Lighting Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Summary : To facilitate the creation, installation, and maintenance of all Celebration in the Oaks light exhibits. Maintain and repair exhibits when possible. Maintain all warehouse equipment including electrical tools, hand tools, electrical supplies, and carpentry materials. Maintain and repair decorative lighting and exhibit lighting daily prior and during the event.Essential Duties and Responsibilities : Other duties may be assigned :

• Must be able to gauge use and amount of materials needed within the budget.
• Assists in the final execution of the exhibit design.
• Assists in repairs to re-stabilize existing exhibits.
• Takes all necessary steps to prevent and repair rust damage to all exhibits.
• Assists fellow staff members in the physical and electrical installation of exhibits, while also able to install exhibits single-handedly as directed.
• Must be able to operate a pick-up truck and ATV with full knowledge of and compliance with all safety procedures.
• Oversees and assist any volunteer efforts to install lighting in Storyland.
• Install and make minor repairs to electrical hardware attached to decorative lighting and exhibits.
• Maintains warehouse tools and workstations to prevent damage and unnecessary wear and tear.
• Assists with the inventory of warehouse tools, electrical supplies, and carpentry materials.
• Maintains and repairs all lights on the exhibits throughout the run of the event.
• Inspect and repair any outages daily prior to the admission opening.
• Assists in take-down of decorative lights and exhibits throughout the Park.
• Assists in the operations of Special Events when called upon throughout the year.
• Will be required to work evenings as needed prior to and during Celebration on the Oaks.
• Will be required to work overtime as needed to install and repair any light exhibits.

Qualifications and Education Requirements :

Sustainability Goals :

City Park employees must strive to decrease our environmental footprint by continually seeking ways to reduce waste and energy usage, care for natural Park habitat and wildlife, and to serve as models to our patrons to do the same through education and example.

Physical Demands :

The physical demands described here are those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to remain in a stationary position, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods of time, moving about from one worksite to another, occasionally ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like using feet and legs and / or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. Balancing and maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on moving surfaces is required. Stooping, bending at the waist, kneeling, crawling, reaching, walking, pushing and pulling is required for this position.

The employee will frequently be required to complete repeated motions that may include the wrists, hands, or fingers. Fingering, grasping, and feeling objects are required. The ability to safely operate machinery, power tools, and motor vehicles or heavy equipment will occur occasionally. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 100 pounds of force, up to 20 pounds frequently, and / or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.

The employee is required to have visual acuity to perform an activity such as : operating machinery where the seeing job is at or within arm’s reach; performs mechanical or skilled trades tasks such as technicians and mechanics, and to operate heavy machinery. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. The employee is required to have visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and the thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures.

The ability to speak and hear is required. The employee must be able to exchange ideas by means of the spoken word, in which they must convey detailed instructions to others to constantly exchange information and assess the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned. The employee must have the ability to hear sounds at a normal speaking level with or without correction, including the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make fine discrimination in sound.

Work Environment :

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and / or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, high, precarious places, fumes, or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold and heat, risk of electrical shock, explosives and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is occasionally loud.

Must be available to work evenings for Celebration in the Oaks and other events.

Full Time, 40 hours per week