Post-Production Engineer

grapevinejobs; Twickenham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Twickenham Film Studios invites applications for a Post-Production Engineer to support sound and picture post‑production facilities. You will help deploy storage, networking and peripheral services across busy stages and offices, and ensure premium content handling for film and TV projects.

The role requires experience in AV engineering, ability to work independently, and strong communication with production teams. On‑site with occasional after-hours work may be needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years' experience in pro audio-visual engineering.
• Solid knowledge of audio/video wiring and system documentation.
• Experience configuring A/V DSP equipment.
• Proficient with Windows and Mac operating systems.
• Ability to multitask and manage projects under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Work with Engineering to run and support post-production facilities systems.
• Collaborate with post-production staff to ensure clear communication.
• Build and maintain media servers, projection systems, networking, streaming and storage.
• Assist with calibration of post-production systems for sound and picture.
• Own assigned tickets from front‑of‑house, facilities and post‑production teams.
• Develop documentation and understand workflows to enable optimisations.

Skills

Pro AV engineering

Windows OS

Mac OS

A/V DSP config

Network & storage

Job description

Company Overview

Twickenham Film Studios based in leafy St. Margaret's has a rich and successful heritage, founded in 1913. From Script to Screen - Twickenham Film Studios have been producing films for over 100 years.

Company Overview

Twickenham Film Studios based in leafy St. Margaret's has a rich and successful heritage, founded in 1913. From Script to Screen - Twickenham Film Studios have been producing films for over 100 years.

Twickenham Film Studios is known for being one of Britain's leading production and post-production facilities. Offering Oscar winning Sound, Stages and Picture post-production across Film and TV projects for International and US high profile Film Studios as well as Independent Films and all key Streaming platforms.

Primary Purpose

The Post-Production Engineer will have the opportunity to apply their expertise to our Sound and Picture post-production facilities and workflows in use on some of the industry's biggest studio feature films and episodic television drama.

In this varied, complex and challenging role they will primarily contribute to the architecture, configuration, deployment, and support of our sound and picture post-production systems, including storage, networking and peripheral services and solutions. There will also be a requirement to employ their technical knowledge and skills to support other business systems around the studio site, within production facilities such as our shooting stages and serviced offices for example.

The candidate should possess a successful track record of working in an engineering capacity in post-production and/or broadcast environments that deliver content of premium standard for film, television and streaming platforms. The role could also suit a candidate from an Audio-Visual systems commissioning background, experienced in deploying prime commercial projects, confident interfacing with key project stakeholders, and looking to apply and advance their expertise in a different industry.

Key Responsibilities

• Work as part of the Engineering team on the day to day running and support of post-production facilities systems
• Close liaison with post-production department staff to ensure good communication flow between stakeholders
• Build and maintain media servers, projection systems, network infrastructure, streaming and storage systems and related post-production equipment
• Assist with the calibration and lineup of post-production systems for both sound and picture
• Take ownership of assigned job tickets raised by front-of-house, facilities, and post-production staff
• Continually develop understanding of the workflows used by our post-production teams to facilitate optimisations and support
• Creation and maintenance of system documentation
• The ability to work occasional evenings and weekends on planned tasks during periods of downtime and/or to support the post facilities running high profile productions.

Required Skills/Knowledge

• A minimum of 5 years' experience working in a pro audio-visual engineering field
• Solid knowledge of audio and video wiring, terminations, and their translation to system documentation
• Solid understanding of A/V requirements such as sync, channel coherence etc.
• Experience of configuring A/V DSP equipment
• Extensive experience of Windows and Mac operating systems
• Hands-on practical skills of e.g. rack builds, wiring installation and termination, equipment repair and/or testing of connected systems
• Proactive, can work independently - but will ask for assistance when needed
• Understanding of industry recognised standards, technical specifications and best practices
• Ability to multitask and prioritise
• Able to remain calm and accurate under stress
• Good communication skills and professionalism is key - situational awareness is crucial

Desirable Skills

• Recent experience with Linux configuration and support
• Experience of network protocols and their convergence into post-production through video streaming and network audio technologies such as Dante and NDI
• Experience of production storage systems, e.g. DDP, PixStor
• Experience with virtualised machine environments and system imaging
• Knowledge of immersive sound formats including Dolby ATMOS
• Familiar with the principles and servicing of digital audio mixing consoles, particularly AMS Neve DFC and AVID S6
• Simple embedded projects with e.g. Arduino, RaspberryPi or ESP32
• Scripting experience incl. testing of scripts for basic automation tasks