Entertainment Light Engineer

About Butlin's

At Butlin’s, we’re all about fun, excitement, and adventure by the bucketload! For over 80 years we’ve been delighting hundreds of thousands of guests each year, whether on a non-stop action family break or our epic Adult only Big Weekenders.

Ask any of our team, past and present, and one of the best things they’ll say about working at Butlin’s is our culture! We’re all about providing our guests with an Altogether More Entertaining and Fun Break, brought to life through our three mighty values.
So, if you want a role where you Create Smiles, where you aren’t afraid to Get Stuck In and where the team genuinely Cares For Each Other - this could be the perfect fit for you.

There has never been a more exciting time to join Butlin’s!

About the role

Entertainment is, and always has been a huge part of the Butlin's business. We are passionate about producing and delivering great quality entertainment and we’re looking for talented Light Engineers to join our Technical Support Team.

As a Lighting Engineer, you will add magic to performances through the creative use of lighting. You will be responsible for the set up and operation of lighting systems for our jam packed entertainments programme and will assist in the creative design and delivery for some of our shows. You will also work closely with artists, performers and the wider Technical Team to ensure our entertainment continues to delight our guests and create memories that last a lifetime.

As well as setting up and operating our lighting systems, you will also be responsible for basic system maintenance and repair if required.

About You

We’re looking for experienced Lighting Engineers with a working knowledge of various lighting consoles, with Avolites and MA Lighting being preferable.

Due to the range of entertainment offered at our resorts, you should ideally have experience with different genres of entertainment, but this isn’t essential. What’s more important to us is your ability to think on your feet and have a solution minded approach to your work.

You should be comfortable working at height and have strong knowledge of intelligent lighting fixtures, rigging and suspension. With this in mind, it is also very important that you have strong health and safety awareness and are operating in the right way at all times.

With this is a technical role, the team will also want your creative input for shows so you should be happy to share your creative ideas and work closely with the wider team to bring those to life.
As with all roles at Butlin's, no day will ever be the same! You should love getting stuck in, working with a like-minded team and making a difference to our guests.

If this sounds like the perfect role for you, we would love to hear from you. To apply, submit your CV along with a few words about why you would like to work for Butlins, what about the role excites you and what you would bring to the role if successful.