Broadcast Studio Engineer – Live TV Tech Expert

BBC Studios; Borehamwood; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

London Weighting

25 days annual leave

Job summary

BBC Studioworks is recruiting a Studio Engineer to ensure the reliability, performance and readiness of broadcast systems supporting high-profile productions. You will work across studios, rig and troubleshoot a wide range of equipment while delivering under operational pressure.

The role requires strong technical expertise, flexibility and the ability to adapt to tight schedules, with opportunities to mentor junior staff and contribute to safety and documentation processes.

Qualifications

• Relevant qualifications, training, or demonstrable experience in broadcast engineering within a television studio or live production environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, align, modify and troubleshoot broadcast equipment and systems, ensuring all technical facilities meet operational and production requirements.
• Partner with production teams and colleagues to plan technical solutions, provide expert advice, and deliver programme requirements effectively.
• Monitor and maintain technical standards across sound, vision and data signal paths, ensuring faults are resolved quickly with minimal disruption.
• Drive technical innovation by developing, testing and implementing new equipment, systems and workflows to improve operational capability.
• Rig, configure and operate broadcast equipment including recorders, servers, cameras, monitoring facilities and location-based technical systems.
• Lead or support equipment installations, refurbishments, acceptance testing and complex fault resolution, working with specialist departments, contractors and manufacturers as required.
• Support team development through training, coaching and supervision of junior staff and trainees, while maintaining health and safety compliance, documentation and operational reporting.

Skills

Broadcast engineering

Live production

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Communication

Tools

Cameras

Routers

Vision mixers

Audio mixers

Talkback systems

Monitoring equipment

Servers

Broadcast networks

Job description

BBC Studioworks is recruiting a Studio Engineer to ensure the reliability, performance and readiness of broadcast systems supporting high-profile productions. You will work across studios, rig and troubleshoot a wide range of equipment while delivering under operational pressure.

The role requires strong technical expertise, flexibility and the ability to adapt to tight schedules, with opportunities to mentor junior staff and contribute to safety and documentation processes.