Senior Operations Engineer

BBC; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading broadcasting corporation in Ipswich seeks a Senior Operations Engineer to maintain broadcast and IT equipment, provide technical support, and engineer events. This role requires strong interpersonal skills and experience in broadcast engineering. The salary ranges from £48,700 to £53,750 per year, with an opportunity for flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Experience of broadcast engineering in a live transmission environment.
• Ability to repair down to component level, if applicable.
• Proven ability to prioritise tasks according to service impact.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a range of multimedia newsgathering production broadcast and IT equipment.
• Plan, organise, and engineer events alongside local production teams.
• Provide first and second line IT support as necessary.

Skills

Change Management

Software Deployment

Cloud Infrastructure

Technical Support

Network Architecture

Tools

Linux

Firewall

Middleware

Jboss

Job description

Job Details

JOB BAND : D

CONTRACT TYPE : Full-time / Shift / 4 month Attachment (Paternity Cover)

DEPARTMENT : BBC Radio Suffolk

LOCATION : Ipswich

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE : 48700 - 53750 depending on relevant skills knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Were happy to discuss flexible working. If youd like to please indicate your preference in the application though theres no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

Purpose Of The Role

BBC Radio Suffolk is right at the heart of the local community. Based in Ipswich we are looking for a Senior Operations Engineer to support the technology used by our production colleagues. Youll be enthusiastic pro-active and a team player. Happy to work both in and out of the studio. This is a people-facing role so youll need strong interpersonal skills working effectively with colleagues and contacts from both technical and non-technical backgrounds.

Why Join The Team

The Senior Operations Engineer works across every aspect of the station. No day is the same. Working on a local radio station you will be part of a small team that support each other and work together to get things done. You will be the go to person for your colleagues on the station for anything technical and as such will be highly-valued and respected.

Your Key Responsibilities And Impact

Based at BBC Radio Suffolk you will normally be working office hours on weekdays. But as part of the wider BBC East Engineering team you may be scheduled to work at other times and provide support on other sites to meet operational requirements.

As our sole on-site technical support in Ipswich you will maintain a range of multimedia newsgathering production broadcast and IT equipment and offer technical advice to users.

You will be our on-site Outside Broadcast Engineer helping to plan organise and engineer events alongside local production teams.

You will report to our Team Leader Operations Engineering based in Cambridge.

Your Skills And Experience

Experience of broadcast engineering in a live transmission environment combined with a good understanding of Broadcast & IT systems. Youll also have experience of planning organising rigging and engineering complex outside broadcasts and public-facing events. This role would be ideal for an existing Operations Engineer looking to step up from their current role.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• Maintenance and repair of all broadcast facilities at Radio Suffolk.
• To be the main technical point of contact on site for all production and on-air staff. Various technical facilities equipment and advice needs to be made available to staff on an on-demand basis.
• Outside Broadcasts. These vary from simple straightforward inserts right up to complex multi-mic flagship station-wide events.
• Providing first and second line IT support. This ranges from patching the studio broadcast PCs to rebuilding PCs and laptops as necessary.
• Proven ability to prioritise tasks according to service impact and to work calmly under pressure.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED

• 1. Ability to repair down to component level.
• 2. Able to program the BNCS Scheduler and having an input into local use of the Dira broadcast audio system when required.
• 3. Experience with planning and engineering complex outside broadcasts.
• 4. Submitting and approving a wide variety of IT Servicedesk requests.
• 5. Engineering BBC Introducing sessions which are typically broadcast live on a Thursday evening sometimes from the studio and sometimes from a live music venue in Suffolk or Norfolk.

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

Before your start date you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

For further information on the role please e-mail the Operations Engineering Team Leader for Cambridge

Required Experience : Senior IC

Key Skills

Change Management,Software Deployment,Cloud Infrastructure,High Availability,IaaS,Firewall,Linux,Middleware,Jboss,Network Architecture,Scripting,Technical Support

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 48700 - 53750