Rigging Design Engineer - Clearwing

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Supports the Engineering and Operations Teams: Attend, design, and project kick-off meetings, as well as other project-related meetings as necessary.
• Draft equipment floor plans, reflected ceiling plans, elevations, sections, and details of mounted and rigged equipment, such as speaker arrays, projection systems, drapery track systems, and dead-hung, counterweight, and automated rigging systems.
• Develop bills of material/hardware schedules of drafted rigging systems to support the Operations team in ordering and staging rigging hardware.
• Convert measurements and/or 2D drawings of physical environments into 3D models to facilitate other colleagues modeling speaker array systems during the pre-sales phase and drafting shop/build drawings in Revit in the engineering phase.
• Collaborate with AV and lighting-specific engineers on construction drawings for interdisciplinary projects (AVLRD).
• Review drawing packages drafted by other engineers as needed.
• Review existing bills-of-material for functional completeness per the scope of work of the project.
• Author change orders for contracted projects as needed.
• Respond to technical questions from the Operations team during installation and update installation documentation as needed according to installation schedules.
• Sustain relationships with vendors through meetings, educational sessions, and consistent communication.
• Affordability of technical standards and processes.
• Collaborate with the Engineering Manager to develop and maintain a consistent continuing education plan.

Skill/Experience Requirements

• Extensive knowledge of performance rigging and scenic systems, including 5 years of design, installation, technical theatrical, or touring/production experience.
• High proficiency in Autodesk AutoCAD and/or Autodesk REVIT and experience in SketchUp.
• In-depth knowledge of construction documentation, including floor plans, RCPs, building sections, schematics, and riser diagrams.
• Understanding of consultant specification documentation.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple tasks simultaneously and meet or exceed project-driven deadlines.
• Ability and desire to work in a team-oriented and interdisciplinary culture.
• A mentality of constant process improvement.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ownership and use of a smartphone for app-based communication platforms such as Microsoft Teams, Outlook, etc.

Skill/Experience Preferences

• Working knowledge of audio system modeling programs such as Soundvision

Physical Working Conditions

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, keyboard, tablets, and smartphones
• Close vision requirements due to computer work
• Light to moderate lifting may be required
• Regular, predictable attendance is required