**Purpose of Role**

This role will form a part of the lighting team within our Technical Services division.

You will be responsible for delivering a high standard of lighting production and technical support to a wide range of performances across various genres of activity.

**Organisational relationships**
- **Line Manager**:_ Head of Lighting
- **Key Relationships**:_Head of Technical Services**,**Production Manager, Conferencing team.
- **Direct Reports**:_ You will supervise Technicians, Casual workers & Freelancers as required, for specific projects or processes.
- **External Relationships**:_Visiting designers, touring managers and technicians.

**Location**

Your principal location of work is Perth Theatre and Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, Perth. You will be expected to work between both buildings and occasionally in other locations such as touring with productions and undertaking other projects off site.

There may be opportunity to focus your work toward either Theatre (Perth Theatre) or Live Music and Events (Perth Concert Hall)

**Duties and Responsibilities**

**Management**

You will deputise for the Head of Lighting, both in their absence from work and where immediate decisions are required within the venue or production on which you are posted.

You will manage the team on the projects you are overseeing, ensuring they are scheduled appropriately and informed of the work to be undertaken.

**Specialist**

Staying a fresh of all industry developments you will ensure that you are familiar with current, safe and effective techniques for the deliver of production lighting in both a Theatre and Live events environment.

You will work to ensure that all lighting equipment is thoroughly maintained, compliant and ready for use as required.

You will oversee the practical delivery of productions working both with visiting designers, in house production leads and colleagues within the technical team to ensure delivery of stable and effective lighting solutions.

You will use your skills to program, plot and operate events or productions, both pre plotted and live.

You will support the practical delivery lighting requirements across the organisation from rigging to programming.

You will design and operate solutions for lighting needs on conferences, live events, community work and other similar productions.

You will share your skills with our community as a core of our Learning and Engagement program.

You will attend production meetings, undertake advance preparations, testing and facilitation for productions, manufacturer of practicals and support the progression of performances from start to finish as required.

**Technical Team**

Alongside your colleagues in the technical team, you will support all aspects of the departments workload using your skills across all disciplines to deliver the company program of work, including stage duties, format changes and technical cover.

**Health and Safety**

You will ensure you keep up to date with current H&S regulations relevant to the industry and any changes. Ensuring a safe working environment and that all safe practices are adhered to including house polices, SSOW and compliance with statutory obligations, keeping suitable records maintained.

You will play an active part in risk assessing your areas of work with your team and ensure that all hazards are suitably and effectively controlled.

**Responsibilities of all staff**

To be aware of the work of other departments in the delivery of the company’s charitable objectives. You will take an active part in communicating and co-operating with other staff and departments, contribute to an enthusiastic, positive work climate within the organisation and take an active part in achieving high standards of customer and client care.

You will be attending team meetings as well as all internal and external meetings as required, follow all company procedures and policies and work in accordance with the Equality & Diversity Policy of Perth Theatre and Concert Hall.

You will undertake other duties as may be reasonably required by the organisation and will be a key holder.

**Person Specification**

You will be a highly motivated, experienced, and creative professional. You will have significant experience of delivering lighting production in a live environment and be adept at working with a range of creative individuals to assess and deliver on their needs.

You will assist in leading the lighting team with passion and attention to detail, ensuring that all members, and the wider technical team, are competent to support the delivery of lighting throughout our venues.

Your background may be in theatre or live events or a mixture of both, and you will bring with you a desire to deliver exemplar production standards across various genres, styles and disciplines of work.

Most of all you will bring your enthusiasm for live lighting production and the performing arts.

**Terms and Conditions**

**Salary**:£26