BBC Royal Tunbridge Wells, England, United Kingdom
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Job Band
JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent
LOCATION: Tunbridge Wells, Brighton and Guildford. Depending on skills, preference and experience, base could be any of these but you would work across all sites.
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £50,500 - £60,500 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. (delete if not applicable)
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
You will be joining a small team of multi-skilled broadcast engineers largely based in Tunbridge Wells. We provide engineering support for the newly refurbished South East TV news studio and associated playout infrastructure in Tunbridge Wells, as well as support for the BBC Radio stations for Kent, Sussex and Surrey based in Tunbridge Wells, Brighton and Guildford.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
Although we are a small team the systems we cover are many and varied so although there are routine tasks to be carried out there are also the unpredictable challenges that crop up on the day; each one of us has our skills and preferences, we are interested to know what you can offer. We also work closely with local staff of many disciplines including journalist, operators, editors and producers who you will get to know, you won’t be a faceless engineer behind a helpdesk phone. The team normally cover weekdays 09.00 – 19.00, shifts are generally 8 or 9 hours with a 40h working week averaged over a 4 week accounting period (all including meal breaks, 35h week excluding meal breaks). There will be planned shifts out of these hours, occasionally overnight to cover specific requirements.
Your Key Responsibilities And Impact
Support Diverse Broadcast Systems: Maintain and support technologies across TV, radio, and digital content, including Ross TV automation, studio cameras, and video walls.
Technical Operations & IT Support: Provide engineering advice, manage system updates (physical and virtual), and assist with local IT issues and field equipment.
Radio & Editing Systems: Work with BBC’s Vilor-based radio studios and support video ingest, editing, and playout systems.
Event & Fault Response: Respond to system failures based on criticality, assist with outside broadcasts, and perform maintenance from system to component level.
Flexible Shift Patterns: Standard weekday shifts (09:00–19:00), with occasional overnight or out-of-hours work; 40-hour week averaged over 4 weeks.
Your Skills And Experience
Experience of supporting complex Broadcast and Production systems in a multi-platform environment.
Experience of using a range of diagnostic and monitoring tools
Experience of troubleshooting and diagnosing faults in complex systems.
Familiarity with Windows, Mac and/or Linux based systems, good general understanding of IT systems
Planning, rigging and operating outside events such as audio recordings, outside broadcasts or public facing events
Desired But Not Required
A UK driving licence would be desirable
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.
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.
For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk
Redeployment
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.
Seniority level Seniority level Not Applicable
Employment type Employment type Full-time
Job function Job function Engineering and Information Technology
Industries Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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