Are you interested in a challenging career working that offers responsibility, rapid promotion, and job security in a leading edge technology research, design, and development organization?  The Navy’s Acquisition Intern Program (NAIP) may be right for you!  The Navy needs talented and intelligent engineering graduates with strong academic credentials in industrial and/or other engineering disciplines and exemplary organization and communication skills to become Cost Engineers and Industrial Base Analysts for the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) – a team of world-class distinguished professionals within the Department of Defense.  NAVSEA is an agile, responsive, and continuously-learning enterprise – successfully serving the American people and keeping the Navy #1 in the world.  Our engineers are a critical component to this success.

NAVSEA is seeking to hire and develop distinguished scholars interested in a career as future Cost Engineers and Industrial Base Analysts for a 30-month paid developmental internship.  Interns are groomed for ever-increasing responsibilities developing cost estimates and performing cost analyses supporting acquisition of complex multi-billion dollar new ships and weapons systems for the Navy.  Our goal is to ensure cost estimates for these acquisitions are accurate, credible, and provide decision makers within the Navy and Department of Defense (DoD) the information needed to make cost-conscious decisions for the Nation’s defense.  For these positions, NAVSEA is looking for applicants with outstanding engineering academic credentials and exceptional analytic and leadership skills, who work well in a team environment, have excellent written and oral communication skills, display impartiality and independence, and above all, possess integrity.

Interns in the NAIP career development program will perform analyses to develop or certify life cycle cost estimates, independent cost estimates or assessments, and earned value management systems for one or more major Navy shipbuilding or weapons system programs.  Interns will have the opportunity to participate in meetings with Navy design engineers and program offices, industry teams, and higher level Navy and Department of Defense (DoD) management, and brief results up through the Navy and DoD acquisition chains of command.

Along with the opportunity to build a strong foundation of technical and management experience, Interns also enjoy a high degree of job security and promotability as they advance in their career through a series of positions designed to provide maximum exposure and mentoring within the cost engineering field.  Graduates of the program will be well on their way to becoming top acquisition executives for the Federal Government, with the option to transition to other positions.  The NAIP offers professionalism, rapid advancement, career mobility, travel, outstanding benefits, and the opportunity to be associated with a specialized field vital to supporting the Nation and our Naval Forces.

Advantages of a Career in Naval Ship and Weapons Cost Estimating:  1) interesting and visible work in the acquisition of future systems; 2) a 30-month career development program with upward mobility; 3) rotational assignments to ensure diverse learning opportunities; 4) job security, career mobility, and competitive benefits; 5) exciting travel opportunities; and 6) graduate school tuition assistance.

Job Pre-Requisites:  Candidates must be U.S. citizens, and must obtain a Bachelor’s degree by June 2010 in Engineering (Industrial preferred), with coursework in math/statistical science, and have distinguished scholar credentials.

Application details:  Please go to the following website for application instructions - http://www.navsea.navy.mil/careers/naip/default.aspx . Send an additional electronic resume with the subject line “Naval Acquisition Intern Program, Career Field: Cost Engineer” to amy.reece@navy.mil