Production Manager

Harvest Church; Westfield (IN); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvest Church in Carmel/Westfield is seeking a Production Manager – Westfield to oversee the production ministry and technical systems for the Westfield location. You will lead the production team, manage Sunday services from setup to teardown, and collaborate with the central Production Team in Carmel throughout the week.

The role emphasizes live audio expertise, system design, and mentoring volunteers, with weekly responsibilities at Westfield and weekdays at Carmel.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3–5 years of professional live production experience, with significant audio work.
• Demonstrated ability to operate and troubleshoot professional live audio systems.
• Strong knowledge of digital consoles, RF systems, signal flow, DSP, mics, and large PA systems (L-Acoustics).
• Working knowledge of video (Ross, Blackmagic), lighting (GrandMA), streaming, and other production tech.
• Ability to troubleshoot independently and stay calm under pressure.
• Strong leadership, volunteer management, and discipleship skills.
• Experience in church/ministry production preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the Westfield production environment and ensure it is maintained, organized, and operated to Harvest Church standards.
• Lead and oversee the Westfield production team and volunteers, including scheduling and training.
• Oversee Sunday production from setup through teardown at Westfield.
• Maintain and develop audio, video, lighting, livestream, networking, and related systems.
• Coordinate with the centralized Carmel Production Team for consistency across locations.
• Help manage production budgets and recommend equipment purchases and upgrades.
• Identify production needs and communicate them to the Director of Production.
• Provide primary technical leadership for Westfield audio and ensure proper documentation.

Skills

Live sound

System design

RF coordination

Volunteer leadership

Project management

Tools

Yamaha/Midas consoles

Ross video

Blackmagic

GrandMA lighting

L-Acoustics

Job description

Position Reports to: Director of Production

Status: Full-Time

Primary Location: Carmel During the Week / Westfield on Sundays

Position Objective: The Production Manager – Westfield will oversee the production ministry and technical systems for Harvest Church’s Westfield location while serving as an integral member of the centralized Production Team at the Carmel location throughout the week. This position is responsible for the planning, preparation, execution, maintenance, and ongoing development of all production systems at Westfield, including audio, video, lighting, livestreaming, networking, and related production technology. While this position will have oversight of the entire production environment, it will be audio-forward, requiring a strong technical understanding of live sound, system design, troubleshooting, and the operation of professional audio systems. The Production Manager will lead the Westfield production team and volunteers, ensuring that weekend services and events are executed with excellence while maintaining consistency with the production standards, systems, and culture established by Harvest Church. During the week, this position will work primarily from the centralized Carmel location, collaborating with the Production Team on upcoming services, projects, system development, volunteer training, equipment maintenance, and production needs across Harvest Church.

This position will be expected to work Sundays at the Westfield location and maintain flexibility for occasional special events, rehearsals, and production needs outside of normal weekday hours.

Spiritual and Character Qualifications:

Clear testimony of faith in Jesus Christ and a passionate, growing personal relationship with Him.

High moral integrity consistent with the Biblical qualifications for church leaders as outlined in Scripture (1 Timothy 3:1-7, Titus 1:5-9, 1 Peter 5:1-5).

Commitment to the mission, doctrine, vision, and philosophy of Harvest Church.

Willingness to become a covenant member of Harvest Church and work under the direction of the Elders and Senior Pastoral Leaders.

Self-starter with drive, passion, and initiative.

Teachable spirit with a desire to be held accountable.

Team player with a positive attitude and a willingness to work collaboratively.

Ministry partner willing to voice concern and disagreement in a respectable way while following accepted relationships of authority, responsibility, and leadership.

Willingness to abide by Harvest Staff Core Values: Be Faithful, Be Humble, Be Intentional, Be Unified, and Be Generous.

Ability to minister to, lead, develop, and walk through life with staff and volunteers.

Willingness to meet consistently with volunteers on your own team and other teams to grow relationships, build bridges, and push others toward discipleship.

Professional Qualifications:

Minimum of 3-5 years of professional experience in live production, with significant experience in audio.

Demonstrated experience operating and troubleshooting professional live audio systems.

Strong working knowledge of digital audio consoles (Yamaha, Midas, etc.), RF systems, signal flow, networking, DSP, microphones, monitors, and large format PA systems (L-Acoustics).

Working knowledge of video (Ross, Blackmagic, etc.), lighting (GrandMA), livestreaming, and other live production systems.

Ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues independently and remain calm under pressure.

Strong leadership, volunteer management, and discipleship skills.

Excellent problem-solving, organizational, time management, and multitasking skills.

Ability to communicate technical information effectively to both technical and non-technical team members.

Ability to work independently while remaining aligned with the centralized Production Team.

