Senior Ride Project Engineer

Job Posting Title:

Senior Ride Project Engineer

Req ID:

10106580

Job Description:

Sr. Ride Project Engineer (Expression of Interest)

Job Description

Walt Disney Imagineering is the master planning, creative development, design, engineering, production, project management, and research & development arm of The Walt Disney Company. Its talented corps of Imagineers is responsible for the creation - from concept through installation - of all Disney Resorts, theme parks, and attractions. Disney Imagineers are uniquely talented individuals that bring together the best aspects of creativity, innovation, and passion. At Ride Engineering, it is our responsibility to move people through our stories in magical ways that bring these experiences to life! Ride Engineers bring optimism and solutions to design challenges that often seem impossible, and partner with diverse creative talent to define and build one of a kind experiences that bring fun and joy to millions of people all around the world. We Create To Inspire!

**This posting is an opportunity to submit your resume for future consideration; this is not a role that is open at this time. We anticipate this role may be open in the future, but we are not actively hiring for the position. If you would like to be considered for this potential role, please submit your resume. If the role becomes available, you may receive an email or call from a recruiter**

The Sr. Ride Project Engineer is the leader of a Ride Engineering team for a project and is responsible for delivering ride systems on time and on budget. They are responsible for every aspect of ride system design & development from concept through testing and handover for a wide variety of innovative ride platforms that include unique requirements for extreme duty cycles, high reliability, and inherent life safety. They must collaborate on diverse teams that include both technical and creative members and be comfortable in environments where scope and requirements change frequently.

Responsibilities/ You Will

• Serve as the Ride Studio representative on the project core team; provide knowledgeable, accurate and timely information to the team
• Work directly with Creative directors to develop requirements from high level experience/story descriptions and artwork; responsible for meeting Creative intent and expectations
• Work directly with operating and maintenance partners to develop requirements; responsible for meeting their intent and expectations
• Work directly with Show and Facility partners to develop integration requirements and define interfaces; responsible for meeting their intent and expectations
• Proactively identify and obtain resources required to complete scope, proactively identify and creatively mitigate risks
• Lead “clean sheet” concept design of innovative new Ride systems that meet Creative intent and requirements
• Define scope and requirements for Ride collaboration assignments, provide direction and lead team performance to meet project needs
• Negotiate Stakeholder needs when in conflict with other requirements, facilitate balanced decision making
• Make informed, well-reasoned and timely decisions
• Execute the Ride Engineering Standard of Practice; recommend changes in existing procedures to improve value/efficiency
• Lead the Ride team’s business interests; author design & implementation strategies, cost estimates, resource plans, cost controls and schedule milestones
• Ensure engineering results are comprehensive and high quality; author system results such as ride strategy, risk list, scopes of work; author as needed system deliverables such as requirements specifications, hazard analysis, installation plans, test safety plans, test plans and test reports
• Ensure ride systems meet Disney standards, amusement industry standards and local regulations for safety, quality, durability and reliability
• Lead technical design reviews, lead the hazard analysis and system safety design process
• Compile bid packages and provide guidance to contract documents, collaborate with the project procurement team to bid and award vendor contracts
• Serve as Responsible Individual (RI) for vendor and consultant contracts
• Identify and protect Disney and vendor intellectual property, consult with Disney Legal as needed
• Run vendor design, fabrication and commissioning activities
• Lead site installation and testing work, facilitate turnover of the ride system to operations and maintenance
• Perform installation validation, confirm condition surveys, and conduct field testing for attraction systems, which may require use of active fall protection equipment, navigating construction sites with catwalks, ladders, scaffolding, l