Technical and Production Manager

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON-3; City Of London; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious university in London seeks an experienced Technical Lead for the Making & Production Team. This role involves leading and managing technical work at the UCL PEARL facility, ensuring effective team performance and managing relationships with suppliers. Candidates must have expertise in technical theatre, a strong understanding of health and safety regulations, and proficiency in CAD software. Excellent communication skills are necessary to work closely with users and contribute to successful project outcomes.

Benefits

41 Days holiday

Additional annual leave purchase scheme

Defined benefit pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

On-Site nursery

On-site gym

Enhanced parental leave

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage technical teams effectively.
• Proven experience managing supplier, distributor, and contractor relationships.
• Broad technical theatre expertise, including sound, lighting, and design.
• In-depth knowledge of Health and Safety regulations relevant to theatre environments.
• Ability to articulate user requirements to aid experimental design.
• Advanced proficiency in 2D and 3D CAD software.

Responsibilities

• Ensure appropriate making and production capabilities are available.
• Lead and develop direct reports.
• Build positive relationships with UCL members and external contacts.
• Serve as the main point of contact for technical issues.
• Assist and advise users on making and production aspects.

Skills

Leadership of technical teams

Project management

Technical theatre expertise

Health and Safety knowledge

Communication with project teams

Proficiency in CAD software

Job description

About us

UCL is a diverse global community of world-class academics, students, industry links, external partners, and alumni. Our powerful collective of individuals and institutions work together to explore new possibilities. Academic excellence is demonstrated by our 30 Nobel laureates and our top ranking in the UK for research strength. We are a global university with 14,300 employees and over 150 nationalities represented in a student body of 43,800 students. Our main location in Central London has recently been augmented by a campus on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

The UCL Faculty of Engineering is the largest of its kind in the UK, ranked as the second most impactful engineering faculty in Europe and first for Research Strength in the Research Excellence Framework. Within Engineering, the UCL Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering is a multidisciplinary department renowned for innovation and excellence in research and teaching. We are ranked in the Top 50 worldwide for civil and structural engineering according to the 2021 QS World University and Subject rankings.

About the role

The Making & Production Team support all aspects of Technical work on projects at the UCL PEARL facility.

• Ensure that the facility has the appropriate making and production capabilities to support the experimental work required
• Lead, develop and line‑manage dirent line reports
• Collaborate and build positive relationships with UCL members and external contacts to ensure current and future technical infrastructure requirements and strategy
• Be the main point of contact for technical issues
• Liaise with all users of the facility (internal and external), researchers and research technicians to assist and advise them on making and production aspects of their experiments / events so that they run smoothly and safely

On‑site First (working more than 80% of time on‑site)

About you

Key requirements of the role are :

• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage technical teams, ensuring effective performance and development.
• Proven experience managing supplier, distributor, and contractor relationships to deliver projects on time and within budget.
• Broad technical theatre expertise or similar, including sound, lighting, set construction, design, and stage management.
• In‑depth knowledge of Health and Safety regulations relevant to theatre environments or similar (e.g.Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order / COSHH / LOLER / PUWER / working at height).
• Proven ability to articulate clearly to Project teams the user requirements to aid the experimental design process.
• Advanced proficiency in 2D and 3D CAD software.

What we offer

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We will consider applications to work on a part‑time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible.

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In the event we get a high number of applications, we may close the advert early before the published closing date. As a minimum we will keep all adverts open for 2 weeks.

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below :

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On‑Site nursery
• On‑site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme : Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

Visit https : / / www.ucl.ac.uk / work-at-ucl / rewards‑and‑benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

Our department holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.

You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https : / / www.ucl.ac.uk / equality‑diversity‑inclusion /