Job Description Summary
Working at GE Aerospace means you are bringing your unique perspective, innovative spirit, drive, and curiosity to a collaborative and diverse team working to advance aerospace for future generations. If you have ideas, we will listen. Join us and see your ideas take flight!
Engineering is at the center of what we do, and we are looking for talented, innovative engineers who can help us design and develop products for today, tomorrow, and in the future. If you are a dreamer, doer, and inventor who wants your voice to be heard and see your ideas take flight, this is the opportunity for you.
Location: Grand Rapids, MI or Clearwater, FL
This position, which offers a blend of onsite and hybrid work arrangements, is based in Grand Rapids or Clearwater, FL and necessitates a presence in the office for 2-3 days each week. An extensive corporate relocation package is also available for eligible candidates.
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Job Description
Position Overview:
As a Proposal Cost Estimator within our Avionics division, you will play a crucial role in collaborating with cross-functional teams to generate high-quality cost estimates for Avionics products. Your leadership will guide the team through the bid and proposal process, coordinating inputs from various sources. This role demands excellent time-management, attention to detail, planning, organization, communication, and interpersonal skills.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead cross-functional teams, including Engineering, Program Management, Pricing, Manufacturing, Recurring Cost Estimation, and Commercial Operations, through the proposal process to construct timely bid responses.
- Become a subject matter expert in the bid capture process/tool and provide coaching, mentoring, and training to engineering teams on its usage.
- Respond to RFI and RFP inquiries as well as internal estimates.
- Develop compliance matrices and proposal structures based on customer requirements.
- Align and assign resources for estimate generation and assist in the preparation of the basis of estimate (BOE), including percentage base estimates.
- Ensure Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) compliance during the estimation process to support Truthful Cost or Pricing Data requirements.
- Support fact-find, negotiations, and generate a final negotiated proposal file when appropriate.
- Collect artifacts and generate an Engineering Bill of Material as required by FAR.
- Review cost estimates, schedules, risks, opportunities, and assumptions for completeness and improvements.
- Conduct Engineering approval meetings in accordance with internal processes.
- Create final proposal deliverable reports for inclusion in the pricing volume.
Qualification Requirements:
- U.S. Citizenship is required due to government contract restrictions.
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college, or a high school diploma with at least 3-5 years of relevant experience.
- Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
Eligibility Requirement (s):
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening. GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this.
- US Citizen: This role requires use of technical data subject to U.S. Government contract restrictions and this posting is only for U.S. Citizens. GE will require proof of status prior to employment.
- Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
Desired Characteristics:
- In-depth knowledge of Avionics products and engineering development activities.
- Proven ability to effectively guide and lead teams in proposal development.
- Experience with ProPricer government pricing software for proposal generation.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including the ability to create pivot tables for custom reporting.
- Capability to work under tight deadlines, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and handle urgent requests.
- Familiarity with proposal development processes, such as the Shipley method.
- Knowledge of Lean concepts to support the continuous improvement of the proposal process.
This role is an excellent opportunity for a detail-oriented, strategic thinker with a passion for Avionics and a drive to excel in a dynamic, collaborative environment. If you meet the qualifications and are looking for a challenging and rewarding career, we encourage you to apply.
At GE Aerospace, we have a relentless dedication to the future of safe and more sustainable flight and believe in our talented people to make it happen. Here, you will have the opportunity to work on really cool things with really smart and collaborative people. Together, we will mobilize a new era of growth in aerospace and defense. Where others stop, we accelerate.
To protect the interests of all parties, GE Aerospace will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to GE Aerospace, including unsolicited resumes sent to a GE Aerospace mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to GE Aerospace coworkers, or to GE Aerospace's database will be considered GE Aerospace property.
This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.
Additional Information
GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes