NEP Bow Tie: Broadcast Engineer (London)

NEP Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

NEP Bow Tie in London seeks a Broadcast Engineer to support our AV and broadcast services at contract and ADHOC sites. You’ll handle maintenance, streaming setups, and camera operations across high-profile events, collaborating with producers and engineers.

Ideal candidates bring 3+ years in broadcasting, strong communication, and a proactive team mindset, with willingness to travel for motorsport and parliamentary work.

Qualifications

• Three or more years’ experience in a broadcast environment, especially live sports.
• Ability to work under pressure and deliver high-quality service.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• First-line fault finding and repair of broadcast and AV equipment.
• Vision control operations on broadcast camera channels.
• Set up and maintenance of CTA video/audio systems and matrices.
• Operate streaming, encoding, and transcoding equipment.
• Coordinate with project managers and engineers on small projects.

Skills

Ability to work under pressure

Excellent communicator

Team player

Willingness to learn

Mature and diplomatic approach

Tools

Final Cut Pro

Adobe Premiere

Job description

Bring great content—and your career—to life at NEP.

You may be an industry pro ready for your next move, or just starting to think about your career. Either way, NEP offers exciting career opportunities. If you're not familiar with our name, you've probably seen our work—on stage, on screen, or on the field. For more than four decades, we’ve supported our customers in delivering the world’s most-watched live sports, entertainment, corporate and news broadcasts and events. Want to find out more? Read on for why we think NEP is a great place to work and apply today.

With operations in more than 20 countries, NEP offers employees opportunities to support live productions happening in every corner of the world, onsite at event venues or from one of our connected facilities.

We bring thousands of events and productions to life worldwide for our customers—and their thousands (sometimes even millions) of fans and audiences—every year. Each event is supported by skilled teams behind the scenes, including the employees of NEP.

Be Part Of a Diverse, Multicultural Team

We strive to bring people together with diverse experiences and perspectives. Whether part of our shared services, sales, customer service, operations, or engineering teams, NEPprovides opportunities to collaborate across cultures and backgrounds.

NEP's software and design teams build the tools, platforms, and systems that power live production at global scale. From front-end interfaces and back-end infrastructure to systems architecture and graphic design, this team keeps our technology ahead of the curve. If you solve complex problems through code or design, there's a place for you here.

Roles include: Front End Developer, Back End Developer, Solutions Architect, Graphic Designer, Systems Configuration

NEP Bow Tie: Broadcast Engineer (London)

Broadcast EngineerPermanent | NEP Bow Tie | London NEP Bow Tie is the premier managed services provider delivering Media Solutions, Broadcast and Audio Visual services and Systems Installations for Parliaments and Government Authorities in the UK. Overview of the role: We are looking for a Broadcast Engineer to join our team of truly multi skilled operational staff. The role is based in central London but there could be opportunity to travel working as part of our operational engineering support team on a motor racing contract. NEP Bow Tie employ a range of welcoming teams who pride themselves in the quality of their service and staff development. This is a key technical role in supporting our AV & Broadcast services at contract and ADHOC sites in central London as well on location, these include the UK Parliament, UK Supreme Court , the GLA and Formula One as well as our other locations as required. Working in a number of small multi skilled teams, the main duties are; first-line maintenance of a range of Broadcast & Audio Visual equipment minimising loss of service, Vision control operations – operation of OCP and RCP on broadcast camera channels, Set up, operation and first line maintenance of CTA systems – video and audio matrices, video and audio patching, vision switchers, audio mixers, routers and keyers etc, Media Asset Management systems support and operation, Rigging and de-rigging of broadcast and audio-visual equipment – this can involve manual handling of heavy items, Operation of remote controlled broadcast cameras, Dealing with both hardware and software problems in MS Office and Broadcast IT systems, Setting up and operating streaming, encoding and transcoding equipment, Work with 3rd party technologies including CDN, and web based video players, Operating DSLR/audio kit for video recording, Basic editing using FCP, Adobe Premier etc, Interpreting and implementing instructions and requests from clients, producers, directors and other colleagues, Using online ticketing system to raise and track fault resolution, Working with project managers and engineers on small-scale project work, design, build etc, Administration when required – answering emails, answering phone calls, taking messages generating client quotes, Communicating effectively – whether by spoken or written word, telephone or email, good communication skills are vital in this job, Working effectively as part of a small team, Maintaining punctuality and a smart appearance at all times; wearing company or client uniforms if required.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• First-line fault finding and repair of a range of Broadcast and AV equipment minimising loss of service
• Vision control operations – operation of OCP and RCP on broadcast camera channels
• Set up, operation and first line maintenance of CTA systems – video and audio matrices, video and audio patching, vision switchers, audio mixers, routers and keyers etc
• Media Asset Management systems support and operation
• Rigging and de-rigging of broadcast and audio-visual equipment – this can involve manual handling of heavy items
• Operation of remote controlled broadcast cameras
• Dealing with both hardware and software problems in MS Office and Broadcast IT systems
• Setting up and operating streaming, encoding and transcoding equipment
• Work with 3rd party technologies including CDN, and web based video players
• Operating DSLR/audio kit for video recording
• Basic editing using FCP, Adobe Premier etc
• Interpreting and implementing instructions and requests from clients, producers, directors and other colleagues
• Using online ticketing system to raise and track fault resolution
• Working with project managers and engineers on small-scale project work, design, build etc
• Administration when required – answering emails, answering phone calls, taking messages generating client quotes
• Communicating effectively – whether by spoken or written word, telephone or email, good communication skills are vital in this job
• Working effectively as part of a small team
• Maintaining punctuality and a smart appearance at all times; wearing company or client uniforms if required

Skills required:

• Ability to work under pressure in a high profile environment
• Excellent communicator – whether by spoken or written word, telephone or email, good communication skills are vital in this job
• Able to work as part of a team, liaising with others and using initiative when working
• A desire to learn new systems and commitment to deliver a first class service
• A mature and diplomatic approach to our clients

Experience required:

• Ideally should be able to demonstrate three or more years’ experience working in a broadcast environment, with experience racking cameras on live outside sports (i.e. have a good eye for colour balance and light levels) where, cameras, audio and associated vision and sound signal distribution equipment were rigged, operated and maintained on daily basis.
• RCP/OCP operation on HD and 4K camera experience is desirable.