Senior Safety Professional, Hotel Occupational Safety

Senior Safety Professional – Hotel Occupational Safety

As a Senior Safety Professional specializing in Hotel Occupational Safety, you will serve as the subject matter expert for Food & Beverage (F&B) safety across the entire Disney Cruise Line fleet. In this role, you will lead the identification, assessment, and resolution of safety-related matters spanning all F&B operations—including Dining, Galleys, and associated areas.

You will drive continuous improvement by advising on operational best practices, ergonomic safety design, and incident reduction strategies. A key element of this role involves aligning performance standards across F&B operations, fostering cross-functional collaboration, and implementing a tiered audit framework to strengthen safety compliance and culture fleet-wide.

This on-site based position reports directly to the Manager, Occupational Safety – Hotel.

Responsibilities: Serve as the primary subject matter expert for Food & Beverage occupational safety, bringing in-depth knowledge of Hotel Operations and a specialized focus on F&B compliance and operational excellence.

• Partner with F&B leadership to develop, implement, and sustain safety programs—conducting job task analyses, reviewing injury and illness trends, evaluating performance metrics, and identifying targeted improvement opportunities.
• Monitor emerging health and safety regulations, interpreting and updating policies and procedures for all F&B operations with a Safety-First approach to kitchen design, equipment maintenance, and food service.
• Conduct regular quality assurance audits across the fleet, including Tier II audits where applicable, and champion adoption of Tier I audits within all F&B sub-departments.
• Apply critical thinking and independent judgment during audits, inspections, and ship visits to verify compliance with company standards, maritime regulations, and applicable food safety laws.
• Partner with F&B to support USPH compliance and drive F&B audit performance to meet or exceed established benchmarks. Ensure compliance with all applicable safety standards, harmonizing maritime equivalencies with Disney's F&B safety protocols.
• Lead or participate in F&B-related incident investigations, ensuring thorough root cause analysis, timely corrective actions, and effective communication of lessons learned. Monitor F&B incident data across all DCL partners to build incident awareness, share best practices, and prevent recurrence.
• Lead performance improvement initiatives by benchmarking against industry regulations, codes, and best practices to maintain world-class safety and hygiene standards.
• Review and approve SMS changes, Corrective Action Reports, and audit findings specific to F&B operations. Ensure SMS updates are implemented consistently and accurately across the fleet.
• Actively participate in hazard analysis meetings, providing expert guidance on F&B risk identification, mitigation strategies, and training and documentation requirements.
• Build and maintain strong relationships across a matrix organization, engaging all levels of leadership and frontline Cast Members & Crew to foster a proactive safety culture.
• Provide coaching and guidance fleet-wide to ensure proper implementation of F&B safety procedures and compliance with domestic and international regulations.

• Support broader Hotel safety initiatives while maintaining a specialized focus on F&B operations, while assisting with hotel projects as needed, including those involving other lines of business.
• Serve as backup support to the Occupational Safety Hotel Manager.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum five years F&B Experience in public health or occupational health safety.
• Valid US Passport.
• Open to extensive travel, on average one week per month, throughout the year.
• Comfortable being on board a cruise ship for extended amount of time.
• Possess a valid Driver’s License and Passport as International Travel may be required.
• Open to working flexible hours while traveling, including weekends, evenings, and holidays if needed.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Occupational Health and Food Safety Experience combined
• Current or Previous Disney work experience.

Required Education:

• Four year degree or equivalent work experience

Additional Information:

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.

The hiring range for this position is $100,100.00-$134,200.00 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.