MUSEUM THEATER SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN

Working Title : Museum Theatre System Technician 

Agency :  Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum 

Position Title: Museum Theatre System Technician 
Closing Date/Time: 12/24/2024 
Salary:   $4,952-$6,952.00/Monthly (Anticipated Starting Salary for Non-State Applicants: $4,952.00)  
Job Type:   Salaried Full Time  
County:   Sangamon  
Number of Vacancies:   1  
Plan/BU:   RC062  

 

This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.

 

All applicants who want to be considered for this position MUST apply electronically through the illinois.jobs2web.com website. State of Illinois employees should click the link near the top left to apply through the SuccessFactors employee career portal.

Applications submitted via email or any paper manner (mail, fax, hand delivery) will not be considered.

 

Posting Identification Number 43538

Join a World Class Institution

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (ALPLM) is hiring a Museum Theater Technician.  This position is responsible for ensuring the museum shows run appropriately and other audiovisual components of the ALPLM run correctly. The ideal candidate has a high level of skill in video production, is knowledgeable of high-end, performance quality lighting, audio, electronics, and video production, and enjoys staying abreast of industry trends. We invite qualified applicants to apply for the position of Museum Theater Technician and help ALPLM continue to chronicle the life of one of our nation's greatest Presidents and the history of Illinois. 

Job Responsibilities

• Serves as Museum Theater Technician.
• Assembles, prepares, operates and maintains state of the art lighting, audio, electronics and video equipment.
• Provides audio/visual support to rental clients, and for agency programs and internal events.
• Evaluates and makes recommendations for purchase of new equipment, including theatrical rigging, mechanical special effects equipment, lighting, audio, video projection and recording.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above. 

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four years of college preferably with coursework in technical theater staging, live event production or museum automation systems. OR
• Requires four years of work experience in technical theater staging, live event production or museum automation systems.

Specialized Skills

• Requires working knowledge of video servers and video playback machines, cabling concepts related to video signals, video switchers and how they may relate to permanent theater installations and their use in live theater, live production and concert situations. 
• Requires thorough knowledge of common theater lighting instrument mounting and cabling with a clear understanding of common safety practices in regard to theater/concert/live production lighting systems. 
• Requires ability to identify anomalies in show systems and make short and long term repairs under the direction and guidance of the show systems manager. 
• Requires ability to operate professional video recording cameras, video equipment such as switchers, scalers and recorders. 
• Requires extensive knowledge of sound systems including microphone types, use and placement, sound systems installations, wireless microphone systems, radio frequency and how they interact with other wireless systems, audio processing equipment such as, but not limited to, equalizers, compressors, limiters and reverberators. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Prefers working knowledge of video servers and video playback machines, cabling concepts related to video signals, video switchers and how they may relate to permanent theater installations and their use in live theater, live production and concert situations.