Events Sys Eng I (EP), IT Services Event Productions

Amazon • Seattle, WA

1d • $25 - $41 • Onsite

About The Position

This system engineer role will be in charge of both the health and maintenance
of the production systems as well as the operation of the production systems
during events.

On the production engineer side, a successful candidate will have a strong
background in onsite production support, being able to design, program and
operate live corporate events. Candidates should have a diverse background as a
live production engineer demonstrating deep systems knowledge, strong
organizational and interpersonal skills, and the ability to keep calm, focused
and confident in a production environment. A successful candidate will have an
impeccable focus and drive to constantly improve the customer experience.
For the systems engineer piece, the candidate will manage large production
overhaul and maintenance projects, both planned and unplanned. When
troubleshooting, the System Engineer will evaluate the risks with efficiency to
properly gauge the optimum solution and act on what can be solved immediately
and determine what solutions need to be taken to management.

The System Engineer within Event Productions should have a strong background in
technical problem solving skills to support the operational engineers when
systemic problems arise, and proactively, when invention and efficiency can be
implemented to solve problems before they occur. Production technologies require
systematic backup systems so that a buffer is created where the team and client
will have knowledge of an implemented backup plan, but the end customer
(attendee) will hopefully never even know a problem occurred. This requires
system engineers to have a deep understanding of their systems to quickly
identify root cause and offer efficient solutions to maintain production
stability.

This role will be directly responsible for the health and success of all the
production equipment located within the venue, in addition to operating and
ensuring the success of each event that takes place within the venue. This role
will also directly work with the rest of the System Engineers and Production
Engineers within the Event Production organization, to ensure that the quality
of the systems and the operating procedures remain of bar raising quality.

This engineer will keep a weekly schedule of standard maintenance, work with the
onsite event coordinators and producers to plan for and execute the events,
coordinate additional staffing with third party vendors, and communicate
regularly with the rest of the team members to stay connected to the overall
team status.

Requirements

• High school or equivalent diploma
• Experience or knowledge in live events or equivalent audio visual fields

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree
• Experience with event AV and live event planning

Responsibilities

• Promptly, thoroughly, professionally communicate with team, customers, and business partners.
• Proactively engage with production team to pursue process improvements.
• Search out opportunities to help others improve skillsets and knowledge base.
• Contribute as a subject matter expert in the field of audio/visual production.
• Design, program and operate live events with autonomy, taking the customers’ ideas and delivering an outstanding product.
• Ensure industry best practices are followed with a safety first mindset.
• Event setup and technical coordination of assigned systems.
• Recommend technical resource scheduling for equipment and labor script.
• Thorough testing of equipment use cases ahead of event.
• Clear communication with all team members.
• Operational technical services for assigned events.
• Optimizing systems for the best quality attainable.
• Technical leadership of vendor engineers when required.
• Dynamically flex to client needs and changes.
• Assist with strike of event space(s), ensuring correct equipment handling and storage.
• Participate in post-event feedback discussions/surveys.

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED