Director, Destination Technical Lifecycle Management

Carnival Corporation & plc; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 200,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Equity incentive plan

Annual cash bonus

Job summary

Carnival Corporation & plc in South Florida is seeking a Director, Destination Technical Lifecycle Management to drive the strategy, lifecycle and maintenance of marine and land-based assets across private destinations. You will lead tendering, maintenance planning, and asset governance with key partners.

This in-office role requires 10+ years in engineering or maritime operations, strong leadership, and a data-driven approach to reliability, cost control, and guest experience across the

Qualifications

• 10+ years in engineering, maritime operations or asset management.
• Proven ability to improve asset uptime, reduce downtime and incidents.
• Experience developing tools, plans and cross-enterprise relationships.
• Able to secure resources and communicate with leadership for fleet maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Manage tender and technical asset operations for private destinations.
• Develop maintenance strategies and planned maintenance systems (PMS).
• Lead adoption of asset strategy across private destinations.
• Collaborate with corporate and brand stakeholders; manage KPIs.
• Oversee maintenance activities and capture lessons learned.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and budget accountability.

Skills

Problem solving

Leadership

Communication

Analytical skills

Engineering knowledge

Education

Marine engineering degree

Job description

The Director, Destination Technical Lifecycle Management is responsible for the strategic oversight, optimization, and lifecycle management of marine and land-based technical assets (power plant, water production, waste water treatment, water amenities equipment/ technology, solid waste management/ recycling, food & beverage equipment, fire detection and supression, irrigation, etc.) across the company’s seven private destinations.

This role owns the end-to-end definition and governance of tenderboat acquisition, planned maintenance definition, and dry-docking strategies. In close partnership with Destination Operations and Asset Management teams, the position ensures robust planned maintenance system (PMS) inputs, accurate KPI tracking and reporting (i.e. asset downtime, cost of ownership), clearly defined spare-parts strategies, and disciplined Opex and Capex financial accountability. The role also drives effective maintenance planning, operational coordination, and consistency across the destination asset portfolio.

Shoreside technical assets include, but are not limited to: firefighting, lifesaving, and safety systems; diesel generators, fuel tanks, and UPS systems; laundry, galley, and bar equipment; potable water systems; electrical systems and CCTV; HVAC; pools, jacuzzis, and recreational systems; black and grey water systems; gym equipment; and other critical technical infrastructure. Marine assets include a fleet of tenders, encompassing acquisition strategy, maintenance and repair, operational readiness, dry-dock planning, and maintenance crew management.

This role will also lead the adoption and implementation of asset strategy across the private destinations to drive efficiencies, reliability, standardization, and stronger asset performance across the destination portfolio. This role will look for synergies across destinations, with shipboard operations and Alaska operations.

This role is critical to ensuring regulatory compliance, operational consistency, asset reliability, and cost efficiency across all destinations, while supporting a consistently high standard of guest experience. The role will support HESS/RAAS audit follow-up by ensuring asset-related findings are reviewed, prioritized, and executed in accordance with approved action plans.

The ideal candidate brings extensive experience in engineering and technical asset management, a strong passion for operational excellence, and a highly process- and data-driven mindset. Success in this role requires strong organizational skills, financial and analytical rigor, and an entrepreneurial approach to continuous improvement. The position collaborates closely with technical, asset management, sourcing, and Corporate and Brand operations stakeholders across the enterprise.

The Director, Destination Technical Lifecycle Management will report directly to the VP, Destination Operations, with dotted-line reporting to the Corporate Shipbuilding team (AVP, Machinery Lifecycle Management) and the Maritime Asset Strategy team to ensure alignment with corporate maritime and technical standards, asset strategy, and lifecycle management practices. This role will have dotted-line oversight of the destination engineering teams to ensure consistent technical execution, maintenance discipline, and asset lifecycle management across the private destination portfolio.

Essential Functions:

• Manage operations of tenders and other technical assets in support of brand activities at private destinations.
• Develop maintenance strategies and planned maintenance systems (PMS); ensure timely and effective execution to support asset reliability and safe operations.
• Lead implementation, adoption, governance, and optimization of MAST across private destinations.
• Engage and collaborate with Corporate and Brand stakeholders, global maintenance suppliers, and shipyards.
• Develop and maintain administrative dashboards; produce KPIs and operational updates for distribution to key Brand and Corporate leadership.
• Oversee and support major maintenance availabilities; ensure successful execution and capture lessons learned for future operations.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Scope: The Director, Destination Technical Lifecycle Management is accountable to ensure a proactive maintenance plan and operations for such critical assets directly supporting private destinations operations.
• Problem solving: Strong process orientation, able to apply clarity of purpose and define simple, robust operating processes. Strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills. Balancing brand-specific needs with corporate-level engine strategies and standards.
• Impact: Concise and influential communicator, to drive business decisions on issues with clarity and credibility to a cross functional audience of varied experience and seniority. Organizational mastery through the development and administration of a new maintenance plan directly impacting brands itineraries and operations. Promotion of best engineering practices for our private destinations operations, and relaying these to the wider corporation.
• Leadership: Demonstrable leadership and influencing skills. Strong engineering and operations skills

Essential/Minimum qualifications:

• Educated in marine engineering, naval architecture or similar technical discipline.

Essential experience required

• 10+ year track record within engineering, maritime operations, technical asset management or a similar field.
• A proven track record of working in technical areas and providing organization and stability resulting in 1) asset upkeep 2) reduced downtime and unplanned incidents 3) health and environmental safety and 4) operational efficiency.
• A record of developing effective tools, plans, and relationships across an enterprise to pursue corporate goals and adequately impact business results outside of their direct area of responsibility.
• Must be able to effectively plan and communicate with leadership to secure necessary resources and ensure fleet maintenance requirements are met.

Travel: More than 50% non-shipboard travel likely

Work Conditions: Work primarily in a climate-controlled environment with minimal safety/health hazard potential.

Physical Demands: Regular movement throughout company facilities.

This position is classified as in-office. As an in-office role, it requires employees to work from a designated Carnival office in South Florida Monday through Thursday each week. Employees may work from their homes on Fridays. Candidates must be located in (or willing to relocate to) the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale area.

Offers to selected candidates will be made on a fair and equitable basis, taking into account specific job-related skills and experience.

At Carnival, your total rewards package is much more than your base salary. All non-sales roles participate in an annual cash bonus program, while sales roles have an incentive plan. Director and above roles may also be eligible to participate in Carnival’s discretionary equity incentive plan. Plus, Carnival provides comprehensive and innovative benefits to meet your needs, including:

• Health Benefits:
  • Cost-effective medical, dental and vision plans
  • Employee Assistance Program and other mental health resources
  • Additional programs include