Jobs at City Theatrical

City Theatrical is a manufacturer of unique lighting accessories for the entertainment industry. Our products are found on shows, in installations all over the U.S., and around the world. We have an interesting and exciting work environment encompassing product development, manufacturing, engineering, and sales. We enjoy inventing and making things as well as selling them, and we have considerable lighting experience.

CTI utilizes an open book management system, invites employee involvement, and since we believe that those who help create the success of the company should also share in that success, we have a generous profit sharing program.  We are located in Carlstadt, New Jersey, just eight miles from Times Square and easily reachable by public transportation.

We presently have these job openings:

Sales Manufacturing  Engineering
Customer Service Production Manager Electromechanical Assembler
Inside Sales Assembly Manager  
Outside Sales Manufacturing Engineer  
  Machinist  
  Welder/Fabricator  

Customer Service

City Theatrical, Inc. is seeking a Customer Service person to join our growing  team. We are a forward-looking, innovative company just outside of Manhattan that is growing and actively pursuing making ourselves better all the time and we need good people to help us realize our goals. A person with good organizational skills and a background in theater lighting would be a good candidate for this position. If you’re bright, enthusiastic, creative, professional, can work as part of a team and independently and are good with details, we’d like to hear from you. You must have a strong desire to both succeed and grow.

Responsibilities will include data entry, preparing shipping documents, telephone contact with customers, developing and maintaining customer relationships and providing  customer service. Benefits include medical,  401K plan, profit-sharing, vacation and sick days.   Please send resume to Andrew Nikel at City Theatrical, Inc. anikel@citytheatrical.com 

Inside Salesperson

City Theatrical, Inc. is seeking an Inside Salesperson to join our growing sales team. Someone with a theatrical lighting background, a good eye for detail and a strong ethical sense that likes working with people in a creative, briskly-paced manufacturing environment would be ideally suited to this position.

Responsibilities would include telephone contact with existing and prospective customers, developing sales and markets, order entry and customer service. The purpose of the job is to reach out to and educate existing and potential clients in order to increase sales, and support our award-winning customer service staff. Benefits include medical,  401K plan, profit-sharing, vacation and sick days.  Please send resume to Andrew Nikel at City Theatrical, Inc. anikel@citytheatrical.com  

Outside Salesperson

City Theatrical, Inc. is seeking an Outside Salesperson. Someone with a strong theatrical lighting background, a good eye for detail and a strong ethical sense that can thrive independently and likes working with a nice group of people in a creative, briskly-paced manufacturing environment would be ideally suited to this position. Good time-management skills and self-motivation will be great skills for this person to have as well as an appreciation and appetite for hard work. Strong technical aptitude and demonstration skills will also be needed.

Responsibilities would include representing the company, visiting customers, developing sales and markets, maintaining and evolving relationships, actively listening to customers and end-users, identifying needs, proposing solutions and closing sales. Travel is required.

 The purpose of the job is to reach out to and educate existing and potential clients in order to increase sales, and support our award-winning customer service staff. Benefits include medical,  401K plan, profit-sharing, vacation and sick days.  Please send resume to Andrew Nikel at City Theatrical, Inc. anikel@citytheatrical.com 

Production Manager

City Theatrical, Inc. is seeking a Production Manager.  The Production Manager will work with the Head of Manufacturing to create, monitor and complete the daily schedules in our fast paced manufacturing environment.  Our technologies includes CNC metalworking, welding, fabrication, assembly, and powdercoating.  The organizational skills of theatre production will serve the job candidate well, and CTI will provide training in other processes including 3D Solidworks drafting and production machinery.  Candidates should have strong computer skills, a good work ethic, high mechanical aptitude, and the ability to direct a crew and meet deadlines. 

