Vernonchalmers is hiring: Technical Director in Albuquerque

Connecting Creative Minds, Arts & Creative Opportunities and Jobs

$70,000-$80,000 commensurate with experience

Position Summary
The Director of Technical Production is the senior technical leader responsible for the planning, budgeting, execution, and continuous improvement of technical production systems across the National Institute of Flamenco's performance and production activity. This role leads the organization’s technical infrastructure across a distributed, multi-venue environment and helps ensure that productions, touring, rentals, recurring venue activity, and public performance programs are technically sound, financially disciplined, and operationally aligned.

Primary Responsibilities
Technical Production Leadership and Planning

Lead technical production planning and execution across Festival Flamenco Alburquerque, Yjastros, La Estrella, tablao, private and contracted performances, touring, and education-supported performance activity.

Translate artistic and institutional priorities into technically feasible production plans across multiple venues, performance formats, and staffing conditions.

Develop and maintain production systems that support consistency, accountability, safety, and quality across year‑round performance activity.

Advance productions and events with venues, presenters, and technical partners, including schedules, house requirements, technical riders, labor needs, load‑ins, strikes, performance protocols, and technical handoff systems.

Budgeting, Expense Control, and Production Economics

Develop and oversee technical production budgets, labor models, staffing plans, production estimates, and venue‑by‑venue operating plans in alignment with organizational resources and performance goals.

Oversee cost control, expense budgets, labor discipline, and net performance results as related to technical production.

Build realistic staffing and operational models that align production needs with earned‑revenue realities and organizational capacity.

Partner with producing, performance, and finance leadership to ensure that technical budgets, production choices, and staffing structures support strong bottom‑line performance.

Support the creation of accurate production estimates and technical assumptions for private gigs, contracted performances, recurring venue activity, and touring work so that revenue projections can be pursued responsibly.

Crew Structures, Staffing, and Operational Execution

Establish technically sound crew structures for each production type and venue, including the use of stage managers, A1/A2 support, lighting support, wardrobe support, deck labor, drivers, floor crew, and other technical personnel as needed.

Supervise the Technical Production Coordinator and other technical staff or contractors as assigned.

Work closely with the Performance and Venue Operations Manager on recurring venue activity, private gigs, overhire staffing, transportation logistics, vehicle readiness, technical estimates, and operational execution for contracted, community‑based, and festival activity.

Help ensure that private performance activity and recurring performance work are structured in ways that support revenue goals while remaining technically feasible and financially disciplined.

Support the identification, planning, and deployment of overhire crew, including drivers, dance‑floor‑moving crew, and other operational support personnel needed for Festival and other production‑heavy periods.

Inventory, Rentals, Transportation, and Fleet Systems

Manage and improve inventory systems for lighting, sound, projection, flooring, rigging, vehicles, and related production assets, including maintenance schedules, readiness standards, check‑out systems, usage tracking, and long‑term planning.

Support and help grow earned‑income activity connected to the rental of lighting, sound, projection, and other production equipment by building organized, accountable systems for asset use, pricing, maintenance, availability, and deployment.

Work in coordination with relevant staff to ensure that production equipment is maintained and positioned not only for internal organizational use but also for responsible external rental use where appropriate.

Oversee technical systems related to transportation planning, dance floor movement logistics, equipment deployment, and production‑related vehicle use.

Work in coordination with relevant staff to ensure that the organization’s vehicle fleet, van rentals, and production transportation needs are aligned with technical and operational demands.

Costume, Wardrobe, and Cross‑Department Coordination

Supervise the operational leaders responsible for costume and wardrobe systems, including the Costume and Retail Operations Manager and related costume‑shop personnel through the production structure.

Work closely with costume and wardrobe personnel to ensure costume readiness, wardrobe needs, fittings support, inventory use, and show‑specific costume logistics are aligned with technical and production timelines.

Collaborate with artistic directors to translate creative priorities into feasible technical plans and to identify where budget, labor, venue, costume, or transportation limitations require alternative approaches.

Support technical planning for education‑connected public performances, including culminating performances associated with outreach residencies and community programming.

Help ensure that production‑related planning is coordinated across producing, artist logistics, venue operations, education, costume/wardrobe, and technical execution.

Maintain strong safety, operational, and quality‑control standards across all technical work.

Works Closely With

Executive Director and Deputy Executive Director

Director of Producing and Performance Strategy

Performance and Venue Operations Manager

Artist and Company Manager

Costume and Retail Operations Manager and costume shop personnel

Artistic Directors and relevant program leadership

Education leadership and program staff

Finance leadership, vendors, venues, technical contractors, drivers, and transportation partners

Qualifications & Experience

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in technical theatre, production management, design, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible technical production experience in live performance, festival, touring, rental, or multi‑venue environments.

Demonstrated success managing technical budgets, venue advances, labor plans, overhire staffing, production inventories, and multi‑project production calendars.

Strong knowledge of lighting, sound, projection, stage management, deck operations, and general technical production practice. A lighting‑centered background is welcome.

Experience supervising technical crews, contractors, and operational personnel and building systems that support both artistic quality and operational discipline.

Experience with transportation‑related production logistics, vehicle coordination, equipment deployment, and/or touring logistics strongly preferred.

Experience with capital equipment systems, asset management, and/or rental operations strongly preferred.

Ability to manage complex schedules, adapt to changing needs, and communicate clearly with artists, staff, venues, contractors, and operational partners.

Strong organizational and documentation skills, including inventory tracking, budget tracking, production records, and systems maintenance.

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