Senior Manager, Dry Docks

 

Journey with us! Combine your career goals and sense of adventure by joining our incredible team of employees at Royal Caribbean Group (RCG). We are proud to offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, and excellent career development opportunities, each offering unique ways to explore the world.

We are proud to be the vacation-industry leader with global brands — including Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Silversea Cruises — the most innovative fleet and private destinations, and the best people. Together, we are dedicated to turning the vacation of a lifetime into a lifetime of vacations for our guests.

 

Royal Caribbean Group’s Global Marine Operations (GMO) Team has an exciting opportunity for a full-time Senior Manager, Dry Docks reporting to the Senior Director, Asset Management.

 

 

This position will work onsite in Miami, Florida.

 

 

What does the Global Marine Operations Team do?

 

Our Marine Operations team is responsible for ensuring the safe, efficient, and smooth sailing of our fleet worldwide. They oversee ship navigation, safety protocols, and compliance with maritime regulations to protect our guests, crew, and vessels. Working closely with onboard and ashore teams, they optimize vessel performance and operational efficiency. 

 

Join us to play a vital role in maintaining the highest standards of safety and excellence at sea. If you have a passion for maritime operations and ensuring safe voyages, this is the career for you.

 

 

 

How you can make an impact.

 

This role is an integral part of the Global Marine Operations department, responsible for the strategic planning and coordination of all dry-docking activities across RCG. The primary focus is to ensure that dry-docking operations are executed efficiently, cost-effectively, and in compliance with industry standards and regulations.

 

 

 

What your day-to-day will look like:

 

 

Central Point of Contact and Coordination

 

• Serve as the single point of contact for all dry-docking planning matters for the RCG fleet, covering all fleet groups.

 

• Act as the central coordination hub between Global Marine Operations (GMO), Brand Deployment, and Newbuilding Revitalizations, with a focus on long-term docking planning.

 

 

 

Strategic Shipyard Relationships and Capacity Planning

 

• Develop and manage long-term strategic relationships with key global shipyards.

 

• Maintain forward visibility (5-year horizon) of global dry dock capacity and regional constraints.

 

• Lead executive-level engagement with major shipyard partners.

 

• Assess shipyard capability relative to vessel class, technical complexity, and revitalization scope.

 

• Provide recommendations on shipyard positioning strategy across regions.

 

• Monitor geopolitical and regional risks that may impact docking availability.

 

 

 

Docking Slot Planning

 

• Serve as GMO’s primary interface with Brand Deployment to align docking windows with itinerary strategy.

 

• Translate deployment schedules into forward docking slot requirements.

 

• Secure and manage docking slot reservations across the fleet on a rolling multi-year basis.

 

• Optimize docking sequencing to reduce operational disruption and repositioning complexity.

 

• Identify and resolve multi-brand docking conflicts.

 

• Maintain a consolidated fleet docking roadmap (5–year horizon).

 

 

 

Strategic Volume Leveraging with Procurement

 

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