Senior Project Controls Estimator (fixed-term, until Dec 2030)

Job ID 10126177 Location London, United Kingdom Business Walt Disney Imagineering Date posted Jul. 22, 2025

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Job Summary:

About the Role & Team

In this role, you will be supporting our newly established Walt Disney Imagineering office in London. Our London based Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) team is supporting our extensive cruise ship portfolio expansion and works closely with our Disney Cruise Line (DCL) team. This role will suit someone with a background in quantity surveying.

As our Senior Project Controls Estimator, you will be responsible for estimating of project’s capital budgets during ship development phases and then running the cost control, change management and risk assessment during a project’s execution phase. You will be part of an international team of estimators and have close liaison with project managers, creative designers and technical experts.

This role will require you to be onsite 4 days a week and will involve regular travel to the Germany based shipyard. Please note, this role is a project based fixed-term contract until end of 2030.

What You Will Do

This team is engaged in performing take-offs and estimating all portions of sophisticated, highly integrated projects including hotels, theme park attractions, cruise ships and other expansions of the Disney experience. These project estimates include but are limited to, interior fit out, themed finishes, show elements, ride scope and project soft costs. This role will focus on the Disney cruise ship portfolio expansion.

Estimates are prepared using incomplete or ambiguous information and performed with minimal supervision.

We participate in the detailed estimating, negotiating, and timely settling of contractual change orders during the project.

We review and estimate proposal specifications, drawings, and other supporting documents to determine the scope of work and required estimate contents.

This team talks to operators, designers, and contractors to provide estimating, cost data, analysis and scenario planning.

We provide the design staff and project team with detailed cost guidance/value engineering/alternatives and compare estimates where possible to comparable/equivalent historical experiences.

We provide cost management during the entire life cycle of a project, continually quantifying risks, developing mitigation plans and forecasting the total project Estimated Final Cost (EFC) with the project team and divisions.

Required Qualifications & Skills

Significant estimating and/or cost control experience with a strong preference toward experience with projects of higher complexity, scope, scale and growing professional responsibility.

Preconstruction through implementation estimating experience

Capable of independently producing conceptual level estimates with minimal supervision.

Understanding of construction documents (drawings, specifications, schedules, contracts, etc).

Ability to utilise the AutoDesk suite, e.g. for reading technical drawings in 3D modelling

Experience using quantity takeoff software

Confident using the MS Office suite incl. SharePoint, with expert knowledge in Excel. Knowledge of PowerBI or similar data visualization tools will be beneficial to this role.

Ability to collaborate across multiple subject areas in a multi-cultural environment.

Proven decision-making and relationship building ability and confident presenter who can adapt to their audience and communicate optimally, both in writing and verbally.

Organization skills, accuracy and attention to the detail.

Ability to organize complex financial and estimating data and communicate to audiences of varying levels.

Able to work independently, meet deadlines and manage time effectively.

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge specific to the Hospitality, themed entertainment, cruise line, and/or resort industry

Degree educated, preferably in Construction Management, Architecture, Engineering, Quantity Surveying, or equivalent combinations of technical training and/or related experience.

The Perks

25 days annual leave

Private medical insurance & dental care

Free Park Entry: You will have the opportunity to enter any of our parks with your family and friends for free

Disney Discounts: you are entitled to discounts on designated Disney products, resort F&B and ticketing

Excellent parental and guardian leave

Employee Resource Groups – WOMEN @ Disney, Disney DIVERSITY, Disney PRIDE, our new disability & neurodiversity focused group - ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST.

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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About Walt Disney Imagineering:

Founded in 1952 as WED Enterprises to design and build the world’s first theme park — Disneyland — Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) is where imagination and creativity combine with cutting-edge technology to create unforgettable experiences. WDI is the creative force that imagines, designs and builds all Disney theme parks, resorts, attractions and cruise ships worldwide. Imagineering’s unique strength comes from its diverse global team of creative and technical professionals, who build on Disney’s legacy of storytelling to pioneer new forms of entertainment. The Imagineers who practice this unique blend of art and science work in more than 100 disciplines to shepherd an idea all the way from “blue sky” concept phase to opening day.

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 Magical Cruise Co., Ltd, which is part of a business we call Walt Disney Imagineering.

Magical Cruise Co., Ltd is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, colour, religion or belief, sex, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, disability or pregnancy or maternity. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.

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