Position: Seasonal Production Electrician
Location: New York, NY
Department: Event Production
Role Overview:
Reporting to the Technical Director, the Production Electrician role is an hourly position that is responsible for the successful implementation of all lighting elements for the Summer for the City 2024 summer festival. This work will take place in the public areas including Damrosch Park, Josie Robertson Plaza, Hearst Plaza, and Jaffe Drive.
What you'll get to do here:
Plan, prep, oversee and manage the lighting needs from construction to performance for 4 temporary stages.
Collaborate with our Lighting Designer to understand the needs of each venue.
Facilitate equipment needs with lighting vendor.
Onsite management during load in (April- mid June 2024) and load out (August 2024).
Hybrid work during show period (June- mid August 2024).
Potential for remote pre-season advance work February-March 2024.
Work in close collaboration with onsite technical, union, and non-union staff.
Facilitate the scheduling of maintenance work across campus.
Create standard operating procedures for each venue.
Ensure compliance with Lincoln Center's policies and safety standards.
Cover the various working hours for the operation of the festival, including nights and weekends.
You'll be a fit if you bring:
Proficient in Vectorworks.
3-5 years of verifiable, professional production electrician experience.
2-3 years of outdoor festival or venue experience.
Experience developing and maintaining a lighting control network.
You'll be a great fit if you bring:
Experience working within an outdoor festival environment.
Experience with temporary outdoor power.
Familiarity with backline and live music performance.
Experience managing union labor.
Heavy equipment certifications (forklift, telehandler, scissor lift, aerial boom).
OSHA 30 Construction certification.
What is Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts?
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) is the world's leading performing arts center in the heart of New York City. In these times of heightened anxiety and vigilance, we are holding on to the important role the arts play in our lives: they nourish our hearts and minds, teach us valuable lessons and critical skills, and help us create community. We are resolved not to lose sight of what connects us, and we hope you will consider joining our talented, diverse team.
We are:
1. The manager of the Lincoln Center Campus.
-We are part of 16 acres of activity and one of eleven amazing resident organizations
2. A leading Arts Presenter.
-We curate a number of series showcasing music, dance, and theater
3. An Education Hub.
-We have reached 20 million students, educators, principals, and community members
Who are our people?
Lincoln Center is a diverse team of dreamers, collaborators, and entrepreneurs who use unique platforms in the heart of New York City and beyond to advocate for the transformative impact of artistic experiences.
Lincoln Center People imagine and create in concert with this mission by founding President John D. Rockefeller III - "The arts are not for the privileged few, but for the many. Their place is not on the periphery of daily life, but at its center."
Lincoln Center welcomes applicants from all sectors who agilely solve problems, show up as they are, and can't stop innovating.
What's the news?
Highlights from the Summer Season
- Celebrating Art, Community, and Resilience Post-COVID: Summer for the City Returns to New York For A Second Year
- Vibrating Haptic Suits Give Deaf People a New Way to Feel Live Music
- The True Winners and Losers of the Las Culturistas Culture Awards
- Her Symphony Reclaims an Ancestral Story, and Classical Music
Campus Happenings
- Lincoln Center Names Conductor for Reimagined Mostly Mozart Orchestra
- Henry Timms Wants to Tear Down Walls at Lincoln Center
- Lincoln Center Presents to Continue This Winter/Spring With Expanded Free and Choose-What-You-Pay Performances
- The 2024 Tony Awards Will Be Hosted at Lincoln Center
Legacies of San Juan Hill
- Before Lincoln Center, San Juan Hill Was a Vibrant Black Community
- Lincoln Center Launches San Juan Hill Project Digital Hub To Remember the Lost Urban Neighborhood
- Lincoln Center lanza plataforma para rescatar la cultura de un barrio negro
Who is our President and CEO?
Henry Timms is the co-founder of #GivingTuesday and the co-author of New Power.
Join us!
It is the policy of Lincoln Center to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, marital or civil partnership/union status, familial or caregiver status, alienage or citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, military or veteran status, genetic information, predisposition, or carrier status, unemployment status, domestic violence, sexual violence, or stalking victim status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. LCPA is committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion, respect and integrity, customer focus, and innovation.