Lead Carpenter

Lead Carpenter — Job Opportunity

Job Description 

The Lead Carpenter is a full-time member of TheatreSquared’s production staff, charged with seeing that the technical design is carried out to the Technical Director's specifications.  This person will oversee the build and installation of each production. The lead carpenter should be informed on how all scenic elements are built and how they relate to each other.  This opportunity offers room for artistic and professional growth as the company continues its new phase in a state-of-the-art, 50,000-square-foot, two-venue home.  This position reports to the Technical Director.

Essential Functions

• See that all scenic pieces are built to the specifications of the drawings as provided by the TD
• Orient overhire carpenters to the shop, procedures and safety rules
• Assign projects to any overhire carpenters seeing that the skill set matches the task
• See that the carpenters have what they need to perform their assigned tasks (materials, tools, hardware, expendables, jigs, etc.)
• Lead the installation of the scenery during the load in process
• Attend technical rehearsals as scheduled.
• Keep all shop tools in top performance
• Receive and maintain materials, track stock levels and keep material storage accessible
• Enforce shop safety regulations
• Maintain all theater and shop spaces in a clean, safe and usable manner

Skills and Knowledge Requirements:

• Candidates must have extensive experience in theatrical woodworking, finish carpentry, and stage rigging.
• Extensive experience and knowledge of theatrical procedures, scenic construction, tools 
• Experience scenic painting, stage rigging, and decorative welding (flat construction with mechanical tube, etc.). 
• Will maintain a safe working environment and execute all work calls under the safety standards set by the Director of Production and Technical Director
• Ability to work flexibly as a team member and present a positive attitude in times of stress.
• Self-motivated, with a mature, positive, and enthusiastic attitude towards the goal of providing the highest quality work possible, in a mutually supportive environment.
• Ability to work at heights from ladders, personnel lifts, and catwalks.
• Ability to lift 50lbs.
• While the typical workday will be standard office hours, given the typical schedule of a theatre company, the position requires the flexibility to work a modified schedule some nights, weekends, and being on call during holiday performances.

Additional Desirable Skills Sets

• Structural Welding
• Sewing and grommeting 
• Basic AutoCAD commands 
  

Compensation: Hourly, $18-$20/hr, averaging 35-40 hours weekly; overtime paid after 40 hours

About TheatreSquared 

Now in its 14th season, TheatreSquared’s challenging, heartfelt, and intimate productions reach 60,000 patrons each year, including more than 20,000 students and their teachers. T2 fills a crucial niche in the region’s cultural landscape as the only year-round, producing professional theatre within a 150-mile radius. TheatreSquared employs trained artists from across the country to create its 250 annual performances and is contracted with Actors' Equity Association. The theatre is also Arkansas’s home for professional playwrights, developing scripts through the Arkansas New Play Festival in Fayetteville and Bentonville and producing new works and world premieres each year. TheatreSquared’s architecturally significant, 50,000-square-foot, two-venue permanent home was completed in 2019.

Fayetteville and Northwest Arkansas were ranked third by US News and World Report in its 2016 "Best Places to Live." Located in the scenic Ozarks and offering a low cost of living and high quality of life, this vibrant metro area recently surpassed the half-million population mark and is home to the headquarters of Fortune 100 companies including Walmart Stores, J.B. Hunt, Tyson, and peer world-class cultural institutions such as Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

Salary : $18 - $20