Description Carnival UK is in search of a Crew Planning Manager – Maritime, who is crucial in supporting our People direction and nurturing a high-performing team. As Crew Planning Manager – Maritime, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring our fleet is staffed with the right talent at the right time. This is a high-impact leadership position where you’ll manage complex planning, drive compliance with new policies, and influence cost strategies—all while leading a dedicated team and collaborating with senior stakeholders across the business. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and want to make a real difference in operational excellence, this is your opportunity. Role Overview • Oversee strategic and operational Maritime crew planning, ensuring vessels are resourced with qualified and experienced personnel. • Drive adherence to updated policies and processes, maintaining consistency and operational compliance across crew planning activities. • Manage budgets and cost strategies, providing governance and oversight on unplanned events whilst maintaining team strength • Build strong relationships across the business, influencing at senior levels to deliver best-in-class crew planning. • Lead and coach a team, fostering engagement, development, and high performance. Positioned within our internal structure from CUK15 (entry level) to CUK1 (Brand President), this role is classified as CUK07, offered as a full-time position, on a fixed-term contract (12–14 months) basis. We offer hybrid work including up to two days from home. Requirements: Your Expertise and Leadership To thrive as a Crew Planning Manager - Maritime, we're looking for: • Proven experience in the maritime sector and understanding of Officer and Rating roles and structures. • Strong stakeholder management and ability to influence at senior levels. • Leadership experience managing teams and budgets in a complex operational environment. • Familiarity with planning systems and data-driven decision-making About You: A Catalyst for Performance We believe that diversity enriches our team. We're interested in candidates who: • Are resilient and adaptable, comfortable with high exposure and operational complexity • Collaborate effectively and challenge constructively to drive improvements • Demonstrate commercial awareness with a focus on cost control and compliance • Motivate and empower teams while role modelling cultural values 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. Our benefits package reflects our commitment to your wellbeing: • Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers • Annual Bonus • Car Allowance • Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading scheme • Extensive learning and development opportunities • Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programmes • Company paid Health Cash Plan and health assessment • Contributory Defined Contribution Pension scheme • Life Assurance • 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 Recruitment Journey For more information on your recruitment journey, please visit https://bit.ly/CUKCandidateJourney. LI-Hybrid CUK Job Functions: Human Resources; Strategy / Planning; LI-JW1