Set Up Crew

The Florida Panthers enter the 2025-26 season as the two-time defending Stanley Cup Champions, having gone to the Stanley Cup Final in each of the past three seasons. The National Hockey League's southernmost team, the Panthers have reached the postseason in a club-record six consecutive campaigns. The Panthers operate four facilities in Broward County, Florida:
Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, the Panthers Ice Den in Coral Springs, the new state-of-the-art practice facility Baptist Health Ice Plex in Fort Lauderdale, as well as the renovated War Memorial Auditorium, which hosts concerts and events for the South Florida faithful.

An organization with deep roots in the community, the Panthers are owned by Vincent J. Viola, a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and a veteran of the U.S. Army. Emphasizing a culture of selfless service both on and off the ice, the Panthers pillar program 'Heroes Among Us' honors a United States military veteran at every game and the Florida Panthers Foundation has four main focuses including veterans affairs, children's health and education, raising awareness for the endangered Florida panther and growing youth hockey.

Job Title: Set Up Crew
Department: Arena Operations
Reports To: Set Up Crew Supervisor
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Employment Type:
Full-Time
Location: Amerant Bank Arena

Job Summary:

Responsible for performing work as needed to Set-up, maintain, convert and prepare for events at Amerant Bank Arena.

Essential Functions:

• Set-up seating arrangements and supporting furniture for concerts, hockey games, dinners, parties, and banquets at Amerant Bank Arena and War Memorial.
• Set-up signage, banners, and other conversion responsibilities from one event or game to another.
• Installation, repair, and removal of arena parts and seating.
• Respond to requests from management, vendors, guests, event, and team representatives to move furniture, boxes, and equipment.
• Satisfy requests from vendors, guests, team, and event representatives to relocate materials and equipment on event day and during events.
• Set-up and breakdown barricades, tables, chairs, risers, and stages around the arena.
• Distribute Panthers "giveaways" to each arena entrance.
• Transport deliveries to Ice Den and War Memorial.
• Build and disassemble "risers" and stages for concerts and other events.
• Store, retrieve, and re-arrange various items in our storage areas for all departments.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma/GED
• The ability to understand instructions from supervisor(s) and arena management.
• Work weekends, nights, overnights, holidays
• Ability to climb, crawl, kneel, squat, bend and extend arms or legs fully.
• Ability to operate forklift and warehouse equipment (Not required but preferred)

Work Environment:

This position works in an arena where the noise level is generally high, crowd traffic is heavy, temperatures are variable - often cold; lights are bright or dark with occasional exposure to flashing lights and pyrotechnics.

Physical Demands:

Balancing - Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling and walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces.
Stooping - Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.
Kneeling - Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
Crouching - Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
Reaching - Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
Standing - Particularly for sustained periods of time.
Walking - Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
Pushing - Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
Pulling - Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
Lifting - Raising objects up to 65 pounds from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Grasping - Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
Talking - Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.
Hearing - Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
Repetitive motion - Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:This is a non-exempt, full-time position. Must be able to work traditional hours in addition to nights, weekends and occasional holidays.

At the Florida Panthers Hockey Club, Arena Operating Company, Panthers Ice Den, Sanza Food Service, War Memorial Benefit Corporation, and FLA Team Shop, we strive to make every employee feel valued and respected for who they are and the unique contributions they make. We believe that a diverse and inclusive company is a more innovative and successful company, which is why we aim to infuse diversity,…