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Job Description / Duties

MacEwan University is seeking an individual for a full-time continuing opportunity as Theatre Technician with the Faculty of Fine Arts and Communications.

The Theatre Technician maintains performance spaces and equipment ready for users; monitors user activities; and provides technical services in support of internal and external user productions as required in lighting, sound, rigging, etc. The Theatre Technician is accountable for the provision of technical support for performance spaces, ensuring that spaces operate safely and in the manner intended; the Theatre Technician is also responsible for the maintenance of performance spaces.

Duties include but are not limited to:

Operating computerized lighting equipment and moving lights; mixing live sound on a digital sound console; using Protools; and reading and producing technical drawings using AutoCAD, VectorWorks, or comparable software.
Enforcing a safe, effective stage and shop and ensuring equipment maintenance.
Ensuring student, guest client, and audience safety by ensuring that health and safety legislation as well as general shop and stage guidelines are followed.
Monitoring and mentoring students completing FFAC coursework.

Qualifications / Required Skills

Skills

The successful candidate will have:

Strong organizational, interpersonal, communication, and problem-solving skills .
The ability to pay close attention to detail.
The ability to read and produce technical drawings using AutoCAD, VectorWorks, or comparable software.
Experience using AVID series consoles, ETC EOS family console software, DANTE, and recording studio operation.
Previous experience mentoring technicians would be an asset.

Qualifications

Minimum two-year diploma in Technical Theatre or a related field.
Current standard First Aid, including CPR and AED.
Minimum three years of technical theatre experience.
Equivalences may be considered.

Additional Information

Position Requirements
Evening and weekend work is required.

Benefits
When you become part of the MacEwan team, you will enjoy a competitive salary. Our total compensation package includes:

Competitive base pay
Generous vacation time
Secure pension plan
Flexible benefits package
Continuous learning culture
Opportunities for career growth

Salary: MSA Band E (Steps 1-8): $28.81 - $41.89 per hour

Contact Information

careers@macewan.ca

https://www.macewan.ca/about-macewan/careers/opportunities/postings/?competition=23.03.59

Employer Profile

MacEwan University is where caring faculty help people connect their passions to their future paths. Located in the heart of Edmonton's diverse and dynamic downtown community, and on the traditional lands of Treaty 6 First Nations and homelands of the Métis people, MacEwan is known for exceptional undergraduate learning. With its dedication to teaching excellence, informed by scholarly research, innovation, and creative activity, MacEwan provides an exceptional collaborative and supportive learning environment with a commitment to human rights, environmental sustainability, and opportunities for community engagement. We are committed to creating an equitable, diverse, inclusive, and welcoming community for all peoples, cultures, and identities.

Our comprehensive undergraduate university offers 59 programs to more than 18,000 full- and part-time students in business, communications, community and human services, design, fine and performing arts, health, humanities, natural science, nursing, public safety, and social science. Through a wide array of experiential learning opportunities, and strategic relationships in the community, we partner with others to produce graduates of stature. Along with a robust grounding in their chosen disciplines, MacEwan students are given durable life skills that prepare them to take on the world.