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Director, Engineering Excellence

Job-title: Director, Engineering Excellence
Location: Ōsaka
Specialisation: Entertainment
Salary: 16.0M ~ 20.0M
Reference: IJB2011660
Job-published: June 10, 2026 10:02

​Job Description

JOB SUMMARY:

Provide overall leadership and direction for the Engineering Excellence Group (EEG), comprising 30- 35 professionals across four key functions: Engineering Compliance, Document Control, Quality Assurance (QA), and Quality Control (QC). Drive strategic initiatives to ensure all rides, shows, and attractions to consistently meet or exceed UDX standards, regulatory requirements, and manufacturer specifications, while to continue to promote a culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

・Develop and enforce comprehensive Engineering processes and procedures that ensure full compliance across all Sustaining and New Project Engineering activities. This includes engineering change control, workflow traceability, software asset management, and rigorous validation recordkeeping. Continuously monitor and interpret regulatory changes to maintain compliance, and compile attraction incident reports to drive proactive safety management and performance improvement.

・Develop, implement, and sustain a robust Show/Ride Engineering Document Management System to govern all attraction-related technical records- including design documents, drawings, revision histories, service bulletins, manuals, vendor transmittals, and other engineering deliverables. Lead the digital transformation of legacy paper documentation into secure electronic formats, oversee the curation and validation of all incoming design assets, and ensure timely, controlled access to accurate technical information for Operations, Technical Services, Sustaining Engineering, and New Project Engineering teams.

・Build and lead the Engineering Quality Control (QC) team to independently evaluate and audit maintenance practices, ensuring strict adherence to vendor specifications, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices. Oversee routine inspection, testing, and measurement of critical attraction components, and manage the parts receiving inspection program to confirm quality, safety, and compliance prior to installation.

Establish and lead the Engineering Quality Assurance (QA) team responsible for developing the policies, standards, and processes that guide and elevate all Quality Control activities. Foster a strong culture of continuous improvement to enhance quality governance, strengthen cross-disciplinary alignment, and advance overall engineering excellence.

・Establish and maintain positive and collaborative work environment for team members. Develop, coach and engage members to achieve organizational goals.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY: 3 Managers and indirectly 32 Crew Members.

Additional information:

Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities (KSAs) required.

・Experience in theme park or hospitality industry management in a leadership role with proven outcomes managing multiple technical disciplines.

・Strong analytical skills to perform engineering calculations for design, analysis, test and measurement of ride and show systems.

・Experience with generation of ride specifications, acceptance test procedures, technical compliance, system risk assessments and failure analysis.

・Exceptional communications, organizational and project management skills with strong ability to collaborate across multiple disciplines.

EXPERIENCE:

・10+ years in management experience in an Engineering environment focused primarily on project management, vendor management, and in-field experience, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.

・5+ years of theme park experience is preferred.

Benefits

勤務時間 9:00~17:45 (所定労働時間:7時間45分)

休憩時間 60分

雇用形態 正社員

試用期間 3ヶ月

待遇・福利厚生

通勤手当、健康保険、厚生年金保険、雇用保険、労災保険、退職金制度

<各手当・制度補足>

通勤手当:全額支給

社会保険:社会保険完備(雇用、労災、健康、厚生年金)

退職金制度:正社員のみ適用/確定拠出年金制度

<定年>

60歳

<その他補足>

■制服貸与

■団体生命保険

■LTD(長期所得補償制度)保険制度

■確定拠出年金制度

■退職金制度

■テーマパーク無料招待券・割引チケット配布

■各種映画・コンサートチケット割引販売

■DVD無料レンタル

■クルーカフェ

■各種教育サポート

■社内コミュニケーション(社内SNS、社内誌等)

■社内イベント多数

休日・休暇

週休2日制(休日は土日のみ)

年間有給休暇15日~20日(下限日数は、入社直後の付与日数となります)

年間休日日数120日

※プロジェクトの進捗フェーズにより、土日勤務の場合あり(振替休日取得可)