Temporary Technical Production Lead (Performing Arts Technician III), Performing Arts Center

CSU Careers•San Bernardino, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Under the direction of the Performing Arts Center (PAC) Executive Director, the Performing Arts Technician III provides technical leadership and coordination for the 73,000-square-foot venue’s technical operations. The role supports academic activities, public-facing rental engagements, and ticketed productions at the 478-seat PAC, collaborating with faculty, staff, students, visiting artists, and external production personnel. It serves as a primary technical resource and supports student learning while ensuring productions meet established safety, academic, industry, and PAC standards. The position applies broad technical theatre knowledge across multiple production specialties and coordinates production crews, providing lead work direction during load-ins, rehearsals, performances, strikes, and related activities. Work schedules may include evening, weekend, and other irregular hours. The role operates, maintains, troubleshoots, and repairs specialized theatrical equipment and systems; maintains technical documentation and equipment records; and supports production budgeting, cost estimates, vendor coordination, and settlement review. It also requires work at elevated heights and the ability to lift, move, and transport equipment and materials weighing up to 50 pounds. This is a full-time, non-exempt, temporary position. The position requires a valid driver’s license, a satisfactory background check, and California residency upon hire. The person holding the position is a mandated reporter under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act.

Requirements

Equivalent to 36 semester units of related college coursework.
Three years of related professional or technical experience.
Ability to support classroom instruction by performing classroom demonstrations related to a production specialty.
Ability to work with faculty and provide training and supervision to students involved in productions.
Comprehensive knowledge of methods and problems in multiple production specialties.
Comprehensive knowledge of design theory and principles and how they are executed in various production specialties.
Working knowledge of directing and stage management, including managing staging needs for productions with numerous costume and set changes and coordinating use of multiple facilities.
Thorough, in-depth knowledge of technical construction, implementation, and operation of staging materials and effects across production specialties, including ability to work with drawings and plots to assist in their execution.
Comprehensive knowledge of safety measures and hazards related to theatre productions.
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with individuals at all levels within the organization.
Ability to communicate effectively with coworkers and students.
Ability to operate and repair a range of equipment and operate hand and power tools.
Ability to train and provide direct support to coworkers and students.
Ability to read, write, and perform arithmetic computations at a level appropriate to the duties.
Ability to move on and around stage areas, use ladders, and lift and carry materials.
Ability to support production schedules that include evening, weekend, and irregular hours.
Ability to perform technical work at elevated heights using appropriate equipment and safety procedures.
Ability to safely lift, move, and transport equipment, scenery, materials, and counterweights weighing up to 50 pounds.
Possession of a valid driver’s license.
Satisfactory completion of a background check, including a criminal records check.
Residency in the State of California upon hire.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Theatre Arts, Music Production, or a related field, or the equivalent to 24 semester units of related college coursework.
Minimum of five years of related professional-level technical experience in a performing arts center, commercial music venue, theatrical or musical touring company, or commercial production company, with a specialization in theatrical lighting and rigging.
Experience performing broader production functions across multiple specialties, including production planning meetings, designing components of stage productions, coordinating acquisition of stage supplies, and maintaining stage-facility schedules.
Experience providing production technical and operational direction, creative and technical consultation, and lead work direction.
Experience coordinating a wide variety of productions and projects, including budget preparation, cost analyses, and vendor management.

Responsibilities

Coordinate PAC productions, performances, special events, and maintenance periods, including technical schedules, facility use, priorities, and resource needs.
Provide technical leadership and work direction to staff, student assistants, interns, visiting artists, and third-party personnel; assign crew responsibilities and monitor work quality and safety.
Provide technical direction for lighting, rigging, audio, video, projection, staging, and related production systems.
Review technical riders; assess equipment, staffing, budget, facility, and operational requirements; identify limitations, recommend modifications, develop alternatives, and escalate needs beyond available resources or authority.
Coordinate advanced production planning with production managers, rental clients, visiting artists, faculty, designers, department leadership, and University partners.
Evaluate the technical feasibility of productions, concerts, readings, outreach programs, rentals, and special events.
Lead production meetings and communicate schedules, timelines, technical requirements, crew assignments, and event plans.
Provide on-site leadership during load-ins, rehearsals, performances, strikes, and load-outs; resolve technical and operational issues and provide evening, weekend, and irregular-schedule coverage as needed.
Apply SOPs, Cal/OSHA requirements, CSU and campus safety standards, equipment specifications, and theatrical industry practices.
Conduct or coordinate equipment inspections, safety training, hazard assessments, and corrective actions; stop or modify unsafe activities and report significant or unusual safety concerns.
Operate, inspect, troubleshoot, maintain, and repair specialized theatrical equipment and systems.
Perform technical work at elevated heights using appropriate lifts, ladders, scaffolding, fall-protection equipment, and safety procedures.
Safely lift, move, and transport equipment, scenery, materials, and counterweights weighing up to 50 pounds.
Maintain knowledge of lighting, rigging, audio, video, scenic systems, QLab, Vectorworks, and related production technologies.
Coordinate equipment maintenance, repair, replacement, inventory, lifecycle tracking, and storage organization.
Train authorized personnel on equipment operation, safety requirements, and standard operating procedures.
Develop and maintain technical documentation, including ground plans, lighting plots, equipment inventories, manuals, production records, and SOPs.
Handle and dispose of specialized theatrical materials in accordance with Environmental Health and Safety procedures.
Operate authorized campus utility vehicles to transport equipment, tools, and supplies.
Develop production budgets and cost estimates and identify cost-effective vendors, services, equipment, and supplies.
Review timesheets and production settlement documents for accuracy and coordinate corrections.
Maintain accurate production, facility, maintenance, and event information in the PAC Master Calendar.
Perform other job-related duties as assigned.