Lighting Prep Engineer

NEP Group; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

NEP Group is seeking a Prep Engineer in Lighting to assist with preparing and maintaining lighting fixtures and control equipment in our warehouse. You will support atmospherics/FX equipment, data and mains cabling, and provide remote on-site support as needed.

Ideal candidates have experience with live events, professional lighting systems, and an eagerness to work across departments to expand knowledge and teamwork across Creative Technology projects.

Qualifications

• A passion for technology.
• Ability to learn new technology, systems and processes from any source.
• High level of attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Building and configuring lighting control systems, including racks with processors, switches and DMX nodes.
• Prepping and testing moving and static lighting fixtures, consoles and control equipment, FX gear and cabling.
• Packing prepped equipment and ensuring it is ready for transit and on-site setup.
• Completing quality control on prepped systems prior to shipping.
• Monitoring and reporting losses and damages to department equipment.
• Assisting with future rental planning and reporting shortfalls to the relevant teams.

Skills

Passion for technology

Fast learner

Attention to detail

Strong communication

Job description

Bring great content-and your career-to life at NEP.

You may be an industry pro ready for your next move, or just starting to think about your career. Either way, NEP offers exciting career opportunities.
If you're not familiar with our name, you've probably seen our work-on stage, on screen, or on the field. For more than four decades, we've supported our customers in delivering the world's most-watched live sports, entertainment, corporate and news broadcasts and events.
Want to find out more? Read on for why we think NEP is a great place to work and apply today.

With operations in more than 20 countries, NEP offers employees opportunities to support live productions happening in every corner of the world, onsite at event venues or from one of our connected facilities.

We bring thousands of events and productions to life worldwide for our customers—and their thousands (sometimes even millions) of fans and audiences-every year. Each event is supported by skilled teams behind the scenes, including the employees of NEP.

Be Part Of a Diverse, Multicultural Team

We strive to bring people together with diverse experiences and perspectives. Whether part of our shared services, sales, customer service, operations, or engineering teams, NEPprovides opportunities to collaborate across cultures and backgrounds.

NEP's software and design teams build the tools, platforms, and systems that power live production at global scale. From front-end interfaces and back-end infrastructure to systems architecture and graphic design, this team keeps our technology ahead of the curve. If you solve complex problems through code or design, there's a place for you here.
Roles include: Front End Developer, Back End Developer, Solutions Architect, Graphic Designer, Systems Configuration

As a Prep Engineer in Lighting Department, you will be responsible for assisting with the preparation and maintenance of lighting fixtures and control equipment, atmospherics/FX equipment, data and mains cabling, mains distribution and related equipment in our warehouse, and offering remote support for these systems on site.

The ability to work as part of the wider team and other departments and prioritise tasks are paramount to the role. The skills and expertise you will learn in the role are valuable to other departments at Creative Technology and you can expect to find times where you are required to work with these other teams developing your own knowledge and teamwork.

Previous experience of live events is advantageous. Working with professional lighting equipment and systems is required.

Responsibilities

Project

• Building and configuring lighting control systems, including racks typically containing processors, network switches, DMX nodes, buffers and ancillary items.
• Prepping and testing of moving and static lighting fixtures, lighting consoles and control equipment, FX equipment [smoke/haze], power and data cabling, mains distribution and associated components.
• Packing prepped equipment, ensuring it will not be damaged in transit and contains everything required to get the equipment working on site.
• Completing quality control on prepped systems prior to shipping.
• Monitoring and reporting of losses and damages to all departmental equipment.
• Monitoring of future rental requirements for projects and reporting short falls and tight turnarounds to the relevant technical, project or rental teams.

Department

• Configuration of lighting fixtures, control & FX equipment to ensure robust testing to department standard procedures and to the highest level of quality.
• Check in, check out and maintenance of all department rental stock.
• Assisting the department to ensure all equipment is cleaned and maintained to the highest standard.
• Sharing responsibility for maintaining tidy, efficient prep and warehouse areas.

Other Responsibilities

• Constantly working to improve your knowledge of our equipment and the technology that drives it.
• Complete all training required by the company.
• Actively engage with the rest of the engineering teams and freelancers to gain knowledge and experience that may build your own capabilities.
• Make your line manager aware of any training or manufacturer demonstration opportunities that you come across.
• Uphold the high standards or delivery and professionalism expected by Creative Technology and our clients.
• Adhere to all company policies and processes.
• Assist other teams with the overall delivery of projects and proactively find these opportunities when time permits.
• Awareness of previous and upcoming equipment requirements with a view to speed up the preparation process

Skills / Qualifications

• A passion for technology
• Ability to learn new technology, systems and processes from any source available. This may be formal training, user manuals, online resources or just getting hands on.
• High level of attention to detail
• Strong Interpersonal and communication skills