Senior Safety Professional
Apply Now Apply Later Job ID 10132452 Location Bay Lake, Florida, United States Business Walt Disney World Resort Date posted Oct. 09, 2025Job Summary:
“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 Sr Safety Professional, supporting Construction Safety Management position serves as a key technical resource for project construction safety for Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) project(s). The position is responsible for partnering with WDI and contractors to ensure adherence with relevant regulatory, industry, and internal standards and best practices. Exceptional candidates will have a proven track record of driving above average incident reduction results achieved through the development and implementation of targeted safety strategies and tactics.
The Senior Safety Professional will report to the Manager, Safety.
What You Will Do
On any given day, as a Senior Safety Professional, you might:
- Partners with contractors to ensure compliance with relevant regulatory and industry standards and practices including trenching, scaffolding, fall protection, electrical, cranes, heavy equipment, etc.
- Investigate and propose innovative and practical safety solutions to while ensuring risk mitigation/minimization and safety/regulatory compliance.
- Articulate to project leadership and contractor’s applicable standards, regulations, data (lagging and leading), emerging technologies, best practices, and risk reduction techniques.
- Provide construction safety risk and safety input during all phases of projects.
- Communicate identified trends, significant near misses and incidents with project and safety leadership.
Required Qualifications & Skills
Here’s what you need to be successful at this job:
- 5+ years of construction safety, industrial safety and health experience, safety engineering, or related.
- In-depth 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 areas of expertise.
- Experience in safety of multi-trade construction activities and construction safety industry/regulatory standards.
- Demonstrated flexibility and ability to operate within an ambiguous and changing environment.
- Proven strong planning, organization and prioritization skills.
- Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills.
- Demonstrated problem solving and decision-making skills.
- Ability to resolve conflicts and diffuse difficult situations.
- Demonstrated strong consultative and influencing skills.
Preferred Qualifications
It would be great if you also have:
- Associate Safety Professional (ASP) or Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST) or Certified Safety Professional (CSP) designation.
- OSHA 500 trainer
Education
- 4-year College Degree
Preferred Education
- Advanced degree in Occupational Safety, Safety Engineering, Construction Safety, 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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About Walt Disney World Resort:
Since opening in 1971, Walt Disney World Resort has played an important role in many childhood and family memories. Today, hundreds of millions of guests from around the globe visit this magical place to enjoy a Disney vacation. Through a combination of creativity, innovation and technology, the resort immerses guests in classic Disney tales and new kinds of family entertainment. Drawing from a rich heritage of storytelling, Walt Disney World Resort cast members bring Disney magic to life through unmatched attention to detail and superior guest service.
About The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.
This position is with Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc., which is part of a business we call Walt Disney World Resort.
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.
