Join Our Team
The Iowa Events Center, a leader in sports, entertainment, and venue management, is dedicated to recruiting and developing individuals with the skills, experience, and values to contribute to the continued growth and success of our organization. We value a customer-first mentality in an exciting, fast-paced work environment. Together we transform events into great experiences through creative entrepreneurship, innovative techniques, and best-in-class service that touch every aspect of the live event experience.
Here are a few of our benefits:
- Advancement opportunities
- Discounts to select Iowa Events Center & Casey's Center events
- On-the-job training and certifications
- Referral bonuses and more!
Part-Time Opportunities
Activate your skillset with a team that has a proven track record of advancing careers in the entertainment industry, backed by leading venue management and hospitality company, Oak View Group.
Part-Time Concessions Cashier
DESCRIPTION
The Concessions Cashier prepares and serves concession items to guests. Prepares and pours beverages and serves them to guests. Ensures quality of food presentation. Uses a POS (point of sale system) and accepts payment. Must be able to maintain excellent attendance in accordance with the attendance policy.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Conduct sales by taking orders, building orders, and completing the transaction
- Ability to build orders, prepare food, and knowledge in all areas of concessions operations
- Responsible for maintaining a clean and organized work space including but not limited to disposal of garbage & cleaning dishes
- Serve beverages to guests including alcoholic beverages responsibly. Must check guest’s ID in accordance with state/federal regulations to verify minimum age requirement for purchase of alcoholic beverages
Questions? Contact Brett Slaby at brett.slaby@oakviewgroup.com or at 515-564-8223
Part-Time Concessions Cook
DESCRIPTION
The Concessions Cook is responsible for prep work and cooking hot food items in the Concessions Department. Position assists with set-up, dishes and responsible for maintaining a clean and sanitized work space in accordance with company specifications. Must be able to maintain excellent attendance in accordance with the attendance policy.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Prepares food in quantities as directed by the Concessions Manager or immediate supervisor
- Compliant with health, sanitation, safety and employment regulations in accordance with company standards
- Assist with set-up, clean-up and close out of the assigned Concessions stand
- Ensure proper storage of food products
Questions? Contact Brett Slaby at brett.slaby@oakviewgroup.com or at 515-564-8223
Part-Time Dishwasher & Catering Steward
DESCRIPTION
The Dishwasher & Catering Steward is responsible for the sanitation of all kitchen equipment, cooking utensils, dishware, glassware and silverware, as well as the kitchen. They are also responsible for all back of house areas being set and ready prior to events. The Steward will assist in pulling and staging all equipment prior to set-up, during the event and during clean-up. All catering equipment will be maintained, stored and inventoried. Assist in other areas of Catering as required.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Operate dish machine equipment & wash any items not dishwasher safe by hand
- Assist in keeping dock areas clean and organized
- Clean up spills and/or breakage on the event floor
- Ensures compliance with health, sanitation, safety and employment regulations in accordance with company standards. Maintain a clean and organized kitchen for the food and beverage operation
Questions? Contact Jeff Maynes at Jeff.Maynes@oakviewgroup.com or at 515-564-8026
Part-Time Guest Services Event Staff
DESCRIPTION
A Guest Service Attendant is an on-call, per event employee who will act as primary provider of direct service to guests as they are entertained at the Iowa Events Center. They are responsible for providing a safe environment for our guests and ensuring all service needs are met. Guest Service Attendants will work in positions as needed including; usher, ticket taker, suite staff and door guards.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Greet and scan tickets as guests enter the building amd usher guests to their seats
- Provide directional assistance to guests throughout the facility
- Report actual/suspected violations of IEC policies, procedures, rules or regulations to your supervisor
- Complete an incident report on a timely basis, as required
Questions? Contact Nick at nicholas.pleszkun@oakviewgroup.com or at 515-564-8054.
Part Time Housekeeping - Building Attendant
DESCRIPTION
The Part Time Housekeeping - Building Attendant is an event-driven support position that works in the areas of housekeeping, room sets, and grounds maintenance at the Iowa Events Center.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Execute accurate and timely completion of cleaning checklists
- Before, during and after event cleaning to include removal of trash, spills, vacuuming, etc.
- Responsible for safe use of various supplies including variety of cleaning chemicals, mops, brooms, shovels, and scrapers
- Operate an assortment of equipment including buffers/burnishers, rider sweepers/scrubbers, walk behind scrubbers, blowers, vacuums, and others as needed
Questions? Contact Kyle at Kyle.Disney@oakviewgroup.com or at 515-564-8089
Part-Time Parking Lot Attendant
DESCRIPTION
Parking Attendant is an on-call, per event employee who assists in direction of customers in and around the Iowa Events Center parking lots during events. This position is responsible for handling a high volume of cash and credit transactions in a responsible manner. This employee must have excellent attendance to ensure the success of the Parking Department during events held at the Iowa Events Center.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Greet and direct customers entering parking lots, communicate parking information to the public
- Accept cash or credit payment. Count back correct change as needed
- Monitor lot during events, immediately contacting supervisor as issues arise
- Provide positive and friendly experience to all customers
Questions? Contact Beau at beau.coffman@oakviewgroup.com or at 515-564-8105.
