Onsite Engineer, Operational Planning – Optimization

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About the role

  • Engineer optimizing employee cabin allocation and planning processes for Royal Caribbean Group. Leading workflow redesign and systems improvements to enhance operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Optimize the end-to-end employee cabin allocation and planning process and strengthen operational planning across the fleet.
  • Lead workflow redesign, system improvements, and data governance related to cabin allocation and usage to reduce revenue cabin displacement and improve forecasting accuracy.
  • Serve as the owner of fleetwide staffing (PAR) planning, developing data-driven models and long-range staffing forecasts.
  • Owner of the cabin request management process including its supporting systems, workflows, and governance.
  • Conduct a full diagnostic of the request-to-approval workflow across shipboard and shoreside teams.
  • Create standardized, enterprise-level workflow for request intake, approval hierarchy, documentation, and exception management.
  • Define the data model and key metrics for forecasting, budgeting, and performance tracking.
  • Quantify the financial impact of employee cabin usage.
  • Ensure recommendations can scale across the Royal Caribbean Group fleet.
  • Develop capacity models to forecast demand based on ship class, itinerary, and operational programs.
  • Lead the end-to-end crew staffing (PAR) planning process across seasons, itineraries, and operational programs.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Operations Research, or related field.
  • 3–7 years of experience in process engineering, operations optimization, or systems transformation.
  • Strong process mapping and workflow design experience.
  • Ability to translate operational needs into scalable SOPs and system requirements.
  • Intermediate to advanced analytical capability.
  • Experience with operational or logistical systems.
  • Experience in capacity planning, workforce forecasting, or operational demand modeling.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder‑management skills.
  • Ability to work across shipboard and shoreside environments.
  • Preferred Experience in hospitality, cruise, transportation, or aviation resource planning.
  • Familiarity with revenue management or resource capacity modeling.
  • Experience with enterprise system integration.
  • Lean Six Sigma training or certification.

Benefits

  • competitive compensation and benefits package
  • excellent career development opportunities

Job title

Engineer, Operational Planning – Optimization

Job type

Experience level

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Salary

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Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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