Operations Engineer

BBC Group and Public Services; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

The BBC is seeking an Operations Engineer based in Southampton to join a technical support team. The role involves working on complex broadcasting systems, ensuring maintenance and troubleshooting in a fast-paced environment. Candidates should possess relevant broadcasting experience and be able to work collaboratively in a shift-based setting. Offering competitive pay and benefits, this position supports a vital service in regional broadcasting.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

25 days annual leave plus options to buy more

Defined pension scheme

Discounted health care and gym memberships

Qualifications

• Experienced broadcast engineer with relevant qualifications or practical experience.
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritise effectively.

Responsibilities

• Work on shifts within a multi-skilled engineering team.
• React to system failures and perform maintenance and repairs.
• Support broadcast TV, radio, and internet content.

Skills

Experience of supporting complex Broadcast and Production systems

Experience of using a range of diagnostic and monitoring tools

Experience of troubleshooting and diagnosing faults

Ability to prioritise tasks according to service impact

Good understanding of IT systems

Education

Relevant engineering qualifications or practical experience

Job description

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Salary: £40,100 - £50,100 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: This is an office-based role in the middle of Southampton, though may include a small amount of travelling in the area.

Job Intro

BBC Southampton is the home of regional TV news for central Southern England, the South regional production team of the BBC News website, and local radio station BBC Radio Solent, which serves audiences in Hampshire, Dorset, and the Isle of Wight.

The operation is based in the centre of Southampton and is well served by road, rail and bus services. We’re looking to appoint an Operations Engineer on a continuing contract as part of the technical support team.

Main responsibilities

As a member of the team, you will be working on shift with other engineers. Shifts currently run from 9.30am to 7.30pm, four days a week. You will be joining a small and multi-skilled engineering team working across a range of engineering duties and technologies, supporting broadcast TV, broadcast radio, and BBC news internet content. The role reports to the Operations Engineering Team Leader.

Engineers are expected to react to system failures in an appropriate manner and to be able to prioritise their response according to transmission and business criticality. Maintenance and repair is largely at a systems level, but repair of equipment down to component level is still sometimes necessary.

Are you the right candidate?

• Applicants should be experienced broadcast engineers, and have the following core skills:
• Experience of supporting complex Broadcast and Production systems in a multi-platform environment.
• Experience of using a range of diagnostic and monitoring tools
• Experience of troubleshooting and diagnosing faults in complex systems.
• Ability to prioritise tasks according to service impact, and to work calmly under pressure.
• Relevant engineering qualifications or practical experience.
• Good understanding of IT systems

Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC 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.

Information at a Glance

This is your BBC

At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world’s best loved content, and the BBC’s mission to inform, educate and entertain.

Find out more about the BBC

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Salary: £40,100 - £50,100 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: This is an office-based role in the middle of Southampton, though may include a small amount of travelling in the area.

Job Intro

BBC Southampton is the home of regional TV news for central Southern England, the South regional production team of the BBC News website, and local radio station BBC Radio Solent, which serves audiences in Hampshire, Dorset, and the Isle of Wight.

The operation is based in the centre of Southampton and is well served by road, rail and bus services. We’re looking to appoint an Operations Engineer on a continuing contract as part of the technical support team.

Main responsibilities

As a member of the team, you will be working on shift with other engineers. Shifts currently run from 9.30am to 7.30pm, four days a week. You will be joining a small and multi-skilled engineering team working across a range of engineering duties and technologies, supporting broadcast TV, broadcast radio, and BBC news internet content. The role reports to the Operations Engineering Team Leader.

Engineers are expected to react to system failures in an appropriate manner and to be able to prioritise their response according to transmission and business criticality. Maintenance and repair is largely at a systems level, but repair of equipment down to component level is still sometimes necessary.

Are you the right candidate?

• Applicants should be experienced broadcast engineers, and have the following core skills:
• Experience of supporting complex Broadcast and Production systems in a multi-platform environment.
• Experience of using a range of diagnostic and monitoring tools
• Experience of troubleshooting and diagnosing faults in complex systems.
• Ability to prioritise tasks according to service impact, and to work calmly under pressure.
• Relevant engineering qualifications or practical experience.
• Good understanding of IT systems

Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC 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.

Information at a Glance

This is your BBC

At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world’s best loved content, and the BBC’s mission to inform, educate and entertain.

Find out more about the BBC

Life at BBC

Here you will benefit from:

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pensionscheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis.

Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.

Candidate pack

You belong

We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.

Diversity, inclusion & belonging strategy

Disability confident

We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we’d be happy to discuss: [e-mail]

BBC Group and Public Services, Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, United Kingdom, W1A 1AA. BBC Studios Distribution Limited, company no: 01420028, registered address: 1 Television Centre, 101 Wood Lane, London, United Kingdom W12 7FA.