Department Manager - Lighting

Job Title: Department Manager - Lighting

Location: Basingstoke Headquarters

Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 per annum (DOE) plus benefits

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent. 09:00-18:00 Monday-Friday (flexible working hours and the possibility of overtime during busy periods)

TSL is at the forefront of the live event industry, providing lighting and rigging solutions for live music, theatre and corporate events across the UK and Europe. We pride ourselves on the high quality of our services and the equipment that we offer our customers.

Due to continued growth, we are now looking for a Department Manager - Lighting who is responsible for leading a team in the preparation, servicing, and presentation of a wide range of entertainment lighting equipment. In this Department Manager role, you will be involved in the line management of a team along with an oversight of all departmental activities ensuring that safety, maintenance, and quality control procedures are observed.

Key Responsibilities:

People Management:

• Provide direct line management to warehouse staff within the lighting department, managing workloads, identifying training needs and updating departmental training matrices.
• Lead internal on-the-job training and support external training where appropriate.
• Motivate and support team members in achieving both individual and departmental goals.

Lighting Equipment & Operations Management:

• Supervise and participate in the preparation, servicing, and maintenance of all lighting equipment, including intelligent fixtures, dimmers, cabling, and control systems. Ensuring that all equipment is correctly configured.
• Oversee the safe and efficient maintenance, fault-finding, and repair of lighting
• Implement and maintain departmental quality control standards and document preparation procedures.
• Maintain accurate stock levels for spare parts, consumables, and specialist lighting tools.
• Perform thorough check-outs and check-ins of orders, overseeing the safe loading and unloading of (This will involve manual handling of heavy and bulky lighting equipment)
• Ownership of departmental stock take, ensuring records are accurate and up to date.
• Manage the safe and consistent integration of new lighting

Skills and Qualities required:

• Proven experience in managing or supervising a technical team, ideally within a warehouse or rental environment.
• Strong knowledge of entertainment lighting equipment and systems, including moving lights, generics, LED fixtures, dimmers, and control hardware with an awareness of lighting network protocols such as DMX, Art-Net, and sACN.
• Familiarity with industry standards for rigging and cabling of lighting systems.
• Ability to diagnose faults and oversee maintenance and repair of lighting equipment.
• Experience with PAT testing and electrical safety procedures is beneficial.
• Effective communication, organisational, and leadership skills.
• IT literacy, including working knowledge of Google Workspace and Microsoft Office.

Benefits:

• 20 days holiday plus Bank Holidays - rising a day per year up to 25 days.
• Staff canteen
• Car Park with EV Charging
• Pension
• Employee Assistance Programme

Our Values:

• Excellence and Quality
• Innovation and Agility
• Teamwork
• Integrity and Ethics
• Honesty
• Learning

Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: Department Manager, Lighting Department Manager, Lighting Category Manager, Lighting Supervisor, Lighting Team Leader, Lighting Operations Manager, may also be considered for this role.