Senior Creative Technician

Job Description

What you'll bring to the team

Senior Creative Technician

Location: Thorpe Park, Chertsey, KT16 8PN

Contract Type: Seasonal, until 31st December 2026

Hours: Any 5 days out of 7

Here at Thorpe Park our 2026 season is in full swing, and we are recruiting for a Senior Creative Technician (scenic and carpentry specialist) to join our epic operational technical services team!

As a Senior Creative Technician at Thorpe Park, you will be right at the heart of creating unforgettable guest experiences. From immersive theming and scenic builds to installations and live activity support, you will help bring bold creative ideas to life across the park. Working closely with the Venue Production Supervisor and creative teams, you will combine hands-on technical skill with a strong eye for safety, quality and detail.

The Senior Creative Technician will take the lead on COSHH processes within the department, ensuring hazardous substances are properly assessed, recorded and used in line with legislation and best practice. You’ll help champion safe working by implementing and monitoring PPE requirements, carrying out regular safety inspections and supporting internal and external audits. Your input will be key in maintaining a safe, compliant and well-organised creative working environment.

Alongside compliance and governance, you’ll be an active scenic technician on the ground, contributing to builds, finishes, dressing, installations and maintenance projects across the park. You will also help look after departmental tools, materials and equipment, ensuring everything is stored correctly, maintained to a high standard and ready for action. By supporting incident reporting and continuous improvement, you’ll play an important role in balancing creative ambition with smart, practical delivery in a busy, live theme park setting.

Qualifications & Experience

• Strong knowledge of COSHH, PPE and health and safety best practice is essential
• Experience working with materials such as latex, silicone, jesmonite and 2-part polyurethane expanding foam is essential
• Experience supporting audits, inspections and compliance in a technical or production environment
• Proven hands-on scenic and carpentry skills, including fibreglassing, mould making and 3D fabrication
• Comfortable working on-site in live, fast-paced environments
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail
• Clear, confident communicator able to work across creative, technical and operational teams
• Practical, solutions-focused mindset with the ability to adapt to changing project demands
• Experience in theme park production, live events, immersive experiences or themed environments
• Understanding of show control systems
• Experience using project management or compliance tools (e.g. Monday.com, Asana or similar)
• Cherry picker licence and UK driving licence preferred
• Previous duty manager experience in a theme park setting is advantageous

Benefits

• 40% discount off LEGO® sets and products on the online LEGO Store!
• Merlin Magic Pass: 20 free tickets for you, your family and friends to enjoy all of our Merlin Attractions across the world!
• 25% discount in Merlin retail shops and restaurants (a brilliant extra treat when you’re using your Magic Pass to visit!)
• Staff discount codes for Merlin Annual Passes to gift to loved ones!
• Private pension scheme
• Free staff parking
• Life assurance scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Access to Perks at Work which 30,000+ national & local employee discounts
• Ongoing training & development

About Merlin

A job with Merlin isn’t like a job anywhere else. With attractions around the world, from rollercoasters to wax figures, we don’t trade in suits, handshakes or briefcases. We trade in fun. In smiles, shrieks and spine-tingles. In Memories. In magic. But there are no tricks behind our magic. Instead, there are people like you. Passionate, dedicated people who are committed to making sure our worldwide attractions and guests’ experiences are the best they can be.

If you have any questions or if you require any reasonable adjustments, because of a disability or medical condition, please contact us by email at recruitment@merlinentertainments.biz and one of the team will get back to you as soon as possible.

Pay Range

GBP £15.44/Hr.