Operations Engineer

BBC; Royal Tunbridge Wells; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a small team of multi-skilled broadcast engineers at BBC Royal Tunbridge Wells, where you'll provide engineering support for critical broadcast systems. This Operations Engineer role offers a competitive salary and opportunities for flexible working, focusing on maintaining diverse broadcast technologies and providing technical assistance.

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting complex Broadcast and Production systems.
• Familiarity with Windows, Mac, and/or Linux-based systems.
• Experience in troubleshooting and diagnosing faults.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and support diverse broadcast systems across TV, radio, and digital content.
• Provide engineering advice and manage system updates.
• Respond to system failures and assist with outside broadcasts.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Diagnostic tools

Broadcast systems support

Job description

BBC Royal Tunbridge Wells, England, United Kingdom

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Job Band

JOB BAND: D

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent

LOCATION: Tunbridge Wells, Brighton and Guildford. Depending on skills, preference and experience, base could be any of these but you would work across all sites.

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £50,500 - £60,500 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage. (delete if not applicable)

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

You will be joining a small team of multi-skilled broadcast engineers largely based in Tunbridge Wells. We provide engineering support for the newly refurbished South East TV news studio and associated playout infrastructure in Tunbridge Wells, as well as support for the BBC Radio stations for Kent, Sussex and Surrey based in Tunbridge Wells, Brighton and Guildford.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

Although we are a small team the systems we cover are many and varied so although there are routine tasks to be carried out there are also the unpredictable challenges that crop up on the day; each one of us has our skills and preferences, we are interested to know what you can offer. We also work closely with local staff of many disciplines including journalist, operators, editors and producers who you will get to know, you won’t be a faceless engineer behind a helpdesk phone. The team normally cover weekdays 09.00 – 19.00, shifts are generally 8 or 9 hours with a 40h working week averaged over a 4 week accounting period (all including meal breaks, 35h week excluding meal breaks). There will be planned shifts out of these hours, occasionally overnight to cover specific requirements.

Your Key Responsibilities And Impact

• Support Diverse Broadcast Systems: Maintain and support technologies across TV, radio, and digital content, including Ross TV automation, studio cameras, and video walls.
• Technical Operations & IT Support: Provide engineering advice, manage system updates (physical and virtual), and assist with local IT issues and field equipment.
• Radio & Editing Systems: Work with BBC’s Vilor-based radio studios and support video ingest, editing, and playout systems.
• Event & Fault Response: Respond to system failures based on criticality, assist with outside broadcasts, and perform maintenance from system to component level.
• Flexible Shift Patterns: Standard weekday shifts (09:00–19:00), with occasional overnight or out-of-hours work; 40-hour week averaged over 4 weeks.
  
  

Your Skills And Experience

• 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.
• Familiarity with Windows, Mac and/or Linux based systems, good general understanding of IT systems
• Planning, rigging and operating outside events such as audio recordings, outside broadcasts or public facing events
  
  

Desired But Not Required

A UK driving licence would be desirable

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

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.

For any general queries, please contact: [e-mail]

Redeployment

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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Broadcast Media Production and Distribution

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