Electrical Project Manager

Kainos; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology and production firm in Hemel Hempstead seeks a Senior Technical Project Manager. This role requires a minimum of six years in creative lighting design and expertise in managing multi-disciplinary teams. The successful candidate will ensure the highest standards in project delivery while engaging effectively with clients. Responsibilities include mentoring team members, responding to client briefs, and producing technical documentation. An excellent opportunity for a proactive leader passionate about delivering creative solutions in a vibrant work environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive private healthcare

Enhanced company sick pay

Generous pension plan

Long-service reward scheme

Qualifications

• Minimum of six years experience in creative lighting design and systems.
• Solid understanding of audio, video, and scenic technologies.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams in technical projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-disciplinary teams in delivering technical excellence.
• Engage with clients to understand objectives and translate them into solutions.
• Produce accurate quotations and proposals for clients.

Skills

Creative lighting design

Client-facing experience

Technical leadership

Excellent communication

Job description

As our Senior Technical Project Manager, you will lead multi-disciplinary teams in delivering technical excellence across our most ambitious live productions. We’re specifically looking for someone with strong lighting experience, capable of integrating creative lighting design and systems into complex event environments while collaborating closely across sound, video, and scenic disciplines.

With a minimum of six years experience in creative lighting design and systems within client-facing environments, you’ll take ownership of key projects from concept to completion, ensuring every stage of delivery reflects our core values of creativity, passion, and excellence.

Your specialist lighting expertise will enable you to shape compelling visual environments and support others in achieving the same high standards. Alongside this, you’ll bring a solid understanding of related disciplines audio, video, and scenic technologies and a willingness to deepen your knowledge across the wider technical landscape.

A confident and proactive communicator, you’ll engage with a broad mix of clients to understand their objectives and translate them into commercially sound, creatively driven solutions. You’ll approach every brief with both imagination and strategic insight, ensuring exceptional results without compromising financial performance.

As a technical leader, you’ll guide teams and projects with clarity and purpose, coordinating departments, delegating effectively, and maintaining open communication throughout. You’ll mentor colleagues, nurture emerging talent, and uphold rigorous technical standards to ensure flawless execution. Your ability to build strong relationships, manage resources wisely, and spot opportunities for growth will make you a vital contributor to our continued success.

Your Typical Workday

• Maintain excellent client communications in person and remotely to build relationships and confidence
• Receive and analyse client briefs with a willingness to ask lots of questions
• Respond to client briefs with considered questions, suggestions and professional wisdom
• Work with other team members to develop responses to briefs, leveraging others' technical excellence and growing others with your technical excellence
• Produce accurate and well thought out quotations and proposals that answer client pain‑points effectively
• Work with clients to fine‑tune briefs, ensuring we deliver world‑class results
• Lead and motivate technical teams across multiple projects
• Produce equipment specifications and technical documentation
• Lead onsite delivery, coordinating multiple technical departments
• Monitor team performance and provide constructive and thoughtful feedback
• Adapt swiftly to changing requirements while keeping teams aligned

What We Think Is Important

• Community: We celebrate birthdays and enjoy fun company days out that bring everyone together. Start most mornings with delicious pastries and fresh fruit. Ignite friendly competition through lively in‑house pool tournaments.
• Health & Wellbeing: Benefit from comprehensive private healthcare and dental plans to keep you feeling your best. Enjoy enhanced company sick pay to support you during unforeseen moments.
• Growth & Development: Access high‑spec computers and software to excel both personally and professionally. We are committed to your future with a generous pension plan for peace of mind. Celebrate milestones through our long‑service reward scheme. Benefit from continuous learning and development to advance your career.

The Role Details

• Reports To: Director of Production
• Schedule: Core Hours - Monday to Friday, 8 am to 5 pm, with flexibility required for evening & weekend working
• Location: Hertfordshire (25 min from central London)
• Holiday: 30 Days including Bank Holidays