Operations Engineer

BBC; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

The BBC is seeking an Operations Engineer to join its Engineering Operations department, providing technical support for broadcasting across various media. The role requires strong expertise in broadcast systems and problem-solving skills, alongside excellent communication abilities to troubleshoot effectively in live settings. This is a great opportunity for career progression within a well-respected organization that values diversity and offers comprehensive training.

Benefits

Negotiable salary package

Flexible working options

25 days annual leave plus extra options

Defined pension scheme

Discounted healthcare, dental and gym

Excellent training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in broadcast systems in a live TV or Radio environment.
• Ability to diagnose and fix complex technical problems.
• Knowledge of audio and video broadcast systems.

Responsibilities

• Delivering technical support for broadcast systems.
• Maintaining high availability and performance of broadcast equipment.
• Communicating technical issues effectively.

Skills

Broadcast systems experience

Problem-solving

Technical communication

Analytical skills

Fault finding

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent experience

Job description

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Package Description

Job Reference: 23193

Band: C

Salary range: Up to £53,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Contract type: Permanent

Location - London - New Broadcasting House Shift role to include Nights

We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.

Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.

Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym. You can find out more about working at the BBC by selecting this link to our candidate pack.

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Job Introduction

Engineering Operations is part of BBC Technology Group. The department actively helps BBC programme makers create and deliver great content across radio, TV and online.

Engineering Operations provides 24/7/365 support for hundreds of TV, Radio & music recording studios, edit suites, digital production & playout systems, and a wide range of underpinning technologies and infrastructure.

Our highly skilled Broadcast Engineers provide a critical engineering support service to maintain production and broadcasting of many BBC channels and platforms which include domestic TV, Radio, News, Parliament, Weather, and World Service TV & Radio.

This support spans various sites in London, from the BBC headquarters at Broadcasting House to Millbank’s Westminster office, Maida Vale music recording studios and to numerous international offices.

Interview Process

• 1 hour technical and values based competency interview (in person)
  
  

Main Responsibilities

This is an engineering role. Candidates will be required to demonstrate strong and wide-ranging technical knowledge along with the communication skills necessary to discuss technical issues with people at all levels.

It is essential that role holders understand the needs of the business and the pressures faced by production teams.

Broadcast Engineers are on the frontline, responsible for delivering high quality, rapid response support to ensure that equipment and systems used to create, capture, manipulate and distribute BBC content meet targets for availability, performance and safety. The role demands excellent analytical and fault finding skills and the ability to repair faulty equipment.

Are you the right candidate?

As a Broadcast Engineer, You Will Have

• Engineering experience of working on broadcast systems in a live TV, Radio, or multi-media environment.
• Considerable experience of diagnosing and fixing technically complex problems across a variety of broadcast systems.
• Demonstrable theoretical and practical knowledge of audio and video broadcast systems including both analogue and digital platforms.
• Experience with Graphics (e.g. VizRT) and editing software solutions.
• Experience of studio automation and robotic systems.
• Experience of repairing electronic and mechanical faults on technical equipment.
• Demonstrable ability to communicate clearly using a range of styles, tools and techniques to explain technical issues to a wide range of people.
• Experience of providing a high quality service in a demanding environment.
• Logical application of engineering knowledge in unfamiliar troubleshooting situations.
• Excellent ability to identify requirements and to recognise whether these can be met effectively from the resources, timescales skills and funds available.
• Knowledge of broadcast networks and experience of remote access via VPN, mstsc, iLo and VMWare.
• Experience in managing conflicting demands in high pressure situations where priorities are rapidly changing.
• Awareness of all aspects of Health and Safety, particularly competence in electrical safety within broadcast environments, including inspection and testing of electrical equipment.
• Willingness to travel abroad if the role requires it.
  
  

About The BBC

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours here .

Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here .

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Broadcast Media Production and Distribution

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