Technical manager/director

Chief technician

Reports to:
Technical Manager

Overall purpose:

• to work within the technical team giving full provision and facilitation of the technical requirements for the in-house productions, projects and visiting companies

Duties:
All duties to be performed within financial, time and staffing parameters
and constraints agreed with the Technical Manager and freelance Production Manager.

• co-ordination and supervision of all electrical and technical equipment
  and systems, installation, maintenance and operation
• preparation of all required technical plans, elevations and associated
  paperwork for both premises and all production purposes
• liaison with visiting companies on specific technical requirements
• responsible for the maintenance, good working order and Health &
  Safety conformity, of all electrical and technical equipment and systems, including all chandlery and lifting equipment, in the main house and studio
• responsible for the maintenance, upkeep and good working order of
  the studio space as a whole, including all technical equipment and
  plant machinery; his includes the heating, ventilation and security
  systems
• to oversee the PAT Testing programme of all technical and domestic
  areas of both premises
• the compilation and maintenance of a building services manual,
  covering all premises
• responsible for IT within the technical department, liaising with the
  Financial and IT Manager, “frontline” responsibility for IT of the technical office
• the operation of any sound and lighting boards where required
• overall responsibility for the housekeeping of the fly floor and all
  electrical areas
• any other duties required within any technical area, namely sound,
  lighting and stage
• to undertake Duty Technician responsibilities when required
• to deputise for the Technical Manager where required

All duties will be performed working within current Health & Safety
requirements and employing good, safe, working methods and practices.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential Skills:

• a minimum of three years’ professional theatre experience, including time in a receiving house
• proven management skills
• lighting design knowledge, including plan ‘translation’
• practical experience of PAT testing as well as maintenance programmes of lighting, sound and communications equipment and systems
• experience of rigging and patching (hard and soft) of lighting systems
• experience of plotting on computerised lighting boards (preferably Strand 500 Series)
• experience of rigging and patching (both hard and soft) of sound systems
• experience of both digital and analogue sound boards plotting and
  operation

Desirable Skills:

• experience in a producing house and/or musical theatre production
• knowledge of scrollers and moving lights, both plotting and operation
• knowledge of digital sound technologies and sound computer software
• broad based knowledge and practice of other technical areas
• knowledge of maintaining buildings and premises
• knowledge of electrical theory and/or city & Guilds 2360
• education in technical theatre to degree level
• knowledge and ability to use CAD software