Job Details
JOB BAND: C | CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time | DEPARTMENT: BBC Technology operations - MCR | LOCATION: London Broadcasting House (shift work including weekend and night shifts) | PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £32,200 - £37,200 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
Purpose of the Role
The Master Control Room (MCR) group within Technology Operations operates and supports control rooms located at BBC sites both in and out of London, providing a comprehensive monitoring and switching service to the output divisions. As a Junior Operations Engineer in the MCR Contribution Team in London you’ll be part of a team responsible for contribution feeds for News and Radio, along with the management programme feeds being presented to Playout.
Key Responsibilities
* Setting up programme contribution feeds to hand on to studio staff or recording areas as appropriate; carrying out line‑ups of incoming feeds for transmission and arranging backups as necessary.
* Ensuring that local and remote studios along with outside broadcasts producing live programs are correctly routed and lined up through to the playout suites for transmission on BBC TV networks.
* Manipulating video feeds such as video standards conversion and audio shuffling.
* Dealing with multiple, sometimes conflicting, demands calmly and asking appropriate questions to fully understand what is required.
* Accurately logging all output‑affecting incidents, escalating to Duty Operations Managers or editorial staff as appropriate, including authoring or contributing to Post Incident Reports.
Essential Criteria
* Experience working within a broadcasting or live production environment, or demonstrable relevant experience in a related discipline.
* Demonstrable outstanding and adaptable communication skills, e.g. working with colleagues around the globe for whom English is sometimes a second or third language, or explaining technical concepts to non‑technical colleagues.
* Demonstrable attention to detail and experience managing multiple conflicting priorities in a pressured environment.
* Good working knowledge of audio and video engineering principles, and experience applying them in practice.
* 'Safety first' attitude; able to follow and adhere to safe systems of work at all times.
Desirable
* A good understanding of BBC News output and Sports and Event coverage.
* Experience working in a control room environment.
* Experience with or supporting control systems such as BNCS, scheduling systems and consumer technologies such as Zoom, Teams.
* Experience with technologies: Audio/Video over IP, Peer‑to‑Peer content delivery, IT Networking, Content Management Systems, Linux/Windows operating systems, Audio/Video baseband routers.
* Electrical safety testing certification or safety related qualification.
Legal and EEO Statement
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.
We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio‑economic background, religion and/or belief.
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