Head of Staging

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Our client is a market-leading agency that specialises in digital and video production, they are looking to appoint a Head of Staging who will work to bring incredible visions to life and demonstrate your commitment to making anything possible. If you are a self-motivated quick thinker and if you are experienced in leading and managing a team, This would present a fantastic opportunity to join an extremely successful and growing business.

Main responsibilities:

• Managing a team of carpenters, providing that all-important motivation and support, as well as ensuring build schedules are delivered to required specifications and design

• Leading from the front and motivating and supporting your team, ensuring all staff are working following relevant procedures and legislation

• Liaising and working closely with production managers

• Managing a busy workshop and working closely with the build foreman

• Providing costing of materials and build times for production managers

• Establishing and maintaining appropriate systems for measuring necessary aspects of set building delivery

• Assessing the workflow and scheduling of future events to ensure compatibility of carpenters and their build projects

• Constructing custom and stock scenic elements from detailed plans and Sourcing and advising on correct materials

• Controlling maintenance of all set components

• Scheduling and preparing sets, including covering through build foreman

• Managing the load and unloading of stage sets and staging in a safe and controlled manner

• Ensuring best practice is adhered to and correct tooling is used on-site and in the workshop

• Promoting and complying with our policy on equal opportunities, both in delivery of services and treatment of others

• Working within the guidelines set out in our Health & Safety policy and employee manual

• Working flexibly and undertaking such other duties as the management may from time to time reasonably require

Key Skills & Experience:

• 5+ years of experience

• Able to travel throughout the UK and overseas (when necessary)

• Full, clean driver’s licence

• Experience in events, including conferences, shop fitting, experiential and exhibitions

• Experience in using AutoCAD packages as well as the ability to read/ interpret CAD drawings

• Qualifications in the safe use of tooling

• Proven leadership and management skills

• Good knowledge of the production process and resource/ timescales needed to realise production requirements

• Excellent all-round communication skills with good literary and numeracy

• Impressive knowledge of Health & Safety

• Proven ability to deliver a high level of customer service to both internal and external customers

• Ability to problem solve and troubleshoot

Additional Information:

If you would like to apply for this opportunity, please submit an up-to-date CV including details about your current or most recent salary and your availability/notice period. You can also call Dan Marlow on 01789 201459 for a discreet and confidential discussion about the role.