Part-Time Set Up/Teardown - Building Attendant
DESCRIPTION
The part time Event Set Up/Teardown - Building Attendant is an event-driven support position that works in the areas of show care, room sets, event teardown, and arena conversions at the Iowa Events Center.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Set-up and teardown of events as directed including staging, tables, chairs, pipe-and-drape, skirting and other event items as required for events in Community Choice Convention Center, EMC Expo Center, Casey's Center, and all other areas of the facility
- Work individually and as a team to complete required projects and tasks contributing to a professional, teamwork atmosphere
- Handle and set folding chairs, stacking chairs, tables of various shapes and sizes, drapery poles, drapes and skirting
- Complete room sets accurately and timely
Questions? Contact Kyle at Kyle.Disney@oakviewgroup.com or at 515-564-8089
Part-Time Warehouse Worker
DESCRIPTION
The Warehouse Worker is responsible for the receipt and storage of all food, beverage and related product and equipment received at Iowa Events Center in Casey's Center. The inventory and security of all items is under the control of these employees. Employees must maintain excellent attendance and be available to work an event based schedule.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintain accurate delivery and inventory records
- Ensure that all items are received and placed in their storage location at the proper temperature
- Check all incoming items against purchase order sheets checking details such as weight count, quality, and specification
- Deliver items according to concession stands and place inventory in a proper fashion using the FIFO method of rotation (First-In-First-Out)
Questions? Contact Jeff at jeff.maynes@oakviewgroup.com or at 515-564-8026.
Full Time Opportunities
Oak View Group offers eligible employees competitive salaries, tuition assistance, health and welfare benefits, a company Safe Harbor 401(k) Plan, Group Legal, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity benefits, Pet Insurance, FSA, HSA, and Commuter accounts, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program.
Banquet Supervisor
DESCRIPTION
The Banquet Supervisor oversees all aspects of a banquet or event, including set-up, food presentation, serving, and cleanup while focusing on detail and quality presentation and customer service. Banquet supervisors are also responsible for training and coaching of the banquet staff.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintains constant contact with kitchen staff to ensure complete effective communication between food production and food service
- Inspects table place settings, including table linen, china, glass, silverware and condiments for correct placement and ensures that each element is clean, undamaged and attractive
- Arranges for and ensures proper sequence of service for each event
- Maintains constant communication with guests and on-site contact to ensure all expectations are met or exceeded
Questions? Contact Jeff Maynes at jeff.maynes@oakviewgroup.com or at 515-564-8026
Event Manager
DESCRIPTION
The Event Manager will manage every aspect of their assigned events from the advance planning stages through the end of the event; hire, train, schedule and supervise all event staff; oversee building security and interact with local public safety officials to ensure events run smoothly; coordinate communication between event staff/security and delegate assignments; be responsible for and ensure overall customer and lessee satisfaction and experience.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Advance, plan, service, and supervise all events
- Provide leadership and guidance for event personnel
- Analyze challenges, identify alternative solutions, and project consequences of proposed actions and implement recommendations in support of organizational objectives
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with lessees/clients, co-workers, part-time staff, contractors, patrons/public and municipal officials
Questions? Contact Matt Cushman at Matthew.Cushman@oakviewgroup.com or at 515-564-8143
Internships
Jumpstart your career in the event and entertainment industry by interning at the Iowa Events Center.
Operations Intern
DESCRIPTION
The Operations Intern will work closely with the Operations Department through hands-on learning. This will include how to operate the facility and events through a variety of disciplines like: set-up and teardown of events, event management, housekeeping, scheduling, recruitment, budgeting, capital projects, and inventory.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assist in scheduling personnel and tasks for day-to-day operations as well as event set-up, event management, and event teardown.
- Shadow Operations Supervisors to gain an understanding of how to manage, direct, and motivate operations crew before, during, and after an event.
- Informative training with buffer, rider sweepers / scrubbers, walk behind scrubbers, blowers, vacuums, forklifts and other various equipment.
- Learn how to supervise crew setting up for events using folding chairs, stacking chairs, tables of various shapes and sizes, staging and drapes.
Questions? Contact Kyle at Kyle.Disney@oakviewgroup.com or at 515-564-8089
CSC Security
View opportunities with CSC Event Security Staff, the security provider for Iowa Events Center.