Business & Contracting Officer Representative Support Specialist

Location: Work is performed on-site at the Austal USA Shipyard, 100 Austal Way, Mobile, AL 36602

Position Summary:

This role provides on-site business and Contracting Officer Representative (COR) support to the U.S. Coast Guard's Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) Program Office. The Specialist supports the COR and Alternate COR (ACOR) with cost and price analysis, contract administration, Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE) development, market research, Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) processes, and Common Access Card (CAC) review activities. The position requires the ability to obtain a Secret-level security clearance due to access to sensitive financial and acquisition data.

Responsibilities:

• Assist the COR and Alternate COR (ACOR) with conducting cost and/or price analysis and developing analyses as applicable

• Receive responses and assist the COR Team and Project Manager with cost/price analysis and development of pre/post-negotiation memoranda as required

• Support the COR Team with contract administration duties — prepare contractor discrepancy reports, draft Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) entries, requests for equitable adjustment, cure letters, default packages, and similar documents

• Assist the COR and ACOR with development of Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCE), Requests for Proposal (RFP), Technical Assessment Reviews (TAR), Market Research, and ECP processes

• Assist the COR and ACOR in reviewing CAC applications and conducting semi-annual reviews of assigned CACs

• Assist the COR/ACOR with processing invoices for payment on assigned Task Orders (TO); support administrative closeout of TOs, including final reports and evaluations

• Assist the COR/ACOR with developing milestones, reports, and trackers for COR-actionable items — ECP, TAR, RFP, IGCE, and similar actions

• Create standardized reports, presentation graphs, and track the status of COR/ACOR actionable items and process metrics on workflow capability usage

• Develop documentation including Market Research Reports, RFP/RFQ packages, Price/Cost Analyses, Best Value Trade Off Reports, COR/ACOR correspondence, and other acquisition plan and execution documents

• Performs other related duties as assigned