Lighting Prep Engineer

Company Overview

Creative Technology (CT) is part of the NEP Group (NEP), the world’s premier provider of outsourced technology, staging and production services to event organisers and content creators. CT is a long established, international media services company which provides specialist audio visual equipment and services to the live events, corporate, sport, broadcast, and entertainment industries. CT works on many high-profile events such as the Olympics, Wimbledon, music tours and festivals, and many film & TV productions such as Strictly Come Dancing.

https://www.ct-group.com/uk/

We support our clients around the world with 34 offices in 18 countries. In the UK, we have a full-service operation with a host of on-site facilities including an XR studio, green screen studio and remote production suite located in London, Gatwick.

Alongside our own global network of dedicated CT facilities, we have access to significant additional in-house resources across broadcast, media solutions and live events.

The Role

The Lighting Prep Engineer is the senior technical resource in the warehouse, responsible for the maintenance and preparation of Creative Technology’s lighting equipment. The main focus of the role will be to ensure equipment is prepped for use on projects and dry hire work along with supporting in house and contract personnel on preparation work for larger projects.The role also includes responsibility for our small projector fleet.

The role includes maintenance and upkeep ensuring the equipment is operational to the highest standards as required identifying any issue for repair or for return to manufacturer.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for overseeing and coordinating the preparation of performance lighting equipment, to include automated/moving fixtures, LED, control, cabling, and effects.
• The role also includes responsibility for our fleet of projectors, lenses and associated metalwork. – CT will provide the necessary training in this segment if required.
• Ability to read from LX plots, technical drawings, and fixture schedules to ascertain DMX Addressing and labelling of fixture numbers etc. at a advanced level.
• Understand and operate lighting consoles skills/experience to assist with in-house testing of equipment with skilled knowledge of DMX & IP
• Assist in solving technical challenges related to equipment shortages, tight turnarounds, and sudden technical changes
• Responsible for organising the upkeep of equipment and ongoing scheduled maintenance to ensure a healthy stock.
• Responsible for reporting damages, losses, and low stock levels to technical managers
• Monitoring stock movements and performing stock taking when required.
• Maintaining and promoting a tidy, well organised, workspace
• Excellent communication skills for communication/collaboration with the warehouse team, rental desk, and PM’s

Skills / Qualifications

• Relevant industry experience or a strong interest in entering the event industry.
• Excellent understanding of technical equipment with a drive to learn new or unfamiliar systems.
• Strong and confident communicator with positive interpersonal skills; team player.
• Ability to work logically and systematically.
• Pro-active and self-motivated; ability to use initiative.