and supporting elements of the logistics architecture
- Create and maintain a Service Bill of Materials and other critical sustainment artifacts
- Partner with customers and cross-functional engineering teams to improve maintenance and repair strategies
- Collaborate with design and manufacturing engineering during new product development
Key Requirements and Technology Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Logistics, Economics, Finance, or equivalent
- 4+ years of experience in product support, sustainment engineering, or systems engineering within a high-rigor environment (defense, aerospace, advanced robotics, complex industrial systems)
- Experience contributing to a life cycle cost or operating and support (O&S) cost model
- Working experience with sustainment methodologies such as Maintenance Task Analysis (MTA), Level of Repair Analysis (LORA), Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), or Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) plans
- Foundational understanding and practical application of Integrated Product Support (IPS) elements
- Familiarity with military standards, specifications, and regulatory compliance relevant to product support
- Proven ability to work effectively in dynamic, unstructured environments and adapt to rapidly changing priorities
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience with DoD product support analysis or Integrated Product Support elements
- Familiarity with LORA, provisioning analysis, and sparing optimization
- Background in naval or maritime sustainment cost
- Experience with performance-based logistics or sustainment contracting models
- Proficiency with cost modeling tools or scripting for analysis automation
- Hands-on proficiency with CAD and PLM tools (Siemens NX, Teamcenter) or ERP systems
- Understanding of Technical Data Packages (drawings, parts lists, ICDs, electrical schematics)
Our client is a leading Aerospace and Defense Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.
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