Cinnabar California Inc.

Cinnabar is a fabrication company that builds almost anything and everything for the world’s most innovative architects, artists, brands, museums, and theme parks. Based in Los Angeles, we’re proud to be at the international epicenter of artistic, architectural, technological, and industrial innovation. In fact, our team of 70+ highly skilled Project Managers, Technical Designers, Engineers, and craftspeople have been at the forefront of our field for 40 years and counting. 

As a Project Manager, you will be critical to all activities at Cinnabar from estimating to installation. It is an exciting position that involves equals amounts of careful administration, client engagement, communication, and collaborative work with the shop floor. At any given moment, you may oversee multiple concurrent projects, each of varying scope, scale, and complexity, ranging from fast turnaround events to year(s)-long museum exhibit builds. Our shop consistently works on high-profile projects throughout the country, and you’ll play an Integral part in bringing these once-in-a-lifetime projects to life.

The successful candidate will have a minimum of 7 years of Project Management experience with budgets of 3m+ in scenic fabrication, themed entertainment, theater production, museum exhibitions, architecture, and/or adjacent industries. This role is in person in our Glendale facility.

Responsibilities:

• Lead project teams of designers, fabricators, and subcontractors from kick-off through completion
• Set milestones, define the paths to achieve them, and adjust as challenges arise
• Oversee information workflow across platforms, insuring proactive flow of communication between client, fabrication, design, and subcontractors
• Generate, maintain, and manage complex budgets
• Identify, forecast, and plan for potential risks

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 7 years’ experience effectively managing and collaborating with multi-discipline design and production teams, both internal and external, as well as vendors and subcontractors;
• Demonstrable record of delivering complex projects on schedule and budget, while maintaining overall guest/visitor experience and creative design intent from concept through installation;
• A background in or experience with fabrication or PM experience in related industries strongly preferred
• A strong command of all applicable contract and administrative provisions;
• Ability to read construction drawings; familiarity with AutoCAD preferred;
• Proven track record of handling competing priorities between client, business needs, and organizational issues;
• Demonstrable ability to take initiative and manage multiple complex issues;
• Excellent communication skills; able to proactively move information across departments and teams

Our shop is 65,000 square feet and employs over 70 highly skilled designers, engineers, and craftspeople in five specialties: technical design, carpentry, specialty fabrication, paint, and metalwork. Many have built decades-long careers with us, and we are proud to provide our talented team with frequent opportunities to grow their skills and work on unique and challenging high-profile projects. 

This is a full time salaried role with paid holidays and time off. We offer health, dental, vision, FSA, and 401(k) plans to all full-time employees. Starting salary ranges from $90-110k, open to negotiation based on experience.

To apply, please email your resume and a brief cover letter email to [email protected] with “Project Manager” in the subject line.

Cinnabar California Inc.

The Production Director is a senior leader and essential part of our team. Working directly with the CEO, they are entrusted to shape our approach to production, fabrication staff recruitment and retention, and implementation of new processes and procedures to manage production capacity, improve efficiencies, safety, and quality.

The ideal candidate for this role is an experienced manager of both people and processes. Holding a mindset of continuous improvement, they are excited about customizing management best practices to bring out the best in an organization and its people. They enjoy collaboration, and work effectively with other company leaders to foster our dynamic work environment that rewards initiative, encourages innovate ideas, and promotes cross-departmental teamwork.

Experience and/or significant interest in the museum, specialty construction or themed entertainment industries is preferred.

Responsibilities include

• Proactively assess, maintain, and forecast overall shop capacity in resources, space, and time; collaborate with Project Management, Technical Design, and Estimating to ensure that bids and jobs have the necessary resources to be successful.
• Directly supervise production department managers (Facility, Carpentry, Metal, Paint, Graphics, Shipping and Logistics); proactively assess managerial training needs to facilitate employee development;
• Collaborate with department managers and project leads to staff fabrication teams based on current and forecasted project needs and fabricator skill sets;
• Assess shop-wide productivity and, working with CFO, recommend new tool & equipment investments, protocols, and processes to improve productivity and efficiency, and reduce cost of goods sold;
• Develop and maintain resource, capacity, and personnel forecasting tools to track shop capacity in real time, and for the upcoming fiscal year, by department and by project;
• Collaborate with CFO to forecast labor costs and set production department budgets;
• Identify and facilitate appropriate departmental development opportunities (e.g., vendor facility tours, attendance at relevant seminars and conferences, continuing education and/or certifications, etc.) 
• Oversee the maintenance updates and implementation of Cinnabar’s Quality Assurance/Control Plan (QA/QC);
• Ensure that our culture of safety is understood and promoted at every step of the process
• Provide in-house safety and OSHA expertise, working with the Safety Team to implement compliant policies and effective training

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ professional construction/construction management experience;
• Professional experience in two or more of the following fabrication specialties: metalwork, fine carpentry/millwork, paint/scenic, sculpture, prop-making, CNC, and/or electromechanical systems. General contractor or construction experience is preferred;
• Proven ability to manage large teams and provide guidance and mentorship to individual managers and fabricators;
• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings;
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite with an emphasis on Excel, scheduling software such as Smartsheet or MS Project. Familiarity with diverse production/project management software’s and/or accounting software is a plus.
• Experience developing and implementing progress tracking tools such as Trello, Airtable, Asana or similar programs;
• Ability to be a leader of diversity/equity/inclusion initiatives within a highly multi-cultural work environment
• Proactive, detail-oriented, and strategic thought leadership with problem-solving abilities;
• Clear and concise written/oral communication skills with some working (written and spoken) proficiency in Spanish strongly preferred;
• Safety Trained Supervisor in Construction (STSC) certification or a willingness to receive this training are also beneficial.
• American Society of Quality (ASQ) certification (Six Sigma, Quality Process Analyst, Master Black Belt) or similar is highly desired.

About Cinnabar:

Founded in 1982, Cinnabar began as a Hollywood scenery shop, producing sets, props, models, and miniatures for big-budget commercials and blockbuster movies. Over the subsequent decades, we’ve leveraged our expertise in creating fictional film worlds to become one of the nation’s leading fabricators of immersive environments for museums, theme parks, television shows, and brand activations.

Our shop is 65,000 square feet and employs over 70 highly skilled designers, engineers, and craftspeople in five specialties: technical design, carpentry, specialty fabrication, paint, and metalwork. Many have built decades-long careers with us, and we are proud to provide our talented team with frequent opportunities to grow their skills and work on unique and challenging high-profile projects. 

This is a salaried role with paid holidays and time off. We also offer health, dental, vision, FSA, and 401(k) plans to all full-time employees. Salary: $110-$140k salary with benefits. Open to negotiation based on experience.

Cinnabar California Inc.