Senior Performing Arts Technician

Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) is an exciting, ambitious arts centre which offers a wide array of free exhibitions, theatre, music, cinema and comedy performances as well as creative learning and participation activities. Well-loved and well-used, it’s a relaxed, friendly place attracting a diverse mix of visitors, situated in the leafy Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham. We are currently recruiting for a Senior Performing Arts Technician to join our technical resources department.

The Senior Performing Arts Technician is responsible for the management and delivery of consistent and high-quality technical services relating to productions, performances and events in the centre, and for the maintenance and technical servicing of MAC's performing arts spaces.

• Deliver technical support for a wide variety of theatre, dance, music and comedy productions; amateur events; community events and conferences.
• Maintain high production values, ensure the highest standards of presentation for all MAC's work.
• Carry out get ins and get outs for touring productions.
• Operate lighting, sound and AV for live events.
• Rig and focus lighting, sound and AV, accurately interpret plans and tech specs.
• Construct sets and carry out basic carpentry.
• Realise visiting designer’s technical designs; provide events without an external designer with appropriate lighting, sound and staging.
• Act as Duty Technician for performances and events, liaising with front of house teams.
• Identify technical needs for events, ensure those needs are met appropriately.
• Provide basic stage management duties for visiting shows and co-productions.
• Prepare technical scripts for show operation.
• Safely work at height using ladders; tallescopes and powered access.
• Operate motorised and hemp flying systems.
• On occasions to provide technical assistance on behalf of MAC to external agencies.

• Line management of core and variable hour Performing Arts Technicians;
  Technical Assistants and Apprentices. Supervise their work and conduct reviews and/or appraisals.
• Create effective team schedules to ensure all events receive appropriate technical support.
• Carry out recruitment, inductions and training of technicians and work placements.
• Keep Technical Specifications and other documentation up to date.
• Liaise with companies for hired and programmed events, providing information about MAC’s equipment and systems and advising on how to achieve their technical requirements. Interpret their technical requirements in order to schedule and provide services appropriately.
• Communicate and carry out site visits with hires customers and companies programmed by the arts teams, providing appropriate support.
• Disseminate information to technicians to ensure they are appropriately informed about the events they work on.
• In conjunction with the Performances Programmer and Head of Technical Resources, order and hire materials, distributing as necessary and keeping accurate records.
• Stock control of theatre consumables.

• Be responsible for Health & Safety within the performing arts spaces. This will include:
• Hazard identification and writing Risk Assessments
• Creating method statements for safe working practises
• Ensuring that electrical equipment is safe to use, keeping PAT testing records
• Assessing risk assessments written by others
• Responsible for adhering to the Construction Design Management (2015) regulations in line with MAC’s CDM policy.
• Follow established safe working practices in the pursuance of duties and adhere to MAC's risk assessments and Health and Safety Policy.
• Ensure that visiting companies, artists, and technicians follow established safe working practices and adhere to MAC's risk assessments and Health and Safety…