Job Summary:
Under the direction of the Performing Arts Center (PAC) Executive Director, the Performing Arts Technician III (PAT III) independently provides technical leadership and coordination for the 73,000-square-foot venue’s technical operations, supporting the integration of academic activities, public-facing rental engagements, and ticketed productions. The position serves as a primary technical resource for the 478-seat PAC and collaborates with faculty, staff, students, visiting artists, and external production personnel to support student learning and ensure productions are conducted in accordance with established safety, academic, industry, and PAC standards. The PAT III applies broad technical theatre knowledge across multiple production specialties and provides production crew coordination and lead work direction during load-ins, rehearsals, performances, strikes, and related activities. The position requires the ability to support production schedules that include evening, weekend, and irregular hours.
Responsibilities:
- Coordinate PAC productions, performances, special events, and maintenance periods by managing technical schedules, facility use, priorities, and resource needs.
- Provide technical leadership and work direction to staff, student assistants, interns, visiting artists, and third-party personnel.
- Assign crew responsibilities based on production needs and skill levels while monitoring work quality and safety.
- Provide technical directions for lighting, rigging, audio, video, projection, staging, and related production systems.
- Review technical riders and assess requested equipment, staffing, budget, facility, and operational requirements.
- Identify limitations, recommend modifications, develop alternatives, and escalate needs that exceed available resources or authority.
- Coordinate advanced production planning with production managers, rental clients, visiting artists, faculty, designers, department leadership, and University partners.
- Evaluate the technical feasibility of productions, concerts, readings, outreach programs, rentals, and special events.
- Lead production meetings and communicate schedules, timelines, technical requirements, crew assignments, and event plans.
- Provide on-site leadership during load-ins, rehearsals, performances, strikes, and load-outs.
- Resolve technical and operational issues during events and provide evening, weekend, and irregular-schedule coverage as needed.
- Apply SOPs, Cal/OSHA requirements, CSU and campus safety standards, equipment specifications, and theatrical industry practices.
- Conduct or coordinate equipment inspections, safety training, hazard assessments, and corrective actions.
- Stop or modify unsafe activities and report significant or unusual safety concerns to the appropriate authority.
- Operate, inspect, troubleshoot, maintain, and repair specialized theatrical equipment and systems.
- Perform technical work at elevated heights using appropriate lifts, ladders, scaffolding, fall-protection equipment, and safety procedures.
- Safely lift, move, and transport equipment, scenery, materials, and counterweights weighing up to 50 pounds.
- Maintain knowledge of lighting, rigging, audio, video, scenic systems, QLab, Vectorworks, and related production technologies.
- Coordinate equipment maintenance, repair, replacement, inventory, lifecycle tracking, and storage organization.
- Train authorized personnel on equipment operation, safety requirements, and standard operating procedures.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation, including ground plans, lighting plots, equipment inventories, manuals, production records, and SOPs.
- Handle and dispose of specialized theatrical materials in accordance with Environmental Health and Safety procedures.
- Operate authorized campus utility vehicles to transport equipment, tools, and supplies.
- Develop production budgets and cost estimates and identify cost-effective vendors, services, equipment, and supplies.
- Review timesheets and production settlement documents for accuracy and coordinate corrections.
- Maintain accurate production, facility, maintenance, and event information in the PAC Master Calendar.
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Equivalent to 36 semester units of related college coursework
- Three years of related professional or technical experience required.
Required Qualifications:
In addition to Position Skill Level I and II knowledge and skill requirements, work assignments typically require:
- Ability to support classroom instruction by performing classroom demonstrations related to production specialty.
- Ability to work with faculty and provide training and supervision to students involved in productions.
- Comprehensive knowledge of the methods and problems in multiple production specialties.
- Comprehensive knowledge of design theory and principles and how they are executed in various production specialties.
- Working knowledge of directing and stage management, including the ability to manage staging needs for productions requiring numerous costume and set changes and the ability to manage and coordinate the use of multiple facilities.
- Thorough and in-depth knowledge of the technical aspects of construction, implementation, and operation of staging materials and effects in the various production specialties, including the ability to work with drawings and plots to assist in their execution. Comprehensive knowledge of safety measures and hazards related to theatre productions. Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with individuals at all levels within the organization.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Theatre Arts, Music Production, or related field, or the equivalent to 24 semester units of related college coursework.
