Assistant Theater Technical Coordinator

DEFINITION

Under supervision, assists the Theater Technical Coordinator in organizing the technical requirements for the City’s Cultural Arts high‑profile productions and concerts at the Avo Playhouse and at the Moonlight Amphitheatre, including specified special events and rentals; oversees and maintains all theatrical and video equipment; performs related work as required.

Positions in this class assist in maintaining all theatrical and video equipment at all performance sites, including inventories, maintenance, repairs, and rentals when applicable; coordinate and recommend the hiring of personnel for scenery, lighting, sound, and stage crews. Positions in this class perform work which has some variation, and which requires a range of choice in the application of defined methods or procedures.

Assists in training, hiring, supervising, and evaluating stage crew for all events; assists throughout production process and supervise seasonal staff including audio, lighting, special effects, video, planning and implementing rigging, hair & make‑up, and scenic elements; attend technical and dress rehearsals for the performances/events; create, modify and/or interpret various technical drawings; ensures compliance with all safety requirements needed for hanging units, flats, special effects, including running automated rigging, sound and lighting equipment;

assist in creating and distributing schedules for all productions; assists in overseeing the load‑in, assembly, and rigging of scenery for incoming shows; keeps abreast of rental contracts for scenery, trucking, and hiring of crews to load and unload sets, costumes and properties; maintain production inventories and asset tracking; assist in coordinating the technical needs of outside rental groups; and performs other related technical duties as assigned.

Any combination of training, education and experience which demonstrates an ability to perform the duties of the position. A typical qualifying background includes some college course completion in Technical Theatre, and three years of technical theatre experience. Technical Director or Assistant Technical Director experience is desired.

• Technical theatre and stage management techniques, including lighting and sound plots, scenic design and floor plans;
• Working drawings, carpentry techniques for theatre, and rigging techniques;
• Electrical circuitry and wiring;
  Current computerized lighting boards and digital sound boards/equipment comparable to those used in Moonlight’s stage house;
• Computers;
• Safety rules and practices pertaining to backstage professional theatrical work;
• General principles of supervision.

• Organize technical load‑ins and rigging for the theatres;
• Work within production deadlines (for rental events and Moonlight Stage Productions);
• Train, schedule, and supervise a large staff of stage, lighting and sound crew members;
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with rental clients; and also with artistic, technical and stage management personnel contacted in the course of work.

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this class. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, equipment, or controls and reach with hands and arms. The employee is required to stand, talk or hear; walk; sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, or crouch. Activities may require frequent walking and standing as well as bending, squatting, and kneeling.

This position frequently lifts, carries or moves objects weighing up to 30 pounds and requires the ability to climb and work on an A‑frame ladder or high lift at heights of 20‑40 feet.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust…