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About the Role

The Royal Opera House is seeking a Lighting Systems Manager to lead the Lighting Department's equipment and systems, provide technical advice, and ensure the highest standards of safety, efficiency, and quality. This role is crucial for delivering technical excellence in performances, rehearsals, and events, and involves contributing to the Production Lighting Rig Upgrade.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team within the Lighting Department.
• Manage the equipment and systems of the Lighting Department.
• Provide technical advice for additional equipment needs, productions, events, and outside venues.
• Ensure all activities are carried out to the highest possible standard of safety, efficiency, and quality.
• Deliver sustainable, future-proofed, and cost-effective solutions for live performance demands.
• Drive the Lighting Systems team forward to achieve departmental ambitions.
• Support and lead teams and projects to deliver high-quality productions.
• Adhere to Health and Safety policy and best practice.

Requirements

• Strong background in managing lighting systems for major professional theatres.
• Up-to-date practical experience in theatre lighting is an advantage.
• Relevant, accredited electrical training aligned with current standards (such as BS7909 and BS7671) is an advantage.
• Solid understanding of modern lighting equipment and systems.
• Interest in emerging technologies and sustainable practices.
• Ability to interpret production needs and shape lighting solutions.
• Ability to suggest improvements to existing systems and equipment.
• Confidence using lighting industry software.
• Positive, collaborative leadership approach.
• Strong awareness of and adherence to Health and Safety policy and best practice.
• Work authorisation for the UK.

Skills

• Lighting systems management
• Team leadership
• Technical advice
• Electrical training
• Modern lighting equipment and systems knowledge
• Emerging technologies
• Sustainable practices
• Lighting solutions development
• System and equipment improvement
• Lighting industry software proficiency
• Project delivery
• Health and Safety compliance

Location

• Covent Garden, London

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Management experience
• Experience supporting and leading teams and projects

Education Level

• Relevant, accredited electrical training aligned with current standards (such as BS7909 and BS7671) is an advantage.

Salary/Compensations

• £55,672.90 per annum

About the Company

• The Royal Ballet and Opera continues to lead the way in opera, ballet, music and dance both live on stage and through multiple digital platforms.
• Our Covent Garden theatre has been at the heart of London and British cultural life for three centuries.
• We are home to two world-class Companies: The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera.
• The Royal Opera House describes the place we work, not who we are.
• The impact and influence of the organisation can be felt in every corner of the country, and around the world.
• Our Technical, Production and Costume Department plays a leading part in ensuring our performances are of the highest quality by delivering technical excellence for every performance, rehearsal and event.
• The Royal Ballet and Opera is one of the UK’s leading arts organisations and our aim is to inspire imagination, ignite emotion and make the extraordinary for everyone.
• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion underpin all that we do.
• We want our people to be representative of the diversity in the UK.
• We understand the creativity and innovation that diversity can bring and strive to create an inclusive environment in which everyone can thrive.
• We are a Disability Confident Employer.
• The RBO is also committed to safeguarding and protecting all children, young people, and adults and we implement robust safer recruitment practices.

Equal Opportunity

• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion underpin all that we do.
• We want our people to be representative of the diversity in the UK.
• We encourage applications from people with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences and skills to join our teams.
• We particularly welcome applications from those who are from a global majority background and/or those who are disabled, as they are under-represented within our organisation.
• We are a Disability Confident Employer, which means that we are actively working to ensure that candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions feel supported, engaged and able to fulfil their potential in the workplace.
• We will endeavour to offer an interview to candidates who tell us they wish to participate in the scheme and who demonstrate in their application that they meet the essential criteria for the role, though sometimes due to the volume of qualified candidates with declarations this is not possible.
• The RBO is also committed to safeguarding and protecting all children, young people, and adults and we implement robust safer recruitment practices.