Technical Specialist

$47,300 - $60,000 per year, full-time permanent, generous benefits package

Do you love applying innovative thinking and technical knowledge to develop, install and maintain exhibits and multi-media productions? If so, then joining the Science North Technical Services team may be your next career opportunity. As a Technical Specialist with team you’ll be a hands-on technical professional responsible for fabricating, installing, maintaining, and repairing exhibit and multi-media. You’ll help bridge the gap between design and reality, ensuring that interactive displays and educational elements are safe, engaging, and fully functional for public use.

If you have a passion and the skill sets to work with both materials and electronics, audio visual equipment/ techniques, lighting and programming, and special effects and are looking for a unique and exciting place to share that knowledge, the role of Technical Specialist is a perfect fit. You’ll work with a team of experts committed to creating and maintaining amazing exhibits.

As the successful candidate, you will deliver excellent customer service through extensive liaison and coordination with internal staff teams and external contacts and contractors and must be able to travel between Science North and Dynamic Earth sites. This opportunity is based in Sudbury and is not suitable for remote work.

Position Highlights

• Installation & Fabrication: Construct, install (and de-install) temporary and permanent exhibits, including carpentry, painting, and setting up audio-visual equipment
• Develop and implement technical aspects of major projects including innovative design and integration of technical components
• Analyze technical requirements, and source appropriate equipment and solutions for exhibits
• Research and source suppliers, obtain quotes and purchase technical equipment and systems for exhibit development in accordance with organizational policies and budgets
• May occasionally work with touring operations team, to install (de-install) travelling exhibitions, at venues domestically and/or internationally
• Maintenance & Repair: Perform daily inspections, troubleshoot mechanical/electrical or AV component issues and repair interactive components to ensure functionality
• Maintain electronic equipment, update firmware and manage cable infrastructure
• Event Support: Set up, operate and dismantle A/V equipment for conferences, public presentations and private events and functions
• System Operation: Manage media playback, lighting, and audio levels, including specialized technology like projection mapping or interactive, sensor-driven displays
• Safety & Security: Ensure all exhibits meet safety standards for public interaction and that materials are non-toxic and secure
• Artifact Handling: Pack, transport, and install sensitive artifacts or delicate scientific specimens
• Documentation: Maintain accurate maintenance records, technical manuals, inventory of materials, and updated technical drawings

Qualifications:

• 3 years’ experience in the technical field; including AV, electronics, technical design, sound engineering
• A post-secondary degree and/or diploma that lends to the position, or equivalent experience
• Proficiency with power tools, hand tools, basic carpentry, electrical systems, audio-visual troubleshooting, audio mixing, video projection, lighting and signal flow
• Experience with Windows/Mac, content management systems, networking and control software
• Advance critical thinking skills and comfort with technical schematics and blueprints
• Ability to stand for long periods, lift heavy objects, and work in varied environments
• Superior attention to detail and a meticulous approach to finishing, lighting, and safety checks
• Demonstrated ability with work effectively with curators, designers, and fellow technicians
• Demonstrated aptitude for problem-solving and innovation
• A valid G driver’s license in good standing
• Willingness to acquire necessary training and certification to work at heights and operate a forklift
• Willingness and ability for some weekend and evening work
• Must be willing, and able, to periodically travel domestically and internationally, including holding, or willing to obtain, a valid passport

Compensation Highlights:

• Full-time permanent opportunity
• Competitive salary starting at $47,300 to $60,000 per year
• Annual performance and merit increase consideration
• Participation in the Science North Employee Incentive Plan
• Flexible work arrangements
• Comprehensive group benefit package including medical, dental, vision, paramedical, life/travel insurance, short and long-term disability coverage, 24/7 telemedicine access, wellness spending account/ onsite physio/chiro services
• Pension plan following one year
• Science North annual family membership
• Onsite gym
• Free or discounted admission to other attractions outside Sudbury, Science North facilities and program discounts, fitness membership contribution, on-site parking
• Professional development opportunities
• Minimum 3 weeks vacation with incremental entitlements of one week after 5 and 10 yrs of service
• Free onsite parking

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Science North, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Apply online at https://jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/sciencenorth/CANDIDATEPORTAL/jobs/2299 . An early application represents your best opportunity for consideration. Science North is committed to an inclusive workplace and invites applications from all qualified individuals to join our diverse team. Accommodations are available upon request in all aspects of Science North’s selection process. We thank all interested candidates; only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

Science North is grateful to work with First Nations across Northern Ontario and we give thanks to the Indigenous Peoples who have cared for this land since time immemorial. We pay respect to their traditions, ways of knowing, and acknowledge their many contributions to innovations in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, past and present. We also recognize the Métis Nation of Ontario for their historic and ongoing contributions. Science North commits to deepening engagement, relationships and partnerships in order to advance truth and reconciliation, honour and reflect Indigenous ways of knowing, grow economic opportunities, and collaborate with Indigenous peoples as partners in order to inspire all people to be engaged with science in the world around them.

Science North is a registered charity and is an agency of the Government of Ontario

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $47,300.00-$60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Dental care
• Disability insurance
• Discounted or free food
• Employee assistance program
• Extended health care
• Flexible schedule
• Life insurance
• On-site gym
• On-site parking
• Store discount
• Vision care
• Wellness program

Experience:

• electronics, technical design, sound engineering: 3 years (preferred)

Language:

• English (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Class G Licence (required)

Work Location: In person