Town Green Sound Technician

About Maple Grove, MN

Maple Grove is a forward-thinking, thriving community in the northwest suburbs of the Twin Cities metropolitan area.  We are home to over 70,000 residents with a projected population of 90,000 by 2040 with 2,500 acres of undeveloped land. The City of Maple Grove is proud to employ over 250 benefit-earning employees, 500+ part-time, casual, temporary, seasonal employees, and 100 paid-on-call firefighters to staff our many departments.  We provide public safety, public works, community and economic development, parks & recreation, and many other important public services to a growing community.

The Position

The City of Maple Grove is seeking a Sound Technician!  In this role, you will be tasked with maintaining the efficient and safe operation of the City of Maple Grove's Town Green Park video and lighting equipment for community-sponsored events.  As our sound technician, you will get to have a fantastic impact on our community by helping to create special events for our residents. Join our growing and diverse community,  and help make this an awesome summer full of amazing events!

Interviews conducted as applications received, open until filled*

Hours: Part-time, flexible schedule based on programming needs and Town Green activities. The position runs approximately June through August. Must be available to work daytime, evenings, and/or weekend hours.

• Set up and operate outdoor live sound reinforcement systems, as well as video and lighting equipment.

• Utilize signal flow and proper gain structure with all necessary microphones, mixing consoles, amplifiers, processors, equalizers, loudspeakers, monitors, snakes, cables, stands, and auxiliary equipment

• Document repairs required to maintain audio and video equipment.

• Monitor sound, video, and lighting equipment-related activities within the park and use sound judgment.

• Provide input to the Sound Technician Supervisor and Town Green Supervisor.

• Ability to learn and comply with all City of Maple Grove recreation programs, policies, and procedures regarding the operation of the Town Green.

• Prepare reports as requested.

• Walk or physically move through the park numerous times each shift.

• Familiarization with emergency and accident procedures.

• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Ability to:

• Communicate effectively with the public, supervisor, and part-time staff.

• Exercise good independent judgment and decision-making.

• Work with no direct supervision.

• Walk or physically move through the park numerous times each shift.

• Public contact requiring tact and courtesy.

• Take a drug test

• Lift or move equipment up to 50 pounds.

Need to have:

• Must be at least 18 years of age or older.

• Experience with setting up sound equipment.

Nice to have:

• The equivalent of two summers' experience operating outdoor live sound reinforcement systems.

• Knowledge of wiring a stage and setting up a microphone on instruments, power up and down procedures.

• Experience setting up a console and processing rack and experience with route cabling.

• Experience with mixing a wide variety of different-sized bands.

• Experience setting up and operating outdoor live sound reinforcement, video, and lighting systems.