Production Technician

Package Description

Erskine Stewart Melville are currently recruiting for a Production Technician to join the Production Department on a Permanent basis from 19th October (subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks). The role is full time, working 36.25 hours per week, with a salary of £30,111. The role is based at Queensferry Road, with travel across all sites.

The Production Technician will support the Production Manager in the efficient organisation and running of all production and technical aspects of school productions, as well as external events across the schools, in the Tom Fleming Centre, Mar Hall and The Dean and will include such duties as:

• To realise and implement specific technical requirements and operate lighting, sound and/or A.V for all ESM productions.
• To attend rehearsals, fit ups, technical rehearsals, shows and get outs and facilitate as required.
• To support ESM Senior School Drama Departments with technical requirements essential for SQA practical exams.

The successful candidate must have experience in a technical role in an arts venue, up to date knowledge of technical production (e.g., lighting, sound, video, rigging, set construction etc.), or relevant and proven knowledge from equivalent fields. A BA (Hons) Technical Arts for Theatre and Performance is preferred.

ESM is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. The successful candidate will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right work in the UK.

• Free school lunches
• Free Sports' Club membership, including access to pool and fitness suites
• Paid moving house day
• Employer pension contributions of up to 8%
• Death in service benefit
• Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity leave
• Membership of the ESM Discount and Benefits Scheme, including a range of discounts at 130,000 retail and entertainment locations
• Employee Assistance Service
• Cycle to work scheme
• Car leasing salary sacrifice scheme
• Annual professional review process
• Regular salary reviews
• Funding towards professional qualifications

We are looking for individuals who can embody and promote ESM values of Kindness, Confidence, Resilience, Integrity, and Curiosity while role modelling behaviours in line with our school pillars of Ambition, Innovation, and Community.

ESM is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and Disclosure Scotland.

All staff working at ESM have direct access to young people therefore all posts within the school are considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Any enquiries about this position should be directed to

Welcome to Erskine Stewart Melville, a school for 3-18 year olds, in the heart of Edinburgh, where innovation thrives. We are committed to the individual ambitions of every student by pushing the boundaries of traditional academia.

Our school cultivates creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration. We empower our learners to dream big and surpass their own expectations, using progressive teaching and learning. Our approach provides an expansive range of academic and extra-curricular opportunities, as well as a dedicated wellbeing programme that supports the whole child.

The people that work for us are passionate, pioneering and strive for excellence in everything they do.

We value the incredible contributions they make to school life, we invest in their careers and we support their ambitions so that they flourish professionally and personally.