Deputy Technical Manager

ATG Entertainment; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

ATG Entertainment seeks a Deputy Technical Manager to lead a busy technical team at Milton Keynes Theatre. You will assist the Technical Manager with productions, costings, staffing, fit ups and get outs while maintaining high safety and presentation standards.

You will require extensive stagecraft experience in large-scale receiving theatre operations, including counterweight flying systems, with additional skills in Sound, AV and LX preferred. Office and manual duties require physical stamina.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in large-scale productions at a premier receiving venue.
• General certificate in Maths and English.
• Experience in leading teams.
• Knowledge of theatre safety legislation and safe systems.
• Excellent written and oral communication; strong planning skills.
• Proficient in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook.
• Ability to work under pressure with autonomy.
• Ability to lead and implement systems and procedures.
• Flexible working pattern; able to work at height.

Responsibilities

• Ensure departmental interaction with Visiting Companies is efficient and professional.
• Oversee get-in, fit-up and get-out with Health & Safety compliance.
• Maintain equipment and complete annual testing within budget.
• Act as venue Risk Champion within the technical department.
• Represent the technical department at venue management meetings.
• Lead regular departmental meetings to communicate company information and goals.
• Initiate projects to future-proof the venue.
• Lead training for wider teams and recruit casual staff.
• Occasionally work at other ATG venues.
• Deputise for the Technical Manager as needed.

Skills

Large-scale productions

Team leadership

Health & safety

Office software

Communication

Education

GCSE Maths & English

Tools

ETC EOS family

Yamaha DS & LX

Tallescope

Job description

Deputy Technical Manager

You’ll report to the Technical Manager and collaborate closely with Assistant Technical Manager, the Technical Team and all other Departments within the Venue.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within, lead and enhance an experienced and motivated Technical Team at Milton Keynes Theatre, a busy regional receiving venue.

The role will support the Technical Manager in all aspects of technical theatre from advancing productions, creating costings, supervising staff, coordinating fit ups, performances and get outs, liaising with contractors, maintaining theatre systems and equipment, and ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of the department whilst maintaining high standards of safety and presentation.

You will demonstrate strong technical theatre knowledge with extensive experience in large scale receiving theatre operations, particularly in stagecraft and counterweight flying systems at a minimum, although a wider skill base and expertise is desirable (ie Sound AV and LX). As you will appreciate, a receiving theatre requires ongoing maintenance. You will be required to identify and resolve issues as they arise, utilising your multi skilled experience.

The role is offered on an annualised hour contract, meaning that working hours vary throughout the year and payment for any premium hours, such as get outs, are all included in the annual salary. The role will be subject to a 6-month satisfactory probation period. This role will involve regular evening and weekend work, including fit ups, performances and get outs. It also varies between office and manual labour duties that can be physically demanding.

You will be working in a fast-paced environment, with no two days the same.

Please note, your role may involve working with children or vulnerable people.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure departmental interaction with Visiting Companies is enabling, efficient and professional at all times, in order that the venue provides the best possible experience and customer care.
• Ensure the safe and efficient get-in, fit-up and get-out of all productions, ensuring Health and Safety guidelines and policies are clearly communicated and followed.
• Assist in ensuring all equipment is maintained and annual testing is completed as part of planned preventative maintenance within budgetary constraints.
• Be a part of the venue Risk Management team as the technical department Risk Champion.
• As requested, represent the technical department at the venue management meetings.
• Assist in delivering regular departmental meetings to communicate company information, procedures and goals to ensure the team is well informed and motivated.
• Initiate projects to aid the future proofing of the venue.
• Be the lead in delivering training to the wider teams.
• Initiate and manage the ongoing recruitment of the casual staff.
• At times, and as the business requires, work at other ATG venues.
• Undertake any such duties and training as many be considered reasonable to the position of this role.
• Deputise for the Technical Manager in their absence.

Your Skills, Qualities and Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience of large scale productions in a premier receiving venue.
• General certificate in Maths and English.
• Experience in leading teams.
• Experience in Safety Legislations in Theatre, implemantation of safe systems and developing safety culture.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, along with planning and organisational skills.
• Highly computer literate - proficicent in Excel, Word, Powerpoint and Outlook at a minimum.
• Ability to work under pressure and with a high degree of autonomy.
• Ability to lead and contribute to the team and develop, manage and apply systems and procedures.
• Flexible working pattern.
• Ability to work at height and also use a Tallescope.

Desirable

• Certification in :- IOSH, Management qualification, BS7671, BS7909, Rigging awareness, IPAF, C&G PAT, PPE Inspection, Working at height in the Entertainment Industry (and rescue). First Aid, Safe use of mobile Towers (PASMA)
• Understanding of financial management and budget planning.
• Understanding of Employment LAW.
• Experience in Production or Project management and experience of working within a management team.
• Use of ETC Eos Family Lighting Desks (including APEX) and Yamaha Digital Sound Desks (including LS9).
• CAD proficient
• Knowledge of AV and Networking infrastructures
• Knowledge of Facilities Management systems and processes
• Building trades.

About Us - Our values

ATG Entertainment’s values set the tone for how we work, how we treat one another, and the culture we continue to build across the UK and the wider organisation.

• THRIVE doing what we love (with passion and dynamism)
• CONNECT through every act (with collaboration and kindness)
• DARE to do different (with curiosity and courage)
• PERFORM at our best (with customer focus and ownership)

Our culture

You’ll help us uphold a positive culture around meeting our obligations, by having a positive attitude to health and safety, legal and insurance requirements and take care to understand our policies and procedures.

We are all expected to participate actively in the life of the company, and opportunities will arise for you to collaborate with others across the business. Everyone at ATG Entertainment is expected to be flexible and adapt as the needs of the business change, taking on new or different responsibilities as the need arises.

Our Corporate Social Responsibility pillars

Everyone at ATG Entertainment is expected to play their part in achieving our goals and upholding our Corporate Social Responsibility priorities:

• Inclusion: Committing to creating and upholding a positive, inclusive culture that nurtures potential and supports well-being.
• Sustainability: Playing your part in reducing our environmental impact and finding more sustainable ways of working.
• Next Generations: Encouraging the next generation in live entertainment by contributing to our outreach and training programmes, including mentoring students and trainees, and supporting our Creative Learning and Community Partnerships work.

Our Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access Mission Statement - A Stage for Everyone

Our stages are a platform for compelling stories – stories that are for all, by all, and of all. We shine our spotlight on our differences and believe that understanding and celebrating these differences makes us better global citizens. We are passionate about the pursuit of true diversity and equality. We strive to make our venues beacons of these ideals in our communities. Onstage and off, we hold ourselves accountable for nurturing an inclusive culture, one in which everyone can bring their authentic selves. At ATG entertainment, we provide a stage for everyone.

We recognise that we do not have all the answers; but we strive to listen, to learn and to change in order to ensure ATG Entertainment becomes a truly inclusive organisation. We therefore welcome and encourage applications from individuals from the widest possible range of backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from those currently underrepresented in our workforce.

We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer, which means that we are taking action to ensure that people with disabilities and long-term health conditions feel supported, engaged and able to fulfil their potential in the workplace. We will offer an interview or recruitment event to disabled candidates who tell us they wish to participate in the scheme and who demonstrate in their application that they best meet the essential criteria for the role. Where we receive more applications than we are reasonably able to interview for any given role, we will retain applications for the next available interview opportunity wherever possible. If you’d like to discuss accessibility prior to applying, please email [e-mail] for a confidential discussion.

This role closes 12/09/2026, 23:59