Carnival UK is in search of a Senior Manager, Maritime Projects, who is crucial in supporting our direction and nurturing a high-performing team for our Queen Mary 2 refit in 2027.
Role Overview
Our Maritime & Sustainability Team supports the delivery of major maritime structural projects within the Queen Mary 2 refit. Key accountabilities include:
- Lead delivery of major maritime structural projects within the Queen Mary 2 refit.
- Act as the project lead for assigned structural enhancement workstreams.
- Serve as the internal conduit between external designers/engineers, classification society, regulators, and internal stakeholders.
- Manage project timelines, approval pathways, and dependencies to ensure statutory and class approvals are achieved on time.
Positioned within our internal structure from CUK15 (entry level) to CUK1 (Brand President), this role is classified as a CUK06, offered as a full-time position, on a 12-month fixed term basis. We offer hybrid work including up to two days from home.
Requirements: Your Expertise and Leadership
To thrive as a Senior Manager, Maritime Projects, we're looking for:
- Strong project management capability within complex maritime or engineering environments.
- Foundational naval architecture understanding or strong engineering background with naval architecture appreciation.
- Ability to read, interpret, and interrogate structural and technical drawings.
- Experience working with external designers, engineers, and classification bodies.
About You: A Catalyst for Change
We believe that diversity enriches our team. We're interested in candidates who:
- Are highly collaborative across diverse technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Communicate confidently within complex stakeholder environments
- Take a methodical and process-driven approach to approvals and governance.
- Are comfortable operating in ambiguous, high-pressure project environments.
Why Join Us?
Working with us is about more than a job. It's about creating unforgettable holiday happiness for our guests and a fulfilling career for you.
Read our employee experience guide to learn more about life as a Carnival UK colleague here.
- Our benefits package reflects our commitment to your wellbeing:
- Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers
- Annual bonus
- A friendly welcome with help settling in
- Regular office events including live entertainment, lifestyle events and charity partner fundraisers
- Extensive learning and development opportunities
- Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading scheme
- Employee-led networks
- Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programmes
- Recognition scheme with prizes and awards
- Contributory Defined Contribution Pension scheme
- Company paid private medical and dental insurance and health assessment
- In-house Occupational Health help and access to digital GP
- Life Assurance
- Parental and adoption leave
- Employee Shares Plan
- Electric Car and Cycle to Work schemes
- Onsite restaurant offering range of healthy cooked and grab and go meals
- Discounted retail and leisure via discounts portal
Ready to Lead?
If guiding a team within the Maritime Team here at Carnival UK to new heights excites you, we're eager to hear from you. Apply now to start your journey with us, where your performance-led leadership will make a difference in our shared success.
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Carnival Corporation & plc is a global cruise company and one of the largest vacation companies in the world. Our portfolio of leading cruise brands includes Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises and Seabourn in North America; P&O Cruises (UK), and Cunard in the United Kingdom; AIDA Cruises in Germany; Costa Cruises in Southern Europe; Iberocruceros in Spain; and P&O Cruises (Australia) in Australia. These brands, which comprise the most recognized cruise brands in North America, the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy, offer a wide range of holiday and vacation products to a customer base that is broadly varied in terms of cultures, languages and leisure-time preferences. We also own a tour company that complements our cruise operations: Holland America Princess Alaska Tours in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon. Combined, our vacation companies attract 10 million guests annually.
