Broadcast Engineer – IP Audio & Live Studio (Flexible)

Bauer Media Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday + bank holidays + 2vol

Flexible working

Bauer Academy training

Enhanced parental leave

Job summary

Bauer Media Audio is looking for a Broadcast Engineer to support its London hub and connected radio operations. You will diagnose faults, maintain audio systems, and help manage playout, automation and IP-based workflows across multiple studios.

You will work with presenters, producers and content teams to ensure on-air reliability, while contributing to video and IP-based projects and Outside Broadcasts. The role combines hands-on engineering with IT and software skills in a dynamic broadcast

Qualifications

• Experience in broadcast engineering or media technology.
• Strong understanding of audio signal flow and broadcast workflows.
• Experience supporting Audio-over-IP technologies such as Livewire, Dante, AES67 or Axia.
• Experience working with radio playout and automation systems.
• Basic networking knowledge including TCP/IP and IP-based workflows.
• Strong troubleshooting and fault-finding skills.
• Ability to support both software and hardware environments.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Customer-focused approach and willingness to support a wide variety of stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Diagnosing and resolving studio and broadcast faults quickly to minimise disruption to live services.
• Supporting and maintaining studio audio systems, including microphones, mixing consoles, routing, monitoring, processing and talkback systems.
• Maintaining and supporting digital playout, automation, scheduling and logging platforms.
• Supporting Audio-over-IP broadcast infrastructure.
• Assisting with studio video systems, including video-over-IP, streaming and content capture technologies.
• Working closely with presenters, producers, journalists and content teams to provide responsive technical support.
• Carrying out preventative maintenance, testing and system health checks.
• Producing and maintaining technical documentation, configuration records and operational procedures.
• Supporting resilience, continuity and disaster recovery initiatives across broadcast systems.
• Supporting Outside Broadcasts, live events, festivals and special projects.
• Working collaboratively with infrastructure teams, broadcast specialists and technology teams across the UK and Ireland.
• Working with suppliers and vendors to resolve platform and software issues.
• Participating in an on-call rota supporting critical broadcast operations.

Skills

Broadcast engineering

Audio-over-IP (Livewire/Dante/AES67/Ax

Tools

Livewire

Dante

AES67

Axia

Video-over-IP

Playout systems

Job description

Bauer Media Audio is looking for a Broadcast Engineer to support its London hub and connected radio operations. You will diagnose faults, maintain audio systems, and help manage playout, automation and IP-based workflows across multiple studios.

You will work with presenters, producers and content teams to ensure on-air reliability, while contributing to video and IP-based projects and Outside Broadcasts. The role combines hands-on engineering with IT and software skills in a dynamic broadcast