- Minimum of five years of related professional-level technical experience (performing arts center in a municipal or higher educational setting, commercial or non-profit performing arts center, commercial music venue, theatrical or musical touring company, commercial production company), with a specialization in theatrical lighting and rigging.
- The ability to communicate effectively with coworkers and students; ability to operate and repair a range of equipment; ability to operate hand and power tools; ability to train and provide direct support to coworkers and students; ability to read, write, and perform arithmetic computations at a level appropriate to the duties of the position. Ability to move on and around areas of the stage, use of ladders, lifting and carrying.
- Performance of broader production functions, typically covering multiple production specialties, including participating in production planning meetings, designing components of stage productions; determining need for and coordinating the acquisition of stage supplies; and maintaining schedules for stage facilities. May serve as the production technical and operational director. Provides creative and technical consultation and leadership on a variety of production issues and often provides lead work direction. Work involves coordinating a wide variety of productions and projects including such functions as budget preparation, cost analyses and vendor management. Work is performed under general direction and is reviewed against goals and objectives. Appreciable ingenuity is required in almost all aspects of the work. Considerable judgment and discretion are exercised in carrying out projects. Work involves regular contact and coordination with faculty, staff and students. Consultation may be provided in the more technical aspects of specific productions.
Compensation and Benefits:
The salary offered will take into account internal equity and experience among other factors.
Initial salary step placement will be Step 1 - $4,626 – Step 10 $5,528 per month for qualified candidates.
CSU Classification Salary Step Range: $4,626 - $6,739 per month (Step 1 – Step 20)
The CSU system provides a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical, dental and vision plans, membership in the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), sick and vacation time, and 15 paid holidays a year. Eligible employees are also able to participate in the fee waiver education program. A summary of benefit information can be found here.
Position Information:
Work status: Full-time / Non-Exempt / Temporary
CSUSB’s standard hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. This position may require occasional evening and weekend work to support departmental activities, special events, and other university functions. Work schedules may vary and are subject to change based on business needs.
Staff: The application deadline is November 9, 2026, at 11:55 pm (PST).
California State University, San Bernardino, as part of the CSU system, is a State of California Employer. As such, the University requires all employees upon date of hire to reside in the State of California. As of January 1, 2022 the CSU Out-of-State Employment Policy prohibits the hiring of employees to perform CSU-related work outside the state of California.
California State University, San Bernardino is not a sponsoring agency for staff or management positions (i.e. H1-B Visas).
CSUSB is not an E-Verify employer and cannot support visa holders with certain requirements (e.g., H1B, F1, STEM OPT).
Education Code 89521 Requirements: Applicants will be required to disclose whether they have received a final administrative decision or final judicial decision determining that they have committed sexual harassment within the last 7 years only after a determination is made that they meet the minimum qualifications for the position, and before an offer of employment is extended. Applicants who reach the final stages of the application process must also sign a release form that authorizes the release of information by the applicant’s current and/or former employers to the CSU concerning any substantiated allegations of misconduct.
Conditions of Employment
Background Check
Satisfactory completion of a background check (including a criminal records check) is required for employment. CSU will make a conditional offer of employment, which may be rescinded if the background check reveals disqualifying information, and/or it is discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified information. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the continued employment of a current CSU employee who was conditionally offered the position.
Drivers License Check
Possession of a valid Driver's License is required. Employees in this position will be enrolled in the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Government Employer Pull Notice Program which confirms possession of a valid driver's license and reflects driving record.
Mandated Reporter
The person holding this position is considered a `mandated reporter' under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment.
I-9
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On Campus Commitment
In our commitment to the furthering of knowledge and fulfilling our educational mission, California State University, San Bernardino seeks a campus climate that welcomes, celebrates, and promotes respect for the entire variety of human experience. We welcome people from all backgrounds, and we seek to include knowledge and values from many cultures in the curriculum and extra-curricular life of the campus community. We will create, promote, and maintain activities and programs that further our understanding of individual and group diversity. We will also develop and communicate policies and promote values that discourage intolerance and discrimination.
Closing Statement:
Reasonable Accommodation
We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact CSUSB Benefits at benefits@csusb.edu.
Smoking
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Clery Act
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