Junior Broadcast Engineer – Live Broadcast & Digital Production

Badger & Combes; Salford; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Badger & Combes is looking for a Junior Broadcast Engineer to join our team at MediaCity in Salford. This role is ideal for someone beginning their career who is technically minded, enjoys solving problems and wants to develop practical skills across modern live television and digital production.

You will work with experienced teams to set up and test equipment, support live productions and learn across SDI, streaming, graphics and control systems in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Enjoys understanding how equipment works
• Comfortable using computers and technology
• Has a basic understanding of networking
• Can think logically when diagnosing a problem
• Likes practical, hands-on work
• Is organised and takes care of equipment
• Can follow technical instructions
• Works well under pressure
• Wants to keep learning
• Enjoys being part of a production team
• Basic knowledge of IP addresses, Ethernet, video signals, audio or electronics is useful

Responsibilities

• Setting up and testing broadcast equipment
• Preparing cameras and camera systems
• Running and testing SDI, fibre, network and audio connections
• Configuring video and audio signal paths
• Setting up monitors, routers and converters
• Supporting vision mixing and production equipment
• Working with broadcast graphics systems
• Configuring live streaming and encoding equipment
• Preparing and maintaining production equipment
• Testing cables and connectors
• Assisting with equipment repairs and maintenance
• Rigging equipment at venues
• Helping de-rig and check equipment after productions

Skills

Technical curiosity

Practical ability

Reliability

Enthusiasm to learn

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Team player

Tools

SDI

Video routing gear

Streaming encoders

Fibre optic networking

Job description

Badger & Combes is looking for a Junior Broadcast Engineer to join our team at MediaCity in Salford. We produce live broadcasts and digital content, working predominantly across live sport, alongside productions in arts, culture, entertainment and events. This role is aimed at someone at the beginning of their career who is technically minded, enjoys solving problems and wants to develop practical skills across modern live television and digital production. You do not need to know everything already. We are looking for someone with the right combination of technical curiosity, practical ability, reliability and enthusiasm to learn.

What does a Broadcast Engineer do?

Broadcast engineers are the people who help make sure a live production actually works. Behind every camera, microphone, replay, graphic and live stream is a technical infrastructure that has to be configured, connected, tested and monitored. As a Junior Broadcast Engineer at Badger & Combes, you will learn how those systems work together and how to keep them operating reliably during live productions. You could be working on anything from a multi-camera sports production to a live streamed cultural event.

What you’ll be doing

Working alongside experienced members of our production and technical teams, you will develop skills across areas including:

• Setting up and testing broadcast equipment
• Preparing cameras and camera systems
• Running and testing SDI, fibre, network and audio connections
• Configuring video and audio signal paths
• Setting up monitors, routers and converters
• Supporting vision mixing and production equipment
• Working with broadcast graphics systems
• Configuring live streaming and encoding equipment
• Preparing and maintaining production equipment
• Testing cables and connectors
• Assisting with equipment repairs and maintenance
• Rigging equipment at venues
• Helping de-rig and check equipment after productions

As your knowledge develops, you will be encouraged to take increasing responsibility for technical areas of our productions.

We’d particularly like someone who:

• Enjoys understanding how equipment works
• Is comfortable using computers and technology
• Has a basic understanding of networking
• Can think logically when diagnosing a problem
• Likes practical, hands-on work
• Is organised
• Takes care of equipment
• Can follow technical instructions
• Works well under pressure
• Wants to keep learning
• Enjoys being part of a production team Basic knowledge of IP addresses, Ethernet, video signals, audio or electronics would be useful, but extensive professional broadcast experience is not required.

“You don’t need to arrive as a Broadcast Engineer”

That’s important. We’re looking for someone who has the potential to become one. You may have configured networks at home, built computers, repaired electronics, worked with cameras, installed AV systems or helped run technical equipment at college or university. Those experiences matter. We’re much more interested in your ability to understand technology and solve problems than in seeing a long list of television credits.