Senior Project Planner/Scheduler (for Cruise Portfolio) - 4 years FTC

About the Role & Team

This role will provide planning and scheduling expertise to support all Walt Disney Imagineering and Disney Cruise Line project teams and functional disciplines involved in the delivery of new build cruise ships.

You will develop comprehensive implementation strategies and ensure that all key deliverables are clearly incorporated into project schedules. You will prepare project lifecycle plans and master schedules, giving you a clear, end-to-end view of the project timeline.

You will integrate schedules across all areas — including design disciplines, vendors, production and construction — so you can bring together a cohesive and comprehensive project perspective.

You will monitor progress, evaluate risks and proactively develop recovery or mitigation plans to help keep the project on track for turnover and opening milestones.

This role will be based in our London Hammersmith office, 4 days a week, with either a Monday or Friday working from home. You will also be required to travel frequently.

Values

You’ll join a team grounded in our Disney values — acting with Integrity, welcoming everyone through Inclusion, embracing boundless Creativity, working together through Collaboration and caring deeply for our Community. These values shape how we work and how we support one another every day.

What You Will Do

• Lead development and maintenance of New Build Cruise Ship integrated project schedules across design, production, construction, installation and testing and trials.

• Responsible for analysis of critical path and early identification of emerging risks. Lead development and implementation of recovery measures when required in agreement with the shipyard and executive management.

• Lead development of schedule health indicator reports for presentation to executive management.

• Lead coordination and integration of owner furnished equipment and Disney third party vendors ensuring that the shipyard installation and the master integrated project schedule are aligned.

• Lead development and implementation of project scheduling processes, tools, and deliverables.

• Lead project schedule reporting and planning sessions with all levels of project and organizational management.

• Lead manpower loading/resource analysis, and develop and status earned man-hour progress curves as required

• Responsible for preparation of the schedule reporting specifications for the contract bid packages and determining Schedule Milestones and/or Key Dates for incorporation into the Contract Specification.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Significant years of project planning / scheduling in marine, shipyard, cruise ship or large vessel environments

• Confidence with Critical Path Method scheduling experience (project scheduling software used is P6)

• Strong understanding of Marine & Technical including but not limited to Block Fabrication and Hull erection, Mechanical, Electrical, Piping, Marine Propulsion, Hotel / Architectural Outfitting, Systems Integration and Testing & Sea Trials.

• Extensive project delivery experience in cruise ships or large vessels as a project team member for a Shipyard, Cruise Line, or Subcontractor.

• Proven experience coordinating and integrating owner furnished equipment (OFE) throughout hotel and specialty venues during pre and post-delivery phases to ensure operational readiness, commissioning and maiden voyage readiness.

• Confident in interpreting and integration of mid-level and fine detail planning into a level 3-4 integrated project schedule.

• Strong understanding of marine procurement lead times and long lead items and material tracking and installation sequencing.

• Solid understanding of mandatory regulatory inspections and flag-state compliance requirements.

• Good understanding of practical project controls applications and earned value measurement

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior supervisory experience of junior team members

• Industry relevant certifications or completed course studies

• Work experience in the following industries: Theme parks, Cruise Lines, Major Resort, show/ride product lines

• BS degree in Engineering, Architecture or Construction Management. Specific education in Marine Engineering or Naval Architecture preferred.  

• German language skills are beneficial

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.