Benefits include medical,  401K plan, profit-sharing, vacation and sick days.  Please send resume to Scott Tiede at City Theatrical, Inc. stiede@citytheatrical.com

Assembly Manager

CITY THEATRICAL, INC., the Carlstadt, NJ, manufacturer of lighting accessories is seeking an Assembly Manager to join our growing manufacturing team.  We will train the right individual for this job. This job may be of interest to a designer, stage manager, or technical production person who wishes to remain in show business but does not want to travel or work nights and weekends. 

The Assembly Manager supervises the powdercoat process, final assembly of non- electronic products, and the shipping department, and manages a staff of about eight workers.  

CTI has a bright and modern factory with interested workers dedicated to producing innovative lighting accessories.  Benefits include medical,  401K plan, profit-sharing, vacation and sick days.  Please send resume to Scott Tiede at City Theatrical, Inc. stiede@citytheatrical.com

Manufacturing Engineer

City Theatrical, Inc. is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to join our growing manufacturing team.  We will train the right individual for this job. A person with good drafting skills and experience in the organizational and scheduling challenges of live theatre would be successful in this job. This job may be of interest to a designer, stage manager, or technical production person who wishes to remain in show business but does not want to travel or work nights and weekends.  

The Manufacturing Engineer is a member of the manufacturing management team and works for the Head of Manufacturing.  The Manufacturing Engineer’s daily responsibilities include maintenance of the CTI parts and product database and bills of material, purchasing production parts as needed, and creating and maintaining the CTI parts drawings database by creating drawings and 3D solid models in Solidworks and 2D sheet metal drawings in Fabriwin.  We will provide Solidworks and Fabriwin training to a candidate who possesses strong AutoCAD or Vectorworks skills.   

CTI has a bright and modern factory with interested workers dedicated to producing innovative lighting accessories.  Benefits include medical,  401K plan, profit-sharing, vacation and sick days.  Please send resume to Scott Tiede at City Theatrical, Inc. stiede@citytheatrical.com

Machinist

City Theatrical, Inc. is seeking a Machinist  to join our growing manufacturing team.  The Machinist will operate and maintain manual and CNC machinery including lathes, milling machines, surface grinders, drill presses, and power presses, as well as set up punch presses, uncoilers and feeders, and maintain die sets.  The Machinist will produce catalog parts to specification and create jigs and fixtures for the use of the manufacturing team.  CTI will provide specific machinery training as needed to an individual who possesses strong Machinist skills and mechanical aptitude. Welding skills and CAD drafting ability, particularly in Solidworks are a plus.  

CTI has a bright and modern factory with interested workers dedicated to producing innovative lighting accessories.  Benefits include medical,  401K plan, profit-sharing, vacation and sick days.  Please send resume to Scott Tiede at City Theatrical, Inc. stiede@citytheatrical.com

Welder/Fabricator

City Theatrical, Inc. is seeking a Welder/Fabricator to join our growing manufacturing team. This person will cut metal with a cold saw, machine, grind and fit parts, and weld them using stick, MIG or TIG welding.  Materials include aluminum, steel and stainless steel.  Accuracy of measurements and appearance of welds are critical in this application.  This person would also function as part of the CTI manufacturing team and would sometimes operate machine shop or other equipment as needed. We will train a good theatrical welder in machine shop practices.  Benefits include medical,  401K plan, profit-sharing, vacation and sick days.  Please send resume to Scott Tiede at City Theatrical, Inc. stiede@citytheatrical.com

Electromechanical Assembler

City Theatrical is seeking an Electro-Mechanical Assembler for its growing Electronic Assembly Department.  This person will work with fellow assemblers to build CTI standard parts to the quality and standards set by the department.   He/She will ensure correct parts are being used and assemblies are built to print specifications.  This person will be expected to maintain expected productivity output levels and complete assignments as scheduled as well as inspect and verify work has been completed correctly.  The ideal candidate will have the ability to troubleshoot circuit boards to the component level and makes any repairs as necessary.  Previous background in technical theatre is a plus. Benefits include medical,  401K plan, profit-sharing, vacation and sick days.  Please send resume to Adam Klein at City Theatrical, Inc.  aklein@citytheatrical.com