Associate Technical Director

Lead the technical delivery of world-class entertainment and immersive experience projects, from cruise ship venues and attractions to complex integrated show systems. This is a hands-on technical leadership role for someone who thrives on solving engineering challenges and bringing ambitious experiences to life.

Please double check you have the right level of experience and qualifications by reading the full overview of this opportunity below.

About us:

CONDUCTR is a dynamic collective of designers, technologists, media experts, producers & engineers. The vision is simple - fuse the creativity of a design studio, with the innovation of a tech lab, to create a one-stop shop for extraordinary guest-centric, 360 attraction experiences.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Delivery Leadership

• Take ownership of the technical delivery of assigned projects throughout the project lifecycle.
• Act as the primary day-to-day technical lead for assigned projects, coordinating technical activities across internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Lead the development and integration of AVL, networking, media distribution, control systems, and associated technical infrastructure.
• Ensure technical solutions align with creative intent, operational requirements, project budgets, programme constraints, and long-term maintainability objectives.
• Identify, manage, and resolve technical risks throughout design and delivery phases.
• Escalate significant technical, commercial, or programme risks to the Head of Show Systems & Engineering where appropriate.

Systems Design & Integration

• Develop, review, and coordinate system architectures, equipment schedules, network topologies, signal flow documentation, and technical design packages.
• Coordinate interfaces between show systems, facility systems, operational technology, specialist vendor packages, and third-party installations.
• Support design reviews, technical workshops, and interdisciplinary coordination activities.
• Ensure designs remain practical, maintainable, and appropriate for their operational environment, whether within cruise ships, themed attractions, museums, heritage sites, or other visitor-facing environments.
• Support technical decision-making throughout project development and delivery.
• Review engineering deliverables produced by internal teams, consultants, and suppliers to ensure technical consistency and quality.

Technical Governance & Cross-Discipline Coordination

• Act as the technical representative within multidisciplinary project teams, ensuring technical considerations are appropriately integrated throughout project development and delivery.
• Work closely with Creative, Software, Art & Media, R&D, Production, PMO, Commercial, Operations, and external stakeholders to ensure technical decisions support project objectives and remain deliverable.
• Participate in project design reviews and governance activities, challenging proposals where necessary to ensure alignment with engineering standards, operational requirements, technical strategy, and project constraints.
• Review technical solutions, system architectures, and engineering deliverables to ensure consistency with CDTR's standards, preferred methodologies, and long-term engineering direction.
• Support technical decision making across project teams by providing clear assessment of technical feasibility, integration impacts, maintainability considerations, and delivery risks.
• Ensure technical decisions appropriately balance creative intent, guest experience, operational requirements, maintainability, programme, and budget considerations.
• Identify potential technical, operational, maintainability, and integration risks early and support the development of appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Support the maintenance and continuous improvement of departmental engineering standards, design practices, documentation quality, and technical workflows.

Cruise Ship & Marine Project Delivery

• Lead technical coordination activities on assigned cruise ship and marine entertainment projects.
• Coordinate technical interfaces with cruise line stakeholders, shipyards, interior fit out contractors, marine consultants, integrators, and specialist vendors.
• Ensure technical designs account for the operational, environmental, installation, and maintainability requirements associated with marine environments.
• Support vessel refurbishment programmes, new-build projects, and entertainment venue upgrades through design, integration, commissioning, and handover phases.

Commissioning & Delivery Support

• Support installation planning, testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, and technical handover activities.
• Develop and coordinate commissioning plans, testing procedures, and acceptance criteria where required.
• Support issue resolution during integration and commissioning phases.
• Participate in key project milestones, factory acceptance activities, site testing, and handover processes.

Project & Stakeholder Support

• Support Producers and Project Managers on assigned projects through technical planning, scope coordination, interface management, risk identification, programme support, and delivery planning.
• Participate in client meetings, design reviews, workshops, and technical presentations.
• Support technical reviews of supplier proposals, subcontractor deliverables, and engineering submissions.
• Provide technical input during bids, feasibility studies, and project planning activities.

Team Development & Continuous Improvement

• Mentor junior engineers and support their technical development.
• Promote engineering best practice and high-quality technical documentation.
• Contribute to engineering standards, templates, workflows, and best practices.
• Support knowledge sharing and continuous improvement across the Show Systems & Engineering team.

You Should Have:

• Significant experience delivering complex AVL, show systems, systems integration, immersive experience, themed entertainment, or related technical projects.
• Strong understanding of AV systems, IT networking, media distribution, and control system architectures.
• Experience leading technical coordination across multidisciplinary project teams.
• Experience producing and reviewing technical design documentation and engineering deliverables.
• Experience supporting installation, testing, commissioning, and technical handover activities.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple technical interfaces across complex projects.
• Ability to evaluate technical proposals, challenge assumptions, and support informed project decision-making.
• Willingness to travel internationally as required.

It would be great if you have:

• Experience delivering technical design or systems integration projects within the cruise ship or marine sector.
• Experience working with shipyards, cruise operators, marine consultants, or vessel refurbishment programmes.
• Experience within themed entertainment, attractions, museums, heritage environments, visitor experiences, or location-based entertainment.
• Familiarity with show control systems and integrated experience technology environments.
• Understanding of technical delivery processes across design, integration, commissioning, and operational handover phases.
• Understanding of RIBA Plan of Work principles, stage-gated design development, and multidisciplinary design coordination processes.
• Experience working within consultancy, design-led, or multidisciplinary project environments where technical packages are developed through defined design and delivery stages.

Personal Attributes:

• Strong systems thinking mindset.
• Pragmatic and delivery focused.
• Comfortable coordinating multiple stakeholders and technical disciplines.
• Confident communicator capable of engaging with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Able to challenge constructively and influence decision-making across multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong judgement when balancing creative ambition, technical feasibility, operational requirements, and delivery constraints.
• Collaborative and solutions oriented.
• Able to balance technical detail with project-level priorities.
• Calm and effective under pressure.
• Motivated to grow into broader technical leadership responsibilities over time.

What it's like working at CONDUCTR

CONDUCTR is proud to be recognised as a Great Place to Work®, officially certified for our outstanding workplace culture and employee satisfaction. We’ve also been named on the UK’s Best Workplaces™ 2026 list, recognised as a top 50 company to work for in the UK. We’re also honoured to be placed on UK’s Best Workplaces™ lists for: Wellbeing, Development, Women, and Tech, ranking highly among the top 100 companies for employee support, growth and career development - and we’re just getting started!

On top of that, we’re one of the UK’s fastest growing companies - recently ranked 5th nationwide - creating exciting opportunities for our team to grow as fast as the business. xwzovoh

Our 5 core values articulate this best, and we are looking for people who can demonstrate them:

• We go above and #beyond
• We work as a #team & make it fun
• We creatively #kick-ass
• We #do it efficiently, on time & on budget
• We deliver work that makes us #proud

Does this sound like the job for you?

Apply via this post by sharing your LinkedIn profile & CV. If you sound like you are a good fit, we will reach out for an initial informal interview.