Principal Safety Professional - Project Hire

About the Role & Team

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

The Principal Safety Professional,  Design Safety will serve as a key technical safety resource for new Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) projects. The position is responsible for providing prevention through design for guest and cast safety, regulatory compliance, safety assurance strategies, and hazard analysis input for the development, implementation, and sustainment phases for the designated project(s).

Please note that this is a temporary Project Hire/Internal Assignment role until April 2027

The Principal Safety Professional will report to a Senior Manager, Safety.

What You Will Do

On any given day, as a Principal Safety Professional, you might:

• Lead the development & design safety efforts from the early project phases through project completion in partnership with both internal clients and external contractors/general contractors.
• Provide safety technical expertise to reduce/eliminate hazards throughout the entire design, construction, and end-use phases.

Safety Development and Design:

• Partner with Design Studios to articulate, quantify and qualify safety requirements for elements in design using applicable standards and regulations, safety data and statistics, historical data, benchmarking and risk analysis techniques.
• Consult with Design Studios to provide applicable and acceptable risk mitigation methodologies for consideration throughout the design cycle. 
• Investigate and propose innovative and practical safety solutions to meet the creative intent of the project while ensuring risk mitigation/minimization and safety/regulatory compliance.
• Partner with Facility and Operations Services (FOS), Operations, and other Line of Business partners to identify applicable risk mitigations/risk expectations for individual use-cases.
• Provide risk and hazard analysis and safety input at all phases of project design, representing all stakeholders and design studios.
• Safety liaison for the Design Studios, Operations Development, and FOS teams to facilitate partnering with specialist safety teams such as Ergonomics, Industrial Hygiene, Accessibility, etc.
• Identify design elements  with an unacceptable risk for the Company or significant deviation from established design standards, and recommend elevation to the applicable Safety Review Teams.
• Identify applicable Disney, Industry, Federal, State, and local regulations and standards for the element under design.

Safety Assurance - Delivery:

• Assist the Design Studios, FOS, Operations throughout the execution of a design through construction and acceptance to ensure that safety mitigations planned during designed are accurate, effective, applicable, current and represent the appropriate level of risk acceptance.
• Provide Safety Assurance services for all stakeholders by participating in inspections, field reviews, acceptance tests and operational acceptance testing.
• Provide consulting services to all stakeholders on design changes, field directed changes, design gaps and scope changes.
• Represent Disney Experiences and Worldwide Safety as a Safety Liaison for the affected park/land/venue to prepare for operation and maintenance execution.
• Ensure partnership with other design safety individuals for consistency and alignment of hazard mitigations, risk analysis, and standards interpretation.

Required Qualifications & Skills

Here’s what you need to be successful at this job:

• 10+ years of industrial safety and health experience, safety engineering, or related.
• Proven experience in the project design review process, including an understanding of the “Safety by Design” concept.
• Strong background reviewing and analyzing design drawings/packages and hazard analyses.
• Knowledge of relevant regulatory and industry standards and best practices as well as internal company standards and business practices.
• Self-driven and resourceful professional with the ability to solve problems outside area of expertise.
• Demonstrated flexibility and ability to operate within an ambiguous and changing environment.
• Ability to resolve conflicts and diffuse difficult situations.

Preferred Qualifications

It would be great if you also have:

• Associate Safety Professional (ASP) or Certified Safety Professional (CSP) designation or Professional Engineer (PE)
• Certified Playground Safety Inspector (CPSI)
• Design safety experience

• Experience in safety of multi trade construction activities and construction safety industry/regulatory standards

·Strong background in FOS and Operations tasks and utilization of common theme park facilities (i.e. registered attractions, quick service kitchens, playgrounds, etc.).

Education

• 4-year college degree

Preferred Education

• Advanced degree in Occupational Safety, Safety Engineering, Engineering, Architecture or related.

Additional Information

Benefits and Perks: Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities and special extras that only Disney can provide. Learn more about our benefits and perks at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits.

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