Senior Technical Manager

MB977: Senior Technical Manager
Location: Chessington and/or Islington – plus hybrid opportunity
Salary: £47,500 – £55,000 subject to experience (Up to £62,000 with commission and bonus)
Working Hours: Monday to Friday (with occasional weekends)
Additional Company Benefits: Private medical insurance, season ticket loans, free railcard, EV car scheme, training and development, Bike2Work scheme, Company social events, and contributory pension scheme.

Overview:

First Military Recruitment is proudly working in partnership with a fantastic Events Management business who are looking to recruit a Senior Technical Manager on a permanent basis due to growth.

Success as a Venue Technical Manager will require strong leadership skills to direct and manage other technical personnel. Beyond technical prowess, the essence of this role lies in forging enduring relationships, especially with the venue’s in-house events team. Your ability to foster trust and rapport will be the cornerstone of your success.

This is an important role that provides an interface between technical and commercial requirements with responsibility for the planning and on-site delivery of a variety of events to ensure the smooth delivery of projects. Predominantly, these events will be some of the larger, more complex and
technically challenging events in Aztec’s portfolio. Often these events have more than one distinct areas for delivery and so you will be expected to manage and oversea Technical Managers in each area, taking overall responsibility for technical production of whole event. Ultimately, your success will be demonstrated by the creation and successful execution of seamless events.

The Senior Technical Manager is also expected to contribute to the professional development, technical proficiency, and safety compliance of the technical team. You will be tasked with evaluating performance, identifying skill gaps and developing training pathways to ensure that
employees can reach their full potential and are well equipped to adhere to best practices in a fast paced environment.

You may currently be working as an AV Project Manager or technical manager in live events, looking to make the next move in your career. This role requires a strong technical background, with an all-round knowledge of using audio-visual equipment in the live corporate/exhibition environment. A reasonable knowledge of virtual events and associated streaming/platforms would also be useful.

Duties and responsibilities:

• You will be responsible for planning, managing and overseeing technical, scenic and LED installations, including the rigging, at events taking responsibility for their implementation on site and subsequent safe removal in live events.
• You will advise Account Managers and Technical Managers on more complex technical elements of live events
• You will be accountable for producing technical schematics, cable calls and floor plans
• You will play a prominent role within the company, engaging in client and project development processes and assisting with pitching for new business alongside the account manager when required
• You will help to calculate and plan crew and logistics in conjunction with the Operations Department, including technical crew, local crew, and vehicles.
• You will liaise closely with other members of the Technical department to assist in the development of training programmes
• You will produce relevant health and safety documentation
• You will be proactive in keeping up to date with the latest AV technologies, rigging, power and safety procedures

Qualifications and experience:

• Previous extensive experience as a live event AV technician and, subsequently, as technical/project manager; this might be as an employee of an events AV company, within a venue, or, as a freelancer.
• End-to-end technical project management experience in live events.
• Good understanding of event power, cable runs and event-based health and safety
• CAD skills (deciphering and creating) in Vectorworks or equivalent CAD program
• Ability to confidently calculate lens throws, lighting angles, weight loads, speaker dispersion, power draws, sight lines, floor load restrictions etc
• Ability to troubleshoot and problem solve technical and other project related issues under pressure
• Good IT skills including being competent with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• A professional and courteous manner, able to radiate calmness and confidence under pressur