Field Project Manager

Join Our Team: Field Project Manager at Barbizon Lighting Company

Empower Your Career with a Leader in Entertainment Lighting

About Barbizon Lighting Company:

Barbizon Lighting is not just a company; it's a beacon in the entertainment lighting industry, illuminating the path for theatre, television, film, education, and themed environments for over 75 years. As the foremost supplier of entertainment lighting, rigging, drapery, expendables, and theatrical systems integration, we pride ourselves on blending the resourcefulness of a large international corporation with the personalized touch of a small business. Located in Alexandria, VA, we're inviting you to become a part of our legacy and contribute to our bright future.

The Systems Division specializes in the Design and Integration of lighting control systems within the architectural and entertainment industries, such as broadcast studios, theaters, educational institutions, themed environments, building facades, spires, stadiums, bridges, and many others.

Your Role: Field Project Manager

In this pivotal role, you will be the hub of our onsite installation operation, ensuring the efficient and timely assembly and startup of new lighting systems. Your mission is to foster the synergy between ideas and execution, helping to turn visionary projects into reality.

What You Will Do:

• Lead and inspire daytoday job site operations.
• Provide amazing onsite support and guidance to our colleagues, customers, installers and subcontractors.
• Communicate, collaborate and coordinate with our Project Management Team

Your Impact:

As a Field Project Manager, your contributions will resonate far and wide. You will:

• Attend and contribute to Systems project handoff meetings, becoming a crucial voice in our project planning and execution
• Take ownership of projects from the commencement of installation, through execution, to completion
• Conduct frequent site visits to support Project Management and Technical Services
• Maintain close working relationships with forepersons, installers, field project managers and any other customerrelated supervisors
• Manage the intricacies of onsite politics and relationships
• Represent Barbizon at onsite coordination meetings with all trades and clients
• Oversee the lifecycle of project schedules.
• Supervise onsite installations including fixture prep, hang and focus
• Maintain a high level of communication with Barbizon Project Managers, Service Technicians, System Integrators and Salespeople
• Generate Daily Field Reports
• Provide excellent Customer Service

Who You Are:

• A luminary of organization and time management, capable of orchestrating multiple priorities with finesse.
• A communicator par excellence, adept at forging relationships and navigating through conflicts with ease.
• A problemsolver with a keen eye for detail, unwavering in your pursuit of excellence.
• A team player who thrives in collaboration is selfdriven to excel independently.
• Resilient under pressure, adept at meeting deadlines in a fastpaced environment.
• Experienced in administrative, office management, or project management, preferably in construction, entertainment, or a related field. Stage or Studio Lighting experience is required.

Why Barbizon?

Embark on a career journey with Barbizon, and you'll find more than just a job. You'll discover a place where your contributions matter, a team that values your voice, and opportunities for personal and professional growth. We celebrate diversity, encourage innovation, and strive for excellence in everything we do.

Join us at Barbizon Lighting Company, where your passion for lighting will illuminate the world. Apply now and shine with us!

The salary range for a Field Project Manager at Barbizon Lighting’s Alexandria location is currently $55,000 to $70,000 per annum, depending upon experience. Please be aware, extensive industry experience or specific skills that fully match, or exceed what is required, may in fact increase this range. We strongly encourage all to apply.

In addition to the base pay listed here, Barbizon offers a generous compensation package including medical, dental, life insurance, long-term disability, profit share, and a matching 401k Plan at no cost to the employee. The Company fully funds Barbizon’s healthcare benefits for all full-time employees and dependents. Barbizon also offers a host of voluntary ancillary benefits that include affordable vision, pet insurance, additional life insurance, Flexible Spending Plan, Pre-tax commuter benefits, and Benefits VIP, a dedicated advocacy group that can help employees and their family members resolve benefits issues. Barbizon offers fully paid vacation, sick/safe time, and an additional ten paid holidays. Barbizon Lighting Company’s largest shareholder is our employee group, which currently owns 51% of the company via an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”). An ESOP is a qualified retirement plan that extends beneficial ownership of the business to its employees, at no cost to the plan participant.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

Barbizon Lighting provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. It prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to a diverse workforce. To ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans’ Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title 1 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact Barbizon Lighting’s Corporate HR Department at 643 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10036.

About BARBIZON CAPITOL INC

Open for business since 1947, the Barbizon Lighting Company (Barbizon) is the world’s leading provider of turnkey entertainment lighting systems and products – specializing in the design, sale, service, and installation/integration of lighting, rigging, and control equipment for television, film, live productions, performing arts, themed environments, houses of worship, and architecture. From Barbizon’s strategically placed stocking facilities, we provide industry-leading solutions for our full range of customers. Known as the industry leader, Barbizon boasts an uncontested range of experience, time-tested relationships with product manufacturers, and a first-class team of Systems Integrators, Project Managers, Field Service Technicians, Specifiers, Sales Associates, General Administrators, and Managers.