Island Safety and Compliance Manager

The Walt Disney Company (Germany) GmbH; Florida; On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Island Safety Manager, where your expertise will help ensure a safe and enjoyable environment for guests and staff alike. In this role, you will lead safety initiatives across diverse operations, providing essential support and guidance to teams. With a focus on compliance and risk reduction, you’ll engage with various departments to foster a culture of safety. This position offers the chance to make a significant impact while working in a dynamic environment that thrives on creativity and innovation. If you’re passionate about safety and eager to contribute to a magical experience, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of safety management experience.
• Strong knowledge of safety assessments and compliance best practices.
• Ability to manage multiple locations and travel 50–75% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Provide safety and health support to Castaway Cay and Lookout Cay.
• Conduct incident investigations and assessments to support operations.
• Promote safety improvements and engage with project partners.

Skills

Safety Management

Incident Investigation

Compliance Best Practices

Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

Education

4-year degree in Occupational Safety

Advanced degree in Occupational Safety

Certifications: CSP, CIH, REHS, ARM, CPE, or PE

Job description

Island Safety Manager (Senior Safety Professional)

We create happiness.” That’s our motto at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. And it permeates everything we do. At Disney, you’ll help encourage that magic by enabling our teams to push the limits of entertainment and build the never-before-seen! Are you ready to join this team and make an impact?

You will support Disney Cruise Line Island Operations as a technical resource and will provide leadership, oversight, feedback, and development to the salaried and hourly Cast with the implementation, and sustainment of essential safety programs for the designated businesses in their areas. You will lead others in the identification, assessment, analysis and solving of a broad spectrum of safety issues across a diverse group of Disney Cruise Line operations.

You will report to the Principal Safety Professional with a dotted line to the Director Island Operations.

You Will:

Provide safety and health support to both Castaway Cay and Lookout Cay

Interpret and apply safety and health programs, rules, and policies

Assist Operational Leaders in preventing injuries, reducing risk, and assuring compliance in their areas by integrating applicable, sustainable, and efficient safety processes into their businesses.

Assess Safety and Health performance through data review, incident history, and audits.

Promote necessary behavioral or environmental improvements, creatively and cost-effectively.

Help with Guest-related safety issues. Partner with different departments to help target improvements and reduce risks.

Participate in the project review process to promote safety and health improvements in design phases.

Know the importance of engaging appropriate partners on projects, plans, goal-setting.

Inform Operations Leaders and Safety & Health Leadership of safety and health local, global, and industry issues, and safety best practices that impact our performance.

Understand the business, its culture and challenges. Find opportunities to attend meetings, shadow leaders, and experience the work.

Understand the daily challenges in producing "safe outcomes" for the Cast. Understand the internal processes that can be used to incorporate safety and health plans.

Integrate appropriate safety and health messages into the existing communication vehicles. · Conduct necessary technical assessments and analyses to support the daily operations.

Conduct incident investigations

Attend Island Operational Leadership Staff Meetings

Establish and participate in Safety Committee meetings

Conduct site walks with Area Leaders; incident investigations; job safety analyses; slip tests, light tests, noise surveys as-needed

Oversee contractor safety performance of work being performed on the Islands.

Partner with the Safety and Health Programs Team to conduct indoor air quality investigations

Review safety scorecard and author quarterly trend analysis

Attend project review meetings and safety walks

You Will Have

5+ years of safety management experience.

Demonstrated ability to influence and guide leaders across diverse operational teams.

Strong knowledge of safety assessments, incident investigations, and compliance best practices.

Ability to manage multiple locations and travel 50–75% of the time.

Excellent communication and analytical skills.

Confidence in leading safety committees, presenting to leadership, and supporting cross-functional initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications / Education

4-year degree in Occupational Safety or Safety Engineering

Advanced degree in Occupational Safety or Safety Engineering

Certifications: CSP, CIH, REHS, ARM, CPE, or PE

About The Walt Disney Company

The Parks, Experiences and Products segment includes Disney's iconic travel and leisure businesses, which include six resort destinations in the United States, Europe and Asia, a top-rated cruise line, a popular vacation ownership program, and an award-winning guided family adventure business. Disney's global consumer products operations include the world's leading licensing business across toys, apparel, home goods, digital games and apps; the world's largest children's publisher; Disney store locations around the world; and the shopDisney e-commerce platform.

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise with the following business segments: media networks, parks and resorts, studio entertainment, consumer products and interactive media. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney's stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc., which is part of a business segment we call Parks, Experiences and Products.

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.

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