Head Electrician

Ogunquit Playhouse, Ogunquit, Maine seeks an experienced Head Electrician for our 2026 Season and Arts Academy productions. Approximate dates of employment between April and November 2026.

Ideal Candidate: Must be detail-oriented, organized and focused in a fast-paced working environment. Experience drafting and executing lighting plots, design/construction of set electrics, and routine equipment maintenance are imperative.

Job Duties/Expectations include (but are not limited to):
- Assign line sets, circuits and dimmers, and determine cable paths for each lighting plot.
- Recognize and acquire necessary rental equipment.
- Pre-production work and planning with other production departments.
- Supervision of the electrics team.
- Schedule and plan weekly work calls.
- Repair and maintenance of conventional and automated lighting equipment.
- Show documentation and maintenance.
- Final Show documentation updated and provided to Production Management for each show.
- Managing and reporting production lighting budget.
- Maintaining and organizing Lighting Department inventory and infrastructure.
- Assist in rehearsals as necessary.
- Set schedule and coordinate labor for load-in/strike.
- Complete AEA Haze and Smoke paperwork for all shows.
- Must be comfortable working at heights and able to lift and carry 50 pounds.
- Additional hours running events and Arts Academy Shows.
- Job requires the ability to sit/stand for long periods of time, and bend, stoop, or kneel while assisting actors, staff, and design team in execution of duties as assigned.
- Job requires the ability to lift, carry, move necessary equipment up and down stairs in varied lighting conditions.
- Unconventional hours may be required. - Must be able to work overnights for Tech Weeks (typically four 12-hr days) for each production.
- Experience leading overhire crew.

Required Skills:
- EOS Family console configuration and programming
- Lightwright 6 and Vectorworks 2018 or newer (Laptop and Licenses provided by Playhouse)
- Proficiency in the safe use of ladders, lifts, and fall arrest equipment.
- Experience with counterweight rigging systems, spotline rigging, and industry standard safety practices.
- Network configuration and management (physical networks as well as ETC Net3, sACN, ArtNet, and OSC via Netgear AV line switches).
- Ability to deal with show control- (Midi, OSC, etc.) between lighting controls and media servers, audio, live video.

Helpful Skills:
- Technical skills related to video and projection
- QLab 5
- PRG Mbox, Watchout 10 and Disguise
- General understanding of special effects including, but not limited to, atmospherics and electromechanical effects.

Potential Design Opportunities: Design for one of Ogunquit Playhouse's Arts Academy productions for an additional stipend. Only if interested.

Position is a W2, $25/hr plus O/T and housing included.

Ogunquit Playhouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to promoting the growth of a diverse and inclusive workplace. For our full Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility statement please visit our website: http://www.ogunquitplayhouse.org/about-us

Ogunquit Playhouse will now be offering Health insurance to all employees who are with the company for 120+ consecutive days and work at least 30 hours weekly. Ogunquit Playhouse will cover 75% of employee+rsquo;s company sponsored Health insurance premium. Dental and Vision insurance will also be available at the employee's expense. Employees who work the Ogunquit Playhouse's entire season will also accrue Earned Paid Leave up to 40 hours. Eligibility is based on the length of the contract. Shortening the length of that contract may affect eligibility.

Please send cover letter (including your availability for the time frame listed above), resume and references to productionresumes@ogunquitplayhouse.org. Please include 2026 HEAD ELECTRICIAN in the subject line.