Junior Broadcast Engineer - An exciting new opportunity to help make radio and television at News UK, working as part of the Broadcast Technology team.


The Team:

You'll be joining and leading a supportive and collaborative team of broadcast engineers, working together to share knowledge, develop skills and help make brilliant radio and TV. The team are responsible for complex studio and broadcast systems, managing them to ensure high quality, uninterrupted transmissions.


Your Role:

As a Junior Broadcast Engineer, reporting to the Lead Broadcast Support Engineer, you will be joining a team of 8 shift engineers responsible for the support, maintenance, fault management, and readiness of News UK broadcast systems and networks, both at our London studios and on location at outside broadcasts. You will work a shift pattern which includes early, late and weekend working, taking part in an on-call rota to respond to urgent technical issues outside standard hours.


Day to day you will:

Provide customer-focussed support for broadcast technology users

Maintain and solve problems with hardware and software in studios and racks rooms

Seize every opportunity to grow and develop your skills

Work with outside companies and internal departments to promptly resolve faults

Test and fix equipment

Perform quality and line tests with external contributors

Book, configure and test satellite feeds for sporting and news events

Configure equipment to meet operational needs

Provide support for Outside Broadcasts

Document systems, processes and procedures

Keep studios, racks rooms, stores and technology offices safe and tidy

Implement new systems to support changing broadcast requirements

Understand transmission chains and audio processing for broadcast


What we're looking for from you:

Some knowledge and experience of broadcast media technologies

Some experience of television and/or radio studio operations

An understanding of professional audio and video signal paths

A passion for delivering exceptional customer service

Good numerical and written skills

Awareness of IP-based technologies

Some knowledge of broadcast playout and scheduling systems

A positive attitude with exceptional client-facing interpersonal skills for written, oral and face-to-face communications

The ability to assess risk and work in a safe manner at all times