Vision Engineer - Glasgow

BBC Group and Public Services; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the BBC as a Vision Engineer in Glasgow, where you'll enable the delivery of high-quality visual content for a variety of productions. Collaborate with a skilled technical team, manage equipment in a fast-paced environment, and contribute significantly to well-known TV and radio programs. This role emphasizes technical excellence and problem-solving skills, making it ideal for those with a passion for broadcasting.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

25 days annual leave with option to buy 5 more

Defined pension scheme

Discounted healthcare and gym membership

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in TV studios and Outside Broadcasting.
• Knowledge of baseband and digital video.
• Ability to repair faults in vision equipment.

Responsibilities

• Rigging cameras and vision equipment for productions.
• Identifying and solving vision issues during broadcasts.
• Delivering high-quality visuals for various programming.

Skills

Vision Control

Problem Solving

Camera Operation

Lighting Knowledge

Mixing Techniques

Routing Systems

Job description

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JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: BBC Nations, Scotland Business & Operations
LOCATION: Glasgow
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £29,700 - £40,000 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.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

As a Vision Engineer, you will be working across our range of productions, for both live and pre-recorded programming. Part of a highly skilled technical team, you will be expected to deliver high quality visual content and play an important part in the production process.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

As part of the Scotland Business & Operations team, you will be involved in an exciting, fast paced environment helping to deliver some of the UK’s best-known programmes across TV & Radio.

You will be part of a highly skilled technical team at the core of a variety of productions for the BBC and independent production companies, in both studio and outside broadcasts, across Sport, Music, Entertainment, Events, Factual and News.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

• Rigging of cameras, monitors and all associated vision equipment
• Exposing and colour balancing cameras and in-vision sources
• Routing of vision sources around studio floors, TV galleries, technical areas and outside broadcasts
• Identifying vision issues as they arise and solving them quickly
• Delivering the highest quality visuals for our productions

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Experience in vision control in TV studios, Outside Broadcasting or Events and the wide range of systems involved including – cameras, lighting, mixing, graphics, routing, control, teleprompts, monitoring and power
• Knowledge of both baseband and digital video and HD-SDI
• Knowledge of camera, lighting, graphics, routing, control, mixing and power systems
• The ability to find and repair faults across a range vision equipment
• Experience in working in a high pressure, live environment

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

• Knowledge of Sony and Grass Valley vision mixing consoles
• Knowledge of IP networks as applied to studio and OB facilities for signal and control systems

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.

Job Impact

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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.