AV Operations Lead – Events & Production

Harper Finley Professional Recruitment; Dublin; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Pension contribution

Job summary

Harper Finley Professional Recruitment in Dublin is seeking an Operations Manager to oversee the end-to-end operational delivery of AV rental and live event productions. You will manage equipment, crew, and logistics to ensure on-time, on-budget execution while maintaining high service standards.

The role requires hands-on leadership, strong commercial sense, and the ability to coordinate across sales and technical teams.

Qualifications

• Hands-on, commercially focused role responsible for end-to-end operational delivery of events.
• Experience with rental inventory or asset management software; RAMS and health & safety requirements.

Responsibilities

• Manage AV equipment inventory, preparation, testing, dispatch and returns using rental asset management systems.
• Coordinate warehouse, transport, logistics and equipment requirements across multiple concurrent events.
• Identify equipment shortages and manage cross-rental/sub-rental requirements while controlling costs.
• Schedule and manage permanent and freelance technical crew.
• Monitor labour, overtime, travel, equipment utilisation and sub-rental costs to support profitability.
• Oversee RAMS, crew certifications and operational health & safety requirements.
• Act as the operational point of contact for significant technical, staffing or logistical issues.
• Develop SOPs and improve operational systems and processes.
• Work closely with sales and technical teams to ensure client commitments are operationally achievable.

Skills

Operations management

Logistics coordination

Budgeting / cost control

Team leadership

Vendor coordination

Tools

Current RMS

Asset management software

Job description

Harper Finley Professional Recruitment in Dublin is seeking an Operations Manager to oversee the end-to-end operational delivery of AV rental and live event productions. You will manage equipment, crew, and logistics to ensure on-time, on-budget execution while maintaining high service standards.

The role requires hands-on leadership, strong commercial sense, and the ability to coordinate across sales and technical teams.