Part time vacancies on short-term contracts of 6 months working 32 hours per week Base Salary $64,369.49 (0.8FTE) plus 12% superannuation, overtime and penalties Exciting prospect in four unique venues for technical theatre professionals Extensive staging technician experience in theatre productions About the Adelaide Festival Centre Trust Established in 1973, Adelaide Festival Centre is South Australia’s principal performing arts venue and a leading Asia-Pacific cultural centre. We present a bold, diverse program of festivals, events and performances year-round — inspiring, educating and entertaining audiences of all ages and cultures. As the home of the performing arts in South Australia, we’re proud to deliver exceptional experiences for audiences, artists and partners, while fostering a supportive and collaborative workplace for our team. Adelaide Festival Centre operates four major venues in the Adelaide CBD
- Festival Theatre, Dunstan Playhouse, Space Theatre and Her Majesty’s Theatre.

About the Role
Adelaide Festival Centre is looking for two enthusiastic Lead Technicians to join the Staging Department. Thepositions play a key partin providing proactive technical assistance to the Head of Department (HoD) and Deputy Head of Department in achieving administrative and production outcomes and lead and manage Staging crew to ensure all policies and procedures around employee entitlements and WHS and Risk are adhered to. Lead Technicians have comprehensive skills and experience in live entertainment productions and events, and good ability to maintain, repair, test and install all associated departmental equipment.



The Lead Technician is expected to model respectful behaviour to the team and lead by example in both performance and attitude and adhere to all applicable Adelaide Festival Centre and State Government of South Australia policies, procedures and work methods. Lead Technicians can work unsupervised; however, their work is under the direction of a Head of Department. The successful candidates will have extensive Staging Technician experience in theatre productions. If you are proactive, solution based and have a passion for the performing arts – we want to hear from you

Key Responsibilities
Lead and manage the pre-production preparation of venue, bump-in and out, rehearsal and performance held in Adelaide Festival Centre venues Work closely with the client to interpret requirements and work with Production Coordinators and Heads of Departments to ensure outcomes are achieved, including the preparation of paperwork pre and post-show Maintain a comprehensive knowledge of the technical capabilities of all AFC venue and ancillary areas Manage all equipment correctly for production use. Check equipment for damage or loss and initiate procedures for repair or replacement. Inclusive of on-the-spot fault finding and rectification if possible. If necessary, arrange for repair internally or externally Employees working at this level are expected to be able to work totally independently,



inclusive of the setting up and running of performances and events and be able to resolve issues that arise Have a greater knowledge of Emergency Procedures and be able to proactively and confidently assist or advise the exact locations of specific plant, equipment, and emergency systems. Employees would also be able to facilitate an automatic evacuation of a venue should the need arise and the absence of Front of House support Design Grid Plots for their venue based on information received and plan in advance for several upcoming productions if necessary In association with Deputy/Head of Department
- Staging, educate/train/guide/ develop staff in all aspects of staging including safe work practices Skills and Experience Suitable technical qualifications from a tertiary institution or equivalent knowledge and experience Completion of appropriate Certificate III or Certificate IV tertiary qualifications or commensurate skill and experience Comprehensive knowledge of work health and safety Successfully completed basic courses relating to Work Health Safety & Welfare Elevated Work Platform current certificate Class C Drivers Licence Rigging ticket (Desirable) Dogman Forklift Licence (HRW Class LF) (Desirable) Successfully complete company Functional Capacity Assessment Possess a sound understanding of the entertainment industry, its terminology, traditions and protocol Ability to establish and maintain professional working relationships at all levels (Highly Desirable) Experience working as a senior team leader or supervisor Experience with mentoring and developing staff (Highly Desirable) Rostering experience using a Time and Attendance System within a large and complex performing arts organisation (Desirable) Experience with a multi-venue arts centre (Desirable) Why Join Us? Adelaide Festival Centre employs more than 400 staff across areas including production, staging, hospit

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