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**Open Date** 10/03/2025

**Requisition Number** PRN43254B

**Job Title** Mgr, Facility/Trades/Materials

**Working Title** Production Manager

**Career Progression Track** F

Track Level

**FLSA Code** Administrative

**Patient Sensitive Job Code?** No

**Standard Hours per Week** 40

**Full Time or Part Time?** Full Time

**Shift** Day

Work Schedule Summary

Weekdays, nights and weekends as event schedules demand.

**VP Area** Academic Affairs

**Department** 00491 - Utah Presents

**Location** Campus

**City** Salt Lake City, UT

**Type of Recruitment** External Posting

**Pay Rate Range** $65,000 - $75,000

**Close Date** 10/31/2025

Priority Review Date (Note - Posting may close at any time)

Job Summary

The Production Manager plays a key role in a collaborative and highly professional UtahPresents team, overseeing the technical production operations to ensure safe and successful events. This position provides leadership across production departments while fostering a supportive environment that balances artistic vision with technical excellence. The University of Utah provides a generous benefits package including medical and dental plans, a 14.2% retirement contribution, tuition reduction, a wellness program, and an Employee Assistance Program.

UtahPresents is a mission-driven, non-profit arts presenter located at the University of Utah with a focus on bringing diverse artistic and cultural experiences to the campus and the region. As stewards of the iconic Kingsbury Hall, UtahPresents provides a valuable gathering space for community events and campus partners. We are seeking an applicant who is interested in contributing to this mission.

Priority consideration for applications received before October 24th.

Responsibilities

Leadership & Oversight

+ Provide guidance, mentorship, and performance feedback to three full-time supervisory staff.

+ Coordinate collaboration between production departments, front-of-house operations, and touring crews, as well as other UtahPresents and University departments.

+ Represent the venue with professionalism under pressure, ensuring a positive experience for artists and clients.

+ As part of the technical production team, contribute to event operations where appropriate, allowing operations to go efficiently and providing redundancy for the other supervisors and staff during busy event periods.

Budget & Administration

+ Prepare and monitor production budgets; oversee labor cost management through supervisors.

+ Ensure supervisors maintain lighting, sound, staging, and other production systems in excellent working order.

+ Approve department purchases and ensure accurate record-keeping.

+ Make strategic decisions on equipment investments, upgrades, and rentals in consultation with supervisors.

+ Contribute technical expertise to contracts and negotiations.

+ Oversee adherence to technical policies, safety protocols, and industry compliance across all departments.

+ Oversee department-related projects that may include University Facilities, Projects or other outside vendors.

Event Production Management

+ Advance all technical and production needs with touring companies, artists, and promoters, ensuring a clean handoff to Technical Director and other supervisors for execution.

+ With the Technical Director, approve and distribute production schedules, load-in/load-out plans, and crew calls created with input from department supervisors.

+ Act as the lead venue contact for visiting production teams and resolve issues that cross multiple technical areas; or coordinate the delegation of this role to department supervisors.

+ Post-Event, review reports for accuracy in the event settlements, and ensure all vendor invoices are accurate, paid, and recorded.

Staff & Crew Management

+ Manage department supervisors, full- and part-time staff. With Technical Director, oversee recruitment, scheduling, and payroll approval of all part-time technicians.

+ Support supervisors in training, evaluating, and leading their teams.

+ Build a collaborative and respectful work environment across technical disciplines.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

+ Demonstrated success supervising multiple department leads (technical, lighting, audio, staging.)

+ Broad working knowledge of live sound, lighting, rigging, staging, and venue operations. Experience with a touring production a plus.

+ Excellent leadership, communication, and organizational skills with a wide range of collaborators.

+ ·Strong understanding of OSHA regulations and venue safety standards.

+ Ability to read and interpret technical drawings, stage plots, lighting plots, and audio schematics.

+ Knowledge of crew scheduling, labor rules, and cost control in a union or non-union environment.

+ Ability to manage multiple production and project budgets.

+ Ability to familiarize with required university and department software.

+ Ability to understand and follow university policies.

PHYSICAL ABILITIES

+ Ability to lift, carry, push, or pull up to 50–75 pounds.

+ Ability to stand, walk, and move continuously during long shifts, including load-ins and load-outs.

+ Ability to climb ladders, work at heights, and use aerial lifts safely.

+ Ability to bend, kneel, stoop, reach overhead, and perform other physically demanding tasks.

+ Ability to work in varied environments, including dark spaces, loud environments, and fluctuating temperatures.

+ Adequate vision and hearing to operate and evaluate production equipment safely.

+ Ability to work extended hours, including nights, weekends, and holidays, as dictated by event schedules.

+ Ability to respond quickly and effectively in high-pressure or emergency situations.

+ Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Minimum Qualifications

Requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related area of assignment or equivalency (one year of education can be substituted for two years of related work experience) and 4 – 6 years of progressively more responsible management experience. Background knowledge of assigned department’s area of specialization in order to analyze, plan and draw conclusions for recommendations to superiors. Demonstrated leadership skills in planning and directing employees and processes in order to effectively monitor and develop subordinates and to ensure the smooth operation of department. Completion of provided supervisory training within one year of employment may be required. Master’s degree in a related area may be preferred. Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description.

Preferences

**Type** Benefited Staff

Special Instructions Summary

Additional Information

The University is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems (“URS”). Eligible new hires with prior URS service, may elect to enroll in URS if they make the election before they become eligible for retirement (usually the first day of work). Contact Human Resources at (801) 581-7447 for information. Individuals who previously retired and are receiving monthly retirement benefits from URS are subject to URS’ post-retirement rules and restrictions. Please contact Utah Retirement Systems at (801) 366-7770 or (800) 695-4877 or University Human Resource Management at (801) 581-7447 if you have questions regarding the post-retirement rules.

This position may require the successful completion of a criminal background check and/or drug screen.

The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students and patients from all backgrounds and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education and quality healthcare for historically underrepresented students and patients.

All qualified individuals are strongly encouraged to apply. Veterans’ preference is extended to qualified applicants, upon request and consistent with University policy and Utah state law. Upon request, reasonable accommodations in the application process will be provided to individuals with disabilities.

The University of Utah is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and does not discriminate based upon race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, pregnancy-related conditions, genetic information, or protected veteran’s status. The University does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX and 34 CFR part 106. The requirement not to discriminate in education programs or activities extends to admission and employment. Inquiries about the application of Title IX and its regulations may be referred to the Title IX Coordinator, to the Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, or both.

To request a reasonable accommodation for a disability or if you or someone you know has experienced discrimination or sexual misconduct including sexual harassment, you may contact the Director/Title IX Coordinator in the Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action ( OEO /AA). More information, including the Director/Title IX Coordinator’s office address, electronic mail address, and telephone number can be located at: https://www.utah.edu/nondiscrimination/

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