Ability to manage projects, equipment, maintenance, and technical systems with attention to detail.

Ability to self-start and dream with the team as a whole. Creativity is a must and ideas are always welcome.

Experience working in a church or ministry production environment preferred.

Professional foodie and coffee snob is preferred but not a must.

Responsibilities (Westfield Location Leadership):

Own the overall production environment for the Westfield location, ensuring all production systems are maintained, functional, organized, and operated to Harvest Church standards.

Maintain and enforce production standards at Westfield while remaining aligned with the systems, policies, and direction established by the Director of Production.

Lead and oversee the production team and volunteers at Westfield, including scheduling, training, development, and Sunday assignments.

Serve as the primary production leader at Westfield on Sundays, overseeing production from setup through teardown.

Ensure Sunday services and special events are executed with excellence, consistency, and minimal technical disruption.

Establish and maintain production processes, checklists, standards, and workflows for the Westfield location.

Help manage production-related budgets and recommend equipment purchases, replacements, and upgrades based on ministry needs, system reliability, and long-term planning.

Identify production needs (personnel, technical, fiscal) and communicate them proactively to the Director of Production.

Serve as the primary technical point of contact for Westfield production-related issues.

Provide primary technical leadership and oversight for the audio systems at Westfield.

Maintain and develop the FOH, monitor, wireless/RF, playback, processing, networking, and related audio systems.

Ensure audio systems are properly configured, maintained, documented, and operated.

Troubleshoot audio system issues and provide solutions in a timely manner.

Maintain console files, show files, presets, routing, patching, and other system documentation.

Work with the centralized Production Team to maintain consistency in audio practices, standards, and system design across Harvest Church.

Train and develop audio volunteers when needed to operate systems confidently and effectively.

Assist with system design, equipment selection, installation, upgrades, and optimization.

Help establish best practices for gain structure, system tuning, RF coordination, signal flow, and overall audio quality.

Maintain oversight of video, lighting, livestream, presentation, networking, and other production systems at Westfield.

Ensure production systems are properly maintained, organized, and ready for services and events.

Assist with troubleshooting and repair of production equipment.

Coordinate with the centralized Production Team when issues require additional expertise or resources.

Maintain accurate equipment inventories, system documentation, patching information, and technical records.

Assist with procurement, installation, maintenance, repair, and inventory of production equipment.

Identify opportunities to improve reliability, efficiency, and quality of Westfield’s production systems.

Sunday Services & Events

Lead production operations at Westfield each Sunday from setup through teardown.

Conduct or oversee technical rehearsals and service preparation.

Ensure volunteers are properly trained, scheduled, equipped, and positioned for their responsibilities.

Coordinate with worship, creative, pastoral, and other ministry teams to ensure production supports the goals of each service.

Respond to technical issues during services and make appropriate decisions to keep services moving.

Provide production leadership for special events and ministry programming at Westfield as needed.

Provide production support for Harvest Students while working with volunteers and Director of Production to share the workload. (3-5 student services during the ministry year while acting as the default fallback when volunteers become unavailable)

Responsibilities (Mid-week | Centralized Carmel Location):

Work primarily from the centralized Carmel location during the week.

Attend staff prayer every Tuesday. (This has been a very important time for us as a staff to stay real, transparent, and unified.)

Participate in weekly Production, Operations, and Worship team meetings, planning, and communication.

Assist the Director of Production with preparation for upcoming weekend services and special events.

Collaborate with other Production Team members on system design, standards, training, and technical projects.

Assist Director of Production with system design of future locations and church plants.

Assist with production needs across Harvest Church locations as directed.

Participate in centralized volunteer training and development.

Help develop and maintain standardized production practices across locations.

Assist with equipment purchasing, inventory, maintenance, and deployment.

Participate in production projects and initiatives that benefit the entire church.

Help recruit and develop production volunteers across the ministry.

Help create a culture where volunteers are trained, valued, challenged, and equipped to serve effectively.

Help provide consistent technical and ministry leadership to volunteers.

Help establish appropriate training pathways for audio, video, lighting, and other production roles.

Help develop volunteers toward increased technical competency and leadership responsibility.

Work with Director of Production to provide feedback, coaching, and accountability when necessary.

Maintain healthy communication and relationships with volunteers and ministry leaders.

Other Responsibilities

Collaborate in the creative process for worship services and special events.

Assist with post-production of audio/video capture and distribution of livestreams and recorded content from the live production environment.

Assist in worship center stage design and implementation.

Occasionally assist with facilities-related needs as requested by the Executive Director of Operations.

Perform other reasonable related duties as assigned by the Director of Production.

This job description is not intended to be all inclusive and the employee will also perform other reasonable related duties as assigned by the Director of Production and Executive Director of Operations.