# Stagehand Arena Rigger

**Company**: Feld Entertainment
**Location**: Show Unit/Traveling Show
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: Full Time
**Category**: Other
**Industry**: Other

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## Description

The Arena Rigger functions as a member of an integrated team of rigging specialists on a large-scale arena touring production.

Responsibilities:

- Participate in setting up and tearing down rigging, trussing, automation systems, stunt equipment, and other gear.

- Direct local crews in loading and unloading, assembling, and disassembling equipment.

- Repair and maintain rigging equipment and hardware according to supervisors and Best Practice Safety Standards.

- Ensure safety and security of rigging equipment, including chain hoist motors, truss, ground support, winch lines, stunt equipment, and safety systems.

- Follow cues to maintain high standards of quality for the production's aesthetics and creative vision.

- Comply with Feld Entertainment Inc.'s Best Practice Guidelines and local regulations.

- Continuously seek to improve efficiency and safety within the rigging department and overall production.

- Accept additional duties as assigned by supervisors.

Requirements:

- Associate degree or higher in Technical Theatre or 6+ years of experience in rigging in arena, movie, or theatre touring industries.

- Ability to climb and work at heights over 55ft.

- Experience with arena, movie, theatre rigging, purchase systems, and ground support trussing.

- Highly skilled in chain motor hoist and stunt equipment operation, repair, and maintenance.

- Knowledge of rope, aircraft cable splicing, Nicropress skills.

- Ability to lift over 75 lbs, stand for 2 hours, and operate small hand tools.

- Additional skills in carpentry, welding, metal fabrication, and understanding of electrical principles, formulas, and drawings.

- Forklift, Aerial lift operator certification a plus.

- Ability and desire to tour year-round and travel internationally and to Canada.

## Skills

### Required
- rigging
- trussing
- automation systems
- stunt equipment
- chain motor hoist
- rope splicing
- Nicropress
- carpentry
- welding
- metal fabrication
- electrical principles

### Nice to have
- forklift operator certification
- aerial lift operator certification

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