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

CSUSB•San Bernardino, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Under the direction of the Performing Arts Center (PAC) Executive Director, the Performing Arts Technician III independently provides technical leadership and coordinates technical operations for the 73,000-square-foot venue. The role supports academic activities, public-facing rental engagements, and ticketed productions at the 478-seat PAC. It serves as a primary technical resource and collaborates with faculty, staff, students, visiting artists, and external production personnel to support student learning and ensure productions meet established safety, academic, industry, and PAC standards. The position applies broad technical theatre knowledge across multiple production specialties and provides production crew coordination and lead work direction during load-ins, rehearsals, performances, strikes, and related activities. It coordinates production schedules, facility use, resources, technical planning, safety, equipment, documentation, budgets, and event information. The position may require evening, night, weekend, and irregular-schedule work, and is temporary for up to one year with the possibility of further renewal. It is full-time and non-exempt.

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 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 their execution 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.
Comprehensive knowledge of theatre-production safety measures and hazards.
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with individuals at all organizational levels.
Availability to work nights and weekends, including evening, night, weekend, and irregular hours as operationally needed.
Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds and move on and around stage areas, including use of ladders.
Ability to transport production equipment for events.
Ability to properly handle and dispose of hazardous waste generated in the Scene Shop, including batteries, paints, solvents, sawdust, broken glass, light bulbs, and wires.
Valid driver's license; employees are enrolled in the DMV Government Employer Pull Notice Program.
Satisfactory completion of a background check, including a criminal records check.
Must reside in California upon date of hire and be lawfully authorized to work in the United States.
Must comply with mandated reporter requirements under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and CSU Executive Order 1083.
Applicants reaching the final stages must sign a release authorizing current and/or former employers to release information to CSU concerning substantiated allegations of misconduct.
Applicants who meet minimum qualifications must disclose specified final administrative or judicial decisions concerning sexual harassment within the previous seven years before an offer is extended.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Theatre Arts, Music Production, or a related field, or the equivalent of 24 semester units of related college coursework.
At least five years of related professional-level technical experience in a performing arts center, commercial music venue, touring company, or commercial production company, with a specialization in theatrical lighting and rigging.
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.
Experience performing broader production functions across multiple specialties, including production planning meetings, designing production components, acquiring stage supplies, and maintaining facility schedules.
Ability to provide production technical and operational direction, creative and technical consultation, and lead work direction.
Experience coordinating varied productions and projects, including budget preparation, cost analyses, and vendor management.
Ability to exercise ingenuity, judgment, and discretion while working under general direction and against goals and objectives.

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 and assess equipment, staffing, budget, facility, and operational requirements; identify limitations, recommend modifications and alternatives, and escalate needs beyond available resources or authority.
Coordinate 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 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.
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 according to 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.