Dillon Amphitheater Assistant Lighting Technician

Dillon Amphitheater Assistant Lighting Technician

• Salary/Pay Rate: $23-27.60 / hour
• Posted Date: 03/02/2026 4:09 PM

Type: Part-time to full-time, summer seasonal

Approximate Start and End Dates: May 11 through Oct. 9

Job Overview: The Dillon Amphitheater Assistant Lighting Technician will design and implement theater lighting and special effects for concerts, performances, films, and various events at the Dillon Amphitheater.

Hours: This is a summer seasonal, part-time to full-time position with hours varying between 20 to 40 hours per week, beginning mid-May through early October. Must be available to work flexible shifts and days, including late nights and weekends.

Reports To: Venue and Events Manager

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide excellent customer service to the public, event attendees, coworkers, performers and partners at all times. This includes having professional interactions with customers, providing accurate information and having general knowledge of the Dillon Amphitheater and Town of Dillon events and happenings.
• Assist with loading and unloading equipment, props, and materials from trucks. Assist with the set-up of equipment according to lighting plot, while ensuring safety requirements are met. Disassemble and pack away equipment after events.
• Maintain cleanliness of venue and stage area before, during and after an event. Ensure all work areas and facilities are clean and safe for performers, crew, guests and staff. This includes picking up, sorting, and moving trash and recycling; and cleaning up bathrooms, portable toilets, and other messes.
• Assist lighting director with set up and striking lighting equipment.
• Assemble lighting and filter equipment, as needed.
• Position and plot lighting.
• Assist lighting director with rigging lighting and ensure all cables and wires are safely concealed.
• Load automated color change systems.
• Check the focusing of lighting at sound check.
• Operate and maintain equipment during events.
• Change lighting between shots, as necessary.
• Assist lighting director with programming and operating lighting consoles.
• Assist lighting director with ensuring all lighting equipment is in good, working order and carrying out tests prior to the start of events.
• Under the supervision of the lighting director, hang and focus additional lighting equipment needed for new positions.
• Work and communicate clearly and professionally with the team, production manager, venue manager, lighting director, promoter, production crews and performers to ensure a successful event.
• Ensure the proper care and handling of all Dillon Amphitheater lighting equipment and rentals.
• Work shifts required to meet the needs of the amphitheater schedule. This includes late nights/early mornings, weekends and holidays.
• Duties may occasionally include other facility setup, maintenance and breakdown duties, ticket and , participant registration and check-in, bag checking, light security, parking and traffic control, assisting with concessions and merchandise sales, and assisting with other town events and recreation events.
• Operate different types of vehicles, including pickup trucks, utility vehicles and trailers.
• Assist with the purchase of supplies and equipment, as needed.
• Adhere to venue safety standards.
• Responsible for responding to and communicating incidents and emergency situations, including, but not limited to:
  First Aid, severe weather, and missing child events.
• Provide support to all facets of the events and recreation operations as assigned by supervisors.
• Other duties as assigned.

Work Environment/Physical

Activities:

• Must be able to work outside in all weather conditions.
• Exposure to sun, heat, cold, dust, precipitation, fuel, grease, trash and other conditions and chemicals commonly found in an events and recreation environment.
• Must be capable of operating a variety of equipment, hand and power tools. Must be capable of safely operating and maneuvering vehicles and equipment.
• Must be able to stand for long periods of time.
• Must be comfortable with heights.

The work environmental characteristics and physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the individual regularly works in outside-weather conditions. The individual frequently works near moving mechanical parts and is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. The individual occasionally works in high, precarious places. The individual is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and may experience the risk of electrical shock.

The noise level in the work environment ranges from quiet to very loud. Must be able to work in a loud noise environment for extended periods of time. Must be able to wear a radio earpiece during shifts. Hand-eye coordination is necessary to operate a…