diff --git a/kubectl-plugin/pkg/cmd/job/job_submit.go b/kubectl-plugin/pkg/cmd/job/job_submit.go
index 189cbee82c4..68fc0c97c25 100644
--- a/kubectl-plugin/pkg/cmd/job/job_submit.go
+++ b/kubectl-plugin/pkg/cmd/job/job_submit.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/google/shlex"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions"
 	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericiooptions"
@@ -36,6 +35,8 @@ const (
 	dashboardAddr      = "http://localhost:8265"
 	clusterTimeout     = 120.0
 	portForwardTimeout = 60.0
+	pollInterval       = 2
+	httpTimeout        = 5
 )
 
 type SubmitJobOptions struct {
@@ -392,40 +393,19 @@ func (options *SubmitJobOptions) Run(ctx context.Context, factory cmdutil.Factor
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("Failed to get Ray Job status")
 			}
-			time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
+			time.Sleep(pollInterval * time.Second)
 		}
 		options.cluster = options.RayJob.Status.RayClusterName
 	} else {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Unknown cluster and did not provide Ray Job. One of the fields must be set")
 	}
 
-	// Wait til the cluster is ready
-	var clusterReady bool
-	clusterWaitStartTime := time.Now()
-	currTime := clusterWaitStartTime
-	fmt.Printf("Waiting for RayCluster\n")
-	fmt.Printf("Checking Cluster Status for cluster %s...\n", options.cluster)
-	for !clusterReady && currTime.Sub(clusterWaitStartTime).Seconds() <= clusterTimeout {
-		time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
-		currCluster, err := k8sClients.RayClient().RayV1().RayClusters(options.namespace).Get(ctx, options.cluster, v1.GetOptions{})
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Failed to get cluster information with error: %w", err)
-		}
-		clusterReady = isRayClusterReady(currCluster)
-		if !clusterReady {
-			fmt.Println("Cluster is not ready")
+	// Wait until the RayCluster with type=RayClusterProvisioned and status=true
+	fmt.Printf("Waiting for RayCluster %s to be ready...\n", options.cluster)
+	if err := k8sClients.WaitRayClusterProvisioned(ctx, options.namespace, options.cluster, time.Duration(clusterTimeout)*time.Second); err != nil {
+		if cleanupErr := options.cleanupRayJob(ctx, k8sClients); cleanupErr != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Failed to clean up Ray job after timeout: %w (original error: %w)", cleanupErr, err)
 		}
-		currTime = time.Now()
-	}
-
-	if !clusterReady {
-		fmt.Printf("Deleting RayJob...\n")
-		err = k8sClients.RayClient().RayV1().RayJobs(options.namespace).Delete(ctx, options.RayJob.GetName(), v1.DeleteOptions{})
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Failed to clean up Ray job after time out.: %w", err)
-		}
-		fmt.Printf("Cleaned Up RayJob: %s\n", options.RayJob.GetName())
-
 		return fmt.Errorf("Timed out waiting for cluster")
 	}
 
@@ -450,35 +430,9 @@ func (options *SubmitJobOptions) Run(ctx context.Context, factory cmdutil.Factor
 		}()
 
 		// Wait for port forward to be ready
-		var portForwardReady bool
-		portForwardWaitStartTime := time.Now()
-		currTime = portForwardWaitStartTime
-
-		portforwardCheckRequest, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, dashboardAddr, nil)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Error occurred when trying to create request to probe cluster endpoint: %w", err)
-		}
-		httpClient := http.Client{
-			Timeout: 5 * time.Second,
-		}
 		fmt.Printf("Waiting for port forwarding...")
-		for !portForwardReady && currTime.Sub(portForwardWaitStartTime).Seconds() <= portForwardTimeout {
-			time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
-			rayDashboardResponse, err := httpClient.Do(portforwardCheckRequest)
-			if err != nil {
-				err = fmt.Errorf("Error occurred when waiting for port forwarding: %w", err)
-				fmt.Println(err)
-				currTime = time.Now()
-				continue
-			}
-			if rayDashboardResponse.StatusCode >= 200 && rayDashboardResponse.StatusCode < 300 {
-				portForwardReady = true
-			}
-			rayDashboardResponse.Body.Close()
-			currTime = time.Now()
-		}
-		if !portForwardReady {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Timed out waiting for port forwarding")
+		if err := waitForPortForward(ctx); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Failed to establish port forwarding: %w", err)
 		}
 		options.address = dashboardAddr
 		fmt.Printf("Port forwarding started on %s\n", options.address)
@@ -722,10 +676,6 @@ func runtimeEnvHasWorkingDir(runtimePath string) (string, error) {
 	return "", nil
 }
 
-func isRayClusterReady(rayCluster *rayv1.RayCluster) bool {
-	return meta.IsStatusConditionTrue(rayCluster.Status.Conditions, "Ready") || rayCluster.Status.State == rayv1.Ready
-}
-
 // Generates a 16-character random ID with a prefix, mimicking Ray Job submission_id.
 // ref: ray/python/ray/dashboard/modules/job/job_manager.py
 func generateSubmissionID() (string, error) {
@@ -743,3 +693,38 @@ func generateSubmissionID() (string, error) {
 	}
 	return fmt.Sprintf("raysubmit_%s", string(idRunes)), nil
 }
+
+// waitForPortForward waits for port forwarding to be ready
+func waitForPortForward(ctx context.Context) error {
+	httpClient := http.Client{Timeout: httpTimeout * time.Second}
+	portforwardCheckRequest, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, dashboardAddr, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error occurred when trying to create request to probe cluster endpoint: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	startTime := time.Now()
+	for time.Since(startTime).Seconds() <= portForwardTimeout {
+		time.Sleep(pollInterval * time.Second)
+		rayDashboardResponse, err := httpClient.Do(portforwardCheckRequest)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("Error occurred when waiting for port forwarding: %v\n", err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if rayDashboardResponse.StatusCode >= 200 && rayDashboardResponse.StatusCode < 300 {
+			rayDashboardResponse.Body.Close()
+			return nil
+		}
+		rayDashboardResponse.Body.Close()
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("Timed out waiting for port forwarding")
+}
+
+func (options *SubmitJobOptions) cleanupRayJob(ctx context.Context, k8sClients client.Client) error {
+	fmt.Printf("Deleting RayJob...\n")
+	err := k8sClients.RayClient().RayV1().RayJobs(options.namespace).Delete(ctx, options.RayJob.GetName(), v1.DeleteOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to clean up Ray job: %w", err)
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("Cleaned Up RayJob: %s\n", options.RayJob.GetName())
+	return nil
+}