Event Warehouse Technician & Driver

WANTED! A Live Event Warehouse Technician & Driver

The job holder is responsible for prepping and picking correct equipment for specific jobs, assisting with the ongoing maintenance and care of technical equipment, and general warehouse duties to ensure a well organised and tidy warehouse operation as directed by the Floor Supervisor. They will also regularly drive company vehicles to/from site ensuring safe and timely delivery/return of kit to/from the warehouse.

The warehouse technician/driver role provides an ideal foundation for individuals keen to learn and work with live event technical equipment.

• Select and prepare the correct equipment for each technical kit list
• Ensure equipment picked is clean, labelled and in proper working order before being sent to site
• Use warehouse software to scan equipment in and out for each job/dry hire to enable effective stock control for kit availability and location
• Pack flight cases carefully to ensure safety of equipment in transit
• Support Scenic team in wrapping/finishing scenic elements and loading on trucks
• Load vehicles securely and in preferred order for site and unload vehicles on return
• Ensure all equipment is returned in clean and working order to the correct shelving area
• Separate equipment needing repair and label accordingly
• Assist in regular stock control checks as required
• Adhere to Warehouse H&S requirements at all times
• Ensure all warehouse documentation and administrative processes are completed effectively
• Assist in processing sub hired equipment, allocating to the correct job, ensuring collection/return and completing associated paperwork
• Respond to last minute equipment requests from staff on site promptly and effectively
• Ensure all dry hire returns are carefully processed and monitored to enable effective stock control, noting any missing equipment and/or return shortfalls and following up as necessary
• Complete general warehouse duties including cleaning and tidying all warehouse areas
• Provide ongoing basic maintenance of equipment including lighting, rigging, cabling, audio, video and power equipment

• Take end to end responsibility for safe transport of our kit to site from warehouse and back, including loading and unloading of kit at each end
• Ensure care of our equipment in transit and during the loading/unloading process
• Take care of our vehicles, ensuring any damage is reported in a timely way, and keeping the interior clean of debris
• Comply with road, speed and parking regulations, taking a pragmatic approach where venue access and parking restrictions may apply
• Liaise with Transport/Logistics team for full briefing of weight/size load limitations and appropriate routings prior to travel

• Experience in warehouse work ideally within the live events industry
• Experience working with technical aspects of a combination of lighting, sound, video, rigging, staging and/or power equipment
• Physically active and able to work at pace throughout the working day
• Highly motivated, enthusiastic, team player
• Full clean UK driving licence (LGV and/or forklift licence advantageous but not essential)
• Strong attention to detail
• Resilient and able to exert additional effort to ensure every job is delivered to high standards
• Ability to anticipate and resolve last minute problems quickly and pragmatically
• Ability to prepare and operate a wide range of equipment
• Computer literate with the ability to learn and assimilate new software
• Communicates well with team members, being fluent in spoken and written English

• The role is physically demanding and requires ability to work at height and lift heavy items
• The job holder will be based at our Reading Warehouse and is expected to work flexibly according to workload, with some evening and weekend coverage required.
• The job holder will need to pass stringent security checks for delivering kit to/from some of our prestigious accredited venues