Lead Projection Technician - Digital Cinema

CinemaWest; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & dental

Matched 401(k)

Paid Vacation

Paid Personal days

Paid Holidays

Six Sick days

Performance Reviews

Strong Leadership Team Environment

Job summary

Cinema West, California’s #1 movie chain, is seeking a Projection Technician to join the Corporate Operations team in Northern California. The role focuses on maintaining digital cinema equipment and providing technical support to ensure top-quality guest experiences.

The position requires strong problem-solving, leadership, and communication skills, with on-site maintenance and occasional after-hours calls. Medical benefits and paid time off are included.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience operating and maintaining motion picture projection and sound apparatus across film gauges and types.
• Experience with digital cinema equipment preferred.
• Knowledge of projection optics alignment.

Responsibilities

• Perform service and preventive maintenance on servers, projectors and audio and digital cinema equipment during on-site visits.
• Provide escalated troubleshooting with Technical Service Team to ensure timely resolution.
• Assist Theatre Managers on operations, maintenance, troubleshooting and training of hardware/software.

Skills

Audio systems

Electronics/Mechanical

Test equipment

Reading schematics

Digital cinema equipment

Projection optics alignment

Power supplies (AC/DC)

Technical service support

Software/hardware basics (MS Office,-?

Networking concepts

Travel (CA & ID)

Problem solving

Leadership

Verbal & written communication

Tools

Voltmeter/OHM meter

Oscilloscope

Audio test equipment

FTP protocols

Telnet client

MS Office Suite

Outlook

Job description

Cinema West, California’s #1 movie chain, is seeking a Projection Technician to join the Corporate Operations team in Northern California. The role focuses on maintaining digital cinema equipment and providing technical support to ensure top-quality guest experiences.

The position requires strong problem-solving, leadership, and communication skills, with on-site maintenance and occasional after-hours calls. Medical benefits and paid time off are included.