Lighting Systems Designer

Location: Halesowen

Lighting Systems Designer Uxbridge, London £50,000- £53,000 Company Benefits:
Private Healthcare after 12 months service Employee supported volunteering Enhanced family leave provisions Perkbox and Employee assistance Programme Company sick pay Employee recognition scheme Generous employee referral scheme Clearly defined Career path (and all the important support along the way) Access to state-of-the-art technology Global presence and opportunities worldwide Long Service Programme

Position Overview Encore's UK Technical Delivery Department designs, plans, documents, and supports event technology systems across Audio, Lighting, Rigging, and Video for temporary events and live production. The Systems Designer will evaluate project needs and create designs that are safe and functional while ensuring adherence to the technical standards and commercial constraints in place. The Systems Designer will be predominantly office based however will be required to conduct site visits to support operational demand.

The Systems Designer will be specialised in one of the following disciplines and will work as one of a group of four Systems Designers, each aligned to a technical department. The role will be line managed by the Technical Manager (HoD) for the department and will support increased standards of systems design, documentation, planning, and commercial kit allocation across Encore.

Audio Systems Design event technology systems within the relevant specialism that are safe, effective, commercially appropriate, and aligned to Encore technical standards. Lighting Systems Design event technology systems within the relevant specialism that are safe, effective, commercially appropriate, and aligned to Encore technical standards. Rigging Systems Design event technology systems within the relevant specialism that are safe, effective, commercially appropriate, and aligned to Encore technical standards.

Video Systems Design event technology systems within the relevant specialism that are safe, effective, commercially appropriate, and aligned to Encore technical standards.

Key Job Responsibilities Systems Design
• Evaluate temporary event and live production requirements, including collaborating with Project Managers, sales and venue staff, and create recommended solutions based on business need and using Encore's guidelines for design practice.
• Create detailed drawings, schematics, renderings, access plans, bills of materials and scopes of work using CAD, Vectorworks, Connect CAD and other technical design platforms.
• Support Project Managers, Technical Managers and operational teams by providing consultative technical expertise, iterating the design to match budget needs, available inventory and commercial kit allocation.
• Maintain high standards of systems design, documentation, planning and commercial kit allocation within the department and across the wider Systems Designer group.
• Support Labour Resource Managers by identifying the correct skills and competencies required to deliver and operate the systems designed. Design Standards
• Using an expert knowledge of existing technical practice, relevant national and international standards, and temporary event delivery requirements, contribute to the continuous improvement of Encore technical design standards, proposals, document templates, training materials, maintenance plans and other processes and tools.
• Maintain and grow a knowledge of relevant products and advocate for ways to use them in design guidelines developing an adaptive and forward-thinking design philosophy.
• Work with procurement to identify, select, and prioritize vendors and equipment based on overall product support, availability and performance.
• Perform post-event…