Equipment Operations Lead

About the Company

Beast Industries is a multifaceted media and entertainment company founded by Jimmy Donaldson, popularly known as MrBeast. Renowned for revolutionizing digital content creation, the company operates across digital media, philanthropy, consumer products, and innovative business initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead all on-set equipment operations, logistics, deployment, and recovery activities
• Manage loading, unloading, transportation, staging, and teardown of production equipment
• Oversee battery charging, rotation, backup systems, and emergency power readiness
• Track equipment condition, usage, damage, and loss
• Develop and enforce equipment SOPs, safety standards, and operational policies
• Supervise Gear Managers and ensure consistent equipment workflows
• Coordinate basic equipment repairs, cable management, rigging support, and wireless systems
• Manage equipment staging areas, carts, gear tents, and workflow layouts
• Partner with Set Technicians, Audio, Lighting, Video Engineering, and Production teams
• Implement equipment redundancy, weatherproofing, and contingency planning
• Manage vendor relationships for rentals, specialty equipment, maintenance, and repairs
• Train, certify, and support full-time, part-time, and freelance equipment users

Requirements

• Experience supporting production equipment operations in live production, broadcast, film, television, or large-scale content environments
• Experience leading equipment workflows, logistics, or production support teams
• Working knowledge of camera, lighting, grip, power distribution, and production support equipment
• Experience managing equipment inventory, deployment, maintenance, and operational readiness
• Ability to troubleshoot equipment issues under production timelines

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting large-scale, high-budget productions
• Knowledge of wireless systems, camera support equipment, and production rigging workflows
• Experience developing operational procedures and training programs
• Vendor management and rental coordination experience

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Generous Medical (Blue Cross Blue Shield), Dental, Vision and company-paid Life Insurance
• Company contributions to employee Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
• 401k Plan with Safe Harbor company-matching
• Flexible vacation policy and paid company holidays
• Company-provided technology package
• Relocation assistance where applicable