Assistant Theater Technical Director

This position assists in the coordination and management of the technical operations of the Alden Theatre, the McLean Community Center's Performing Arts Program, and the McLean Community Center's cross-program events. Coordinates and supervises users of the Alden Theatre facility including professional, volunteer, and student carpenters, painters, riggers, electricians, and properties craftspeople to include audio, lighting, set construction, rigging, and general support for theatre presentations.

Other duties include:

• Assists technical director with overall, on-going maintenance of the theatre facility, equipment & systems. Performs minor repairs as needed.
• Initiates requests for tools, parts, and materials depleted or not carried in stock.
• Drives a county & non-county vehicle up to 24' in length to transport, pickup, & deliver theatre equipment and supplies to onsite and offsite locations.
• Serves as timekeeper for technical over-hire staff, entering hours for approval by technical director.
• Hangs and focuses lights, programs and operates computerized lighting consoles as required.
• Sets up, programs, and operates audio equipment.
• Serves as rigger, programmer and operator, as required, of motorized, computerized rigging system.
• Assists technical director with ongoing compliance with all county, state and national codes for theatre technical operations.
• Provides data to the technical director for maintenance and inventory control records and operating supplies budgets.
• Assists technical director in developing designs for theatrical lighting, scenery, sound, and stage effects for in-house productions.

Supervises the work of the scene shop staff, including professional and volunteer
carpenters, painters, riggers and property crafts-persons;
Controls inventory and maintenance of all scene shop tools and equipment;
Serves as master technician during stage performances including the technical installation of equipment;
Conducts training in all areas of technical theater work;
Performs or leads preventive and emergency maintenance on stage lighting instruments, cables and controls, sound system, and rigging system;
Assists the Technical Theater Director in developing designs for lighting, scenery, sound and stage effects by creating technical drawings of construction detail
s and lighting plots;
Assists the supervisor during health and safety inspections, and regularly enforces
applicable codes for theatrical technical operations.

Knowledge of the techniques of theater technical operations including rigging, sound
systems, lighting and set construction;
Ability to train and supervise others;
Some knowledge of applicable safety codes and common hazards associated with theater technology;
Ability to create technical drawings for set construction details and lighting plots.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Any combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to the following: (Click on the aforementioned link to learn how Fairfax County interprets equivalencies for "Any combination, experience, and training equivalent to")

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university; plus formal training in the theater arts, and two years of technical theatrical experience involving work with lighting, sound and stage sets.

• Valid Driver's License (Required at the time of application)
• CPR (Required within 3 months)
• First Aid (Required within 3 months)
• AED (Required within 3 months)

• Criminal Background Investigation
• Child Protective Services Registry Check
• Driving Record Check

• A minimum of five years of professional technical theatre experience, to include working with audio, lighting, and rigging equipment.
• Experience with designing and building stage sets.
• Two years of supervisory experience.
• Possess basic soldering skills.
• Knowledge and proficiency of standard technical practices across multiple technical theatre disciplines.
• Knowledge safe rigging practices and scene operations.
• Experience working with hand and power tools including basic and specialty trade.

• Climb to and work at heights of 30 feet or more via ladder or personnel lift.
• Drive a vehicle up to 24 feet in length.
• Lift 50 pounds (scenery pieces, rigging equipment, lighting equipment, lumber, sound equipment).
• Operate motorized rigging and stage equipment.
• All duties performed with or without reasonable accommodations.

SELECTION PROCEDURE:
Panel interview and may include a practical exercise.

The population of Fairfax County is very diverse where 38.7% of residents speak a language other than English at home (Spanish, Asian/Pacific Islander, Indo-European, and others) and we encourage candidates bilingual in English and a foreign language to apply to this opportunity.

Fairfax County Government prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, political affiliation, or military status in the recruitment, selection, and hiring of its workforce.

Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. TTY 703-222-7314. DHREmployment@fairfaxcounty.gov EEO/AA/TTY.

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Requisition 25-00965