Senior Project Controls Estimator (fixed-term, until Dec 2030)
Postuler maintenant Postuler ultérieurement Job ID 10126177 Emplacement Londres, Royaume-Uni Entreprise Walt Disney Imagineering Date de publication 22/07/2025Résumé du poste:
About the Role & Team
In this role, you will be supporting our newly established Walt Disney Imagineering office in London. Our London based Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) team is supporting our extensive cruise ship portfolio expansion and works closely with our Disney Cruise Line (DCL) team. This role will suit someone with a background in quantity surveying.
As our Senior Project Controls Estimator, you will be responsible for estimating of project’s capital budgets during ship development phases and then running the cost control, change management and risk assessment during a project’s execution phase. You will be part of an international team of estimators and have close liaison with project managers, creative designers and technical experts.
This role will require you to be onsite 4 days a week and will involve regular travel to the Germany based shipyard. Please note, this role is a project based fixed-term contract until end of 2030.
What You Will Do
This team is engaged in performing take-offs and estimating all portions of sophisticated, highly integrated projects including hotels, theme park attractions, cruise ships and other expansions of the Disney experience. These project estimates include but are limited to, interior fit out, themed finishes, show elements, ride scope and project soft costs. This role will focus on the Disney cruise ship portfolio expansion.
Estimates are prepared using incomplete or ambiguous information and performed with minimal supervision.
We participate in the detailed estimating, negotiating, and timely settling of contractual change orders during the project.
We review and estimate proposal specifications, drawings, and other supporting documents to determine the scope of work and required estimate contents.
This team talks to operators, designers, and contractors to provide estimating, cost data, analysis and scenario planning.
We provide the design staff and project team with detailed cost guidance/value engineering/alternatives and compare estimates where possible to comparable/equivalent historical experiences.
We provide cost management during the entire life cycle of a project, continually quantifying risks, developing mitigation plans and forecasting the total project Estimated Final Cost (EFC) with the project team and divisions.
Required Qualifications & Skills
Significant estimating and/or cost control experience with a strong preference toward experience with projects of higher complexity, scope, scale and growing professional responsibility.
Preconstruction through implementation estimating experience
Capable of independently producing conceptual level estimates with minimal supervision.
Understanding of construction documents (drawings, specifications, schedules, contracts, etc).
Ability to utilise the AutoDesk suite, e.g. for reading technical drawings in 3D modelling
Experience using quantity takeoff software
Confident using the MS Office suite incl. SharePoint, with expert knowledge in Excel. Knowledge of PowerBI or similar data visualization tools will be beneficial to this role.
Ability to collaborate across multiple subject areas in a multi-cultural environment.
Proven decision-making and relationship building ability and confident presenter who can adapt to their audience and communicate optimally, both in writing and verbally.
Organization skills, accuracy and attention to the detail.
Ability to organize complex financial and estimating data and communicate to audiences of varying levels.
Able to work independently, meet deadlines and manage time effectively.
Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge specific to the Hospitality, themed entertainment, cruise line, and/or resort industry
Degree educated, preferably in Construction Management, Architecture, Engineering, Quantity Surveying, or equivalent combinations of technical training and/or related experience.
The Perks
25 days annual leave
Private medical insurance & dental care
Free Park Entry: You will have the opportunity to enter any of our parks with your family and friends for free
Disney Discounts: you are entitled to discounts on designated Disney products, resort F&B and ticketing
Excellent parental and guardian leave
Employee Resource Groups – WOMEN @ Disney, Disney DIVERSITY, Disney PRIDE, our new disability & neurodiversity focused group - ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST.
The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Sur Walt Disney Imagineering:
Fondée en 1952 sous le nom de WED Entreprises pour concevoir et construire le premier parc à thème au monde — Disneyland — Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) est le lieu où l’imagination et la créativité s’associent à une technologie de pointe pour créer des expériences inoubliables. WDI est la force créative qui imagine, conçoit et construit tous les parcs à thème, complexes hôteliers, attractions et navires de croisière Disney dans le monde entier. La force unique d’Imagineering provient de son équipe mondiale diverse de professionnels créatifs et techniques, qui s’appuient sur l’héritage de la narration de Disney pour créer de nouvelles formes de divertissement. Les Imagineers qui pratiquent ce mélange unique d’œuvres d’art et de science travaillent dans plus de 100 disciplines pour guider une idée du début à la fin, de la phase de conception créative sans contraintes jusqu’au jour de l’ouverture.
Sur The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, ainsi que ses filiales et sociétés affiliées, forme l’une des principales entreprises internationales diversifiées de divertissement familial et de médias. Elle comprend trois secteurs d'activités essentiels : Disney Entertainment, ESPN et Disney Experiences. Depuis ses modestes débuts en tant que studio de dessins animés dans les années 1920 jusqu’à son statut de référence actuel dans le secteur du divertissement, Disney poursuit fièrement sa tradition de création d’histoires et d’expériences exceptionnelles pour tous les membres de la famille. Les histoires, les personnages et les expériences de Disney touchent les consommateurs et les visiteurs du monde entier. À travers nos activités présentes dans plus de 40 pays, nos employés et cast members collaborent pour créer des expériences de divertissement appréciées à la fois au niveau universel et local.
Le poste est rattaché à Magical Cruise Co., Ltd , qui fait partie d’une entreprise que nous appelons Walt Disney Imagineering.
Magical Cruise Co., Ltd est un employeur qui souscrit au principe d’égalité des chances à l’emploi. Les candidats seront pris en considération pour l’emploi sans tenir compte de l’âge, de la race, de la couleur de peau, de la religion ou des convictions, du sexe, de la nationalité, de l’origine ethnique ou nationale, de l’orientation sexuelle, du changement de sexe, du statut marital ou civil, du handicap, de la grossesse ou de la maternité. Disney favorise une culture commerciale où les idées et décisions de tous et toutes nous aident à grandir, innover, créer les meilleures histoires et être pertinents dans un monde en évolution rapide.