Data Analyst (Business Operations Manager) (4025)

Navarro Research and Engineering is recruiting a Data Analyst (Business Operations Manager) (4025) in Houston, TX.

Navarro Research & Engineering is an award-winning federal contractor dedicated to partnering with clients to advance clean energy and deliver effective solutions for complex challenges in the nuclear and environmental fields. Joining Navarro means being a part of an exceptional team committed to quality and safety while also looking for innovative strategies to create value for the client’s success.

Headquartered in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Navarro has active programs in place across the nation for DOE/NNSA, NASA, and the Department of Defense.

Position Summary

The Data Analyst (Business Operations Manager) supports NASA Environmental Support Services at Johnson Space Center by managing waste, procurement, vendor, cost, and operational data. This position is central to implementing and maintaining the Demand Services Standardization Initiative waste-management cost-accounting process.

The role transforms complex environmental and business information into clear reports, accurate invoices, cost allocations, forecasts, and management insights. The position coordinates with environmental program personnel, procurement stakeholders, waste disposal facilities, vendors, and NASA representatives to maintain traceable and defensible records.

Responsibilities

• Manage waste data, procurement coordination, vendor information, cost records, and supporting documentation for regulated waste services.
• Implement and maintain data-tracking processes for the DSSI Waste Management Program, including resource expenditures, personnel hours, other direct costs, and generator chargebacks.
• Track regulated waste costs at the container or accumulation level from generation through onsite management, transportation, and offsite disposition.
• Allocate direct and indirect costs by waste generator, organization, Headquarters Mission Directorate, project, work authorization, or construction activity, and document the rationale for percentage-based allocations.
• Reconcile waste disposal facility and vendor charges against supporting records, invoices, manifests, profiles, sampling, transportation, treatment, and disposal activities.
• Compile monthly invoices by Mission Directorate and prepare cost reports that summarize prior-month actuals and projected costs for the next two months.
• Track time-and-materials costs by applicable PWS activity and maintain travel costs as separate records with the appropriate PWS section and cost information.
• Analyze and summarize complex environmental and business information in a clear, understandable format for NASA and contractor management.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and auditable records in Government-provided databases and other approved tracking systems.
• Support monthly environmental status reporting, workload metrics, performance tracking, property records, data calls, audits, and management reviews.
• Coordinate with environmental staff, procurement personnel, vendors, treatment/storage/disposal/recycling facilities, and Government stakeholders to resolve data or billing discrepancies.
• Protect data quality by applying consistent definitions, validation checks, version control, and documented business rules.

Requirements

• Minimum of five years of experience in waste data management, procurement coordination and tracking, data-tracking functions, or a combination of these areas.
• Demonstrated ability to summarize complex information in a clear and understandable manner.
• Experience maintaining detailed cost, vendor, procurement, operational, or environmental records with strong accuracy and traceability.
• Ability to reconcile multiple data sources, identify discrepancies, document assumptions, and produce timely management reports and invoices.
• Proficiency with spreadsheet-based analysis, data tracking, reporting, and document-management tools.
• Ability to coordinate effectively with technical personnel, procurement stakeholders, vendors, management, and Government representatives.
• Ability to meet applicable site access, security, safety, health, and training requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with regulated waste operations, environmental services, waste disposal vendors, or treatment/storage/disposal/recycling facility accounting.
• Experience supporting NASA, the Department of Energy, another federal agency, or a federal contractor.
• Experience developing cost-allocation, chargeback, forecasting, invoice-reconciliation, or project-accounting processes.
• Familiarity with Government-furnished databases, environmental compliance trackers, enterprise reporting systems, or comparable business intelligence tools.
• Knowledge of regulated waste terminology, manifests, profiles, sampling costs, transportation charges, and disposal documentation.
• Education and Experience
• A minimum of five years of experience with waste data management, procurement coordination and tracking, data-tracking capabilities, or a combination of these areas is required. The position also requires demonstrated capability to summarize complex information in an understandable manner.
• Due to the nature of the government contract requirements and/or clearances requirements, US citizenship is required.
• Navarro is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, religion, color, national origin, age, disability, veteran’s status, or any classification protected by applicable state or local law.
• EEO Employer/Vet/Disabled