Bbc Scotland Jobs – Broadcasting Operations Engineer

Overview

Position Title: Broadcasting Operations Engineer

Company: BBC

Location: Scotland, UK

Job Description

The BBC Scotland Engineering team is based in Pacific Quay Glasgow. We are looking for an experienced Broadcast Operations Engineer to join this high performing team who are easy to get on with and fun to be around. Expect to be welcomed and enjoy a fast paced but relaxed working environment.

Responsibilities:

• To provide support to live, time critical TV or Radio productions.
• To accurately log incidents accurately including technical response and action taken.
• To ensure the Health and Safety at Work Act, Working Time Directive and other workplace legislation is observed; responsible for ensuring risk assessments are completed, appropriate and meet BBC standards; responsible for ensuring appropriate method statements are reviewed and fit for purpose.
• To maintain Radio and TV Studios from hardware to software. Diagnose faults and repair broadcast equipment including cameras, audio mixers, etc.
• To initiate response to service disruption and support proactive measures aimed at preventing recurrence.
• To use a diverse range of broadcast and production monitoring tools to identify and resolve complex service impacting issues across a range of technologies and platforms.
• To implement contingency procedures in response to planned or unexpected events.
• To keep informed of operational changes ensuring that actions are taken in line with best practice.
• To handover incident and information across shift changes.

Requirements:

• Leadership: you take the responsibility to achieve the set goals and take initiative without being told what to do.
• Energy: you like to work, and you are willing to invest time and effort to achieve your goals.
• Flexibility: you adapt slightly depending on the situation and you are open to new ideas and people.
• Communication: you can communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing. You must know how to listen actively and extract the necessary information.
• Trust: you know your strong points, what you can do and what you can’t do.
• Teamwork: you are a team worker, but you can also work individually
• Problem solving: you can identify and analyse an/a existing/potential problem and find suitable solutions for each situation.