Theatrical Lighting Technician - Dollywood Theme Park - Seasonal

Theatrical Lighting Technician - Dollywood Theme Park - Full Time Seasonal

Job Category:
Entertainment & Events

Requisition Number: THEAT
008089

• Posted :
  January 2, 2026
• Full-Time
• Rate : $21 USD per hour

• Dollywood, 2700 Dollywood Parks Blvd, Pigeon Forge, TN 37863, USA

At Dollywood Parks & Resorts, we create memories worth repeating. We do this every day across all properties, all located in the Great Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. Ask anyone who has visited Dollywood Parks & Resorts and they will tell you this place is different. It’s not a difference that you can touch or see - it’s a difference you can feel.

We are seeking candidates who will embody the heart and soul of our mission of creating memories worth repeating while bringing families closer together. This person also brings a spirit of fun, authenticity, collaboration, creativity and genuine hospitality to the lives of our guests.

We want to work alongside someone who acts as an extension of our mission, values, and culture. This individual is driven to create meaningful experiences for our hosts, guests, and community while ensuring the success and profitability of our unique offerings. The right Entertainment Outdoor Lighting Technician will include equal parts curious learner, innovator, administrator, detail driver, mentor, and motivator.

This role exists to provide Dollywood’s Entertainment Department with a high level of entertainment technicians who work in guest view and behind the scenes to install, maintain, and troubleshoot any and all aspects of outdoor theme park lighting, A/V systems, and any other entertainment related technology. Dollywood Parks and Resorts Specialty Lighting Technicians are skilled control system fabricators, as well as first responders to any technology failure within their vast purview.

Entertainment Specialty Lighting Technicians take a proactive approach by continuously monitoring the complete control system, and by maintaining a rigorous systems upkeep initiative. This position is demanding and is also essential for exemplary quality in theme park entertainment. This position expects a high-level attention to detail and an unsurpassed level of excellence to Dolly Parton and Dollywood Parks and Resorts.

Additionally, the ideal candidate will be able to display Lead with Love qualities, strongly rooted in the Dollywood Company culture, by being patient, kind, trusting, unselfish, truthful, forgiving, dedicated and accountable.

• Perform primary technician duties as assigned, making calculated and situational decisions to complete tasks in a responsible time for Dollywood Parks and Resorts Entertainment Department. Technicians will work with themed outdoor lighting, festival installations, property wide atmospheric sound, show set deployment and assembly.
• Provide continued maintenance to entertainment system infrastructures, which includes but not limited to, Dollywood Parks and Resorts themed outdoor lighting systems, festival icons, atmospheric sound systems, and show sets.
• Troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair entertainment lighting control systems, static lighting fixtures, moving head fixtures, professional sound systems, video projection systems and DMX infrastructure issues as well as DMX controlled fixtures.
• Troubleshoot, and diagnose common line voltage problems and submit repair requests as necessary.
• Perform routine maintenance of entertainment equipment to meet high safety standards and safe use conditions.
• Utilize heavy machinery for installation and transportation of entertainment equipment.
• Provide entertainment technical support to all Dollywood Parks and Resorts venues as needed.
• Able and willing to share knowledge and best use cases with other technical team members.
• Wear Dollywood Entertainment provided costume or uniform.
• Assist in other areas of Entertainment Division as directed.
• Maintain an orderly, neat, safe, and well-maintained work space.
• Drive company vehicles (cars, vans, trucks) to transport personnel and/or task supply items.

• Minimum 18 years of age
• Must have experience with entertainment…