Event Rigging Professionals - Nationwide All Levels

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Discover a place where you’re empowered to learn and grow, building a career that’s packed with development opportunities, mobility, rewards and a unique culture. That’s our focus on you. At Encore, you’ll join a team that delivers innovative event solutions that can vary from small meetings,virtual and hybrid events, full-service production, event experiences and global multi-media conference events with thousands of attendees. Here, you’ll have everything you need – including our full support – to take your skills to the next level and define your future.

Discover why we’re a leading international provider of professional event technology services and help us turn ordinary meetings into extraordinary experiences.

Rigger- Responsible for performing rigging activities in a Hospitality or convention center environment while upholding safety and quality standards per all trade, Encore property guidelines and SOP’s.  Reports to Lead Rigger or Rigging Coordinator.

Job Qualifications

High school diploma or equivalent
500+ hours of onsite rigging experience
Qualified-Basic Rigging certification
Lift Certification
Lift operation experience
Ground rigging experience
High rigging with harness experience

Lead Rigger- Responsible for performing rigging activities in a Hospitality or convention center environment while upholding safety and quality standards per all trade, Encore/property guidelines and SOP’s.  Act as primary contact for venue’s clients.  Provide CAD diagrams of assigned facilities to prospective clients and assist current clients with rigging advances.  Perform hands-on rigging as well as the supervision of rigging team members during events.  Reports into Rigging Coordinator.

Job Qualifications

High school diploma or equivalent
1+ year of onsite rigging experience
Qualified-Basic Rigging certification
Lift Certification
ETCP Certification is preferred
Lift operation experience
Ground rigging experience
High rigging with harness experience
Previous experience supervising a rigging team

Rigging Supervisor- Rigging Supervisors are responsible for the safe installation and operation of rigging elements required within a particular property or collection of properties within their city and are the primary point-of-contact for clients. They will be performing the specific rigging and overhead safety work themselves and supervising the rigging activities of internal and external riggers. Work directly with third party production companies on all inbound events requiring rigging services within Encore hotels.  Utilize structural data and weight load limits to approve inbound third party and internal Encore designs for rigging events.

Job Qualifications

High school diploma or equivalent4+ year of onsite rigging experience
ETCP Certification is preferred
Lift operation experience
Ground rigging experience
Previous experience supervising a rigging team

Rigging Manager - The Rigging Manager is responsible for the management and safe execution of rigging events in an Encore approved rigging venue. The Rigging Manager approves all Rigging designs using structural data and weight load limits for both internal and external rigging production needs. This position schedules labor and supervises team members to ensure compliance of the rigging standard operating procedures. This position reports to the Area Mgr, Rigging.

4+ years of experience in rigging in either the entertainment, theatrical or production environment, including but not limited to, working as both ground and overhead rigger with Encore and its Rigging team.

2+ years effectively managing rigging teams, preferably of 10+ Riggers 

ETCP certification preferred

Lift certification

Lift operation experience

Ground operation experience

High rigging with harness experience

Working knowledge of CAD (Auto Sketch, VectorWorks, AutoCAD, LD Assistant or other) software. 

Ability to interact professionally and effectively with customers and leadership teams 

Work Environment

Hotel

Work is performed in a hotel/convention center environment with moderate exposure to outdoor temperatures and to dirt, sand and/or dust. The working conditions will vary between moderately quiet to noisy volumes. Team members will use high-end audio-visual equipment and electrical components and will be exposed to heights via lifts and ladders. Team members may be asked to work in multiple hotel locations. Working times will include irregular hours and on-call status including days, evenings, weekends, and holidays. Team members must adhere to appearance guidelines as defined by Encore based on an individual hotel or a representation of hotels in that city or area.

The above information on this description is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job.  While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.#LI-MV2 #INDEVT