Dredging Cost Analyst — Build Real-Time Budgets & Reports

Curtin Maritime, Corp.; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Curtin Maritime in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Cost Analyst to own day-to-day cost tracking for dredging projects. You will consolidate data from Procurify, Power BI, Dayforce, Egencia, and legacy tools, delivering accurate, timely cost packages to leadership.

You will build repeatable processes, automate reporting, and partner with IT and field teams to ensure data integrity and actionable insights for budgeting and forecasting.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in cost analysis, project controls, FP&A, or similar in marine/dredging or heavy-asset industries.
• Strong Excel skills and hands-on Power BI experience.
• Ability to pull and reconcile data from multiple systems into one report with clarity.
• Detail-oriented with strong follow-through on variances and deadlines.
• Collaborate with field/site staff without disrupting operations.
• Experience with procurement/expense platforms and payroll/labor systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Aggregate and validate project costs daily across labor, charters, rentals, lodging, travel, consumables, services, stores, and fuel.
• Confirm dredges and projects are coded to the correct cost code.
• Produce a recurring cost package per project comparing actuals to budget.
• Build and maintain the weekly rollup linking site spend to project budget and FP&A actuals.
• Track bid-to-actuals on rentals and charters; monitor commitments against budget in real time.
• Review and approve expenses, credit card spend, and POs against project budgets.
• Partner with Payroll on weekly labor audits.

Skills

Cost analysis

FP&A

Project controls

Excel

Power BI

Data reconciliation

Procurement systems

Payroll/labor systems

Attention to detail

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

Procurify

Dayforce

Egencia

Power BI

Job description

Curtin Maritime in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Cost Analyst to own day-to-day cost tracking for dredging projects. You will consolidate data from Procurify, Power BI, Dayforce, Egencia, and legacy tools, delivering accurate, timely cost packages to leadership.

You will build repeatable processes, automate reporting, and partner with IT and field teams to ensure data integrity and actionable insights for budgeting and forecasting.