Technical Planner, Lighting - Event Production (m/f/d)

Personio; Dubai Emirate; On-site; AED 279,000 - 446,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Free daily lunches in Dubai office can

Annual flight allowance

Team events & wellness

Job summary

Personio in Dubai, UAE seeks a Lighting Design Engineer to lead technical planning and design for lighting systems across Event Production projects. You will create and maintain detailed Vectorworks drawings, coordinate with cross-disciplinary teams, and deliver ready-for-installation lighting solutions for on-site delivery.

The role requires strong Vectorworks expertise, experience with DMX and power distribution, and collaboration across design, engineering and production groups.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in technical planning and lighting system design for live events.
• Strong Vectorworks skills to produce detailed 2D/3D drawings for events.
• Knowledge of DMX, power distribution, and data infrastructure.
• Ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary project teams.
• Experience in the Middle East or international event production is preferred.
• Degree or diploma in Lighting Design, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own technical planning and design from concept through installation and final delivery.
• Develop buildable lighting solutions translating creative intent into practical systems.
• Produce 2D/3D drawing packages with fixture layouts, rigging interfaces, cable routes, power distribution, and installation details.
• Create and maintain lighting documentation, fixture schedules, equipment specs, schematics, and patching information.
• Coordinate lighting with audio, video, rigging to ensure integrated production workflows.
• Support installation, commissioning, rehearsals, and onsite delivery, providing technical guidance as needed.
• Ensure all designs meet industry, electrical, safety, and BeWunder quality requirements.
• Contribute to design standards, templates, and workflows for the team.

Skills

Lighting design

Vectorworks proficiency

Technical drawing

Collaboration

DMX networking

Electrical distribution

Education

Degree in Lighting Design / Electrical Engineering

Tools

Vectorworks

Job description

Your mission

Working within our Design & Engineering team, you will take responsibility for the technical planning, design, and documentation of lighting systems across Event Production projects. You will collaborate closely with project teams, support units and other technical disciplines to develop lighting solutions that meet creative, operational, and project-specific requirements. You will create and maintain detailedtechnical drawings and plans using Vectorworks, ensuring all lighting elements are accurately documented, technically coordinated, and prepared for efficient installation and delivery onsite. Your responsibilities will include:

• Take ownership of the technical planning and design of lighting systems across Event Production projects, from early-stage concept and tender development through detailed engineering, installation, commissioning, and final delivery.
• Develop technically sound lighting solutions that translate creative intent and operational requirements into practical, buildable systems.
• Produce comprehensive 2D and 3D technical drawing packages using Vectorworks, including fixture layouts, positioning, rigging interfaces, cable routes, power distribution, infrastructure, and installation details.
• Develop and maintain detailed lighting documentation, including system designs, fixture schedules, equipment specifications, technical schematics, patching documentation, and associated design information.
• Perform technical planning and calculations to establish appropriate fixture types and quantities, positioning, electrical loads, power distribution, control architecture, infrastructure, and system integration.
• Lead the technical coordination of lighting systems with audio, video, rigging requirements.
• Analyse venue drawings, architectural information, production designs, and project documentation to establish design parameters, interfaces, limitations, and technical risks.
• Develop equipment schedules, scope of work, and technical requirements for suppliers and subcontractors.
• Work closely with project teams to balance technical requirements against project scope, programme, budget, operational needs, and delivery constraints.
• Provide lighting engineering and technical planning input during tenders and pre-production, supporting the development of competitive and deliverable technical solutions.
• Identify potential design clashes, technical risks, infrastructure limitations, and installation challenges, implementing appropriate mitigation measures at an early stage.
• Manage accurate technical drawing packages and design documentation, ensuring all approved revisions and project changes are properly incorporated.
• Support installation, programming, commissioning, rehearsals, and onsite delivery, providing technical guidance and troubleshooting design-related issues.
• Ensure all technical designs meet applicable industry, electrical, safety, manufacturer, and BeWunder quality requirements.
• Contribute to the development and standardisation of Design & Engineering workflows, technical standards, Vectorworks templates, drawing libraries, and planning methodologies.
• Continuously develop knowledge of emerging lighting technologies, control platforms, design tools, equipment, and industry best practices.

Your profile

• Proven experience in technical planning, lighting system design, lighting engineering, or a similar technical role within live events, entertainment, experiential, theatre, broadcast, or a related industry.
• Strong technical understanding of professional lighting systems, including lighting fixtures, control systems, DMX/networking, power distribution, cabling, data infrastructure, and associated equipment.
• Strong proficiency in Vectorworks and experience producing detailed technical drawings for live events or entertainment environments.
• Solid understanding of lighting system design principles, fixture selection and positioning, control and data distribution, power requirements, and system integration.
• Experience coordinating lighting requirements with other production disciplines such as audio, video, rigging, staging, power, and structures.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary project teams.
• Comfortable working independently while being an active contributor within the wider Design & Engineering and Event Production teams.
• Previous experience working on projects within the Middle East and/or international event production environment.
• Degree, diploma, or relevant technical qualification in Lighting Design, Technical Production, Event Technology, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, or a related discipline is preferred.

Why us?

• Unified CAT A Silver Premium Medical Insurance provided as standard to all team members – yes, you read that correctly, we all enjoy the same insurance category benefits!
• Complimentary lunches provided daily in our Dubai office canteen.
• Team Engagement Initiatives – team-building activities, health and wellness drives, etc.
• Team Socials – team BBQs, season opening and closing parties.
• Worker’s Compensation and Accident Insurance.
• Annual Flight Allowance.
• Recruitment Referral Bonus Scheme for team members who refer successful applicants for our open positions.
• Project Referral Bonus Scheme for team members who refer successful project leads.
• The opportunity to work in an international and multi-cultural team with collaboration across our offices in the Middle East and Europe.
• Collaborative and motivated working environment.
• Trusting and partnership-based cooperation across all units.
• An innovative and growth-oriented company with a matrix organizational structure and an open corporate culture.