Broadcast Engineer

A full-time engineering job at Global Radio in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Posted 25 August 2015, 4.23pm edt

A Broadcast Engineer in Radio is someone who has a great grounding in electronics and who knows the difference between and Amp, a Volt and an Ohm; someone who can get in amongst it in the computer world of broadcast radio automation systems; someone who relishes the thought of getting the back off a box to fix what’s gone wrong inside; someone who has a passion for the medium; and someone who is excited by how the programmes get delivered from the presenters to the audience, and everything that goes on around that process.

This is very much an operational post which focuses on supporting the business in utilising technology effectively & efficiently to achieve business targets & keep our radio stations on air and making great radio. You’ll be part of a bigger team reporting to the Regional Team Leader for the area in which the Broadcast Centre falls. You’ll need to be prepared to travel to other sites in the Broadcast Centre region, or elsewhere, as required. You’ll work with the Team Leader as part of the team in resource planning across the relevant sites to ensure that all work is carried out with maximum positive impact to the business.

What you will be doing:

Every day will be different, from mending studios to training presenters, planning outside broadcasts, helping out with projects and fixing PCs and Macs. You will be maintaining the broadcast studios and equipment as well as problem solving around the Broadcast Centre. You'll be helping to maintain our office facilities and work with external contractors for all sorts of things.

Using your Electronics or IT qualifications you will help to integrate new systems and maybe even develop solutions to problems we didn't even know we had. You will be excellent at communicating with our people, logging problems & solutions in our helpdesk systems. You will be the go-to person when someone asks how-do-I?

You're experience of working at an existing radio station in a technical capacity will empower you to grasp problems and own them 24/7 as part of our regional call out team.

What we expect of you:

You’ll be crazy for a career in radio, you’ll love finding solutions to problems and you’ll be enthusiastic and self motivated and have the drive and determination to get the job done. To you a problem is a challenge, an opportunity. You’ll know when to play by the rules and when to think outside the box. You’ll need to know when to get down in the detail and when to look at the bigger picture.

A lot of your time will be spent working remotely from your manager and team so you’ll need to be able to deliver results and keep that hunger to succeed without being constantly managed. That said you’ll need to be a good team player and able to say it how it is.

You’ll need to be flexible and able to do two things at once, and to be able to prioritise, applying your understanding the needs of the business. You’ll be managing expectations to build trust and loyalty with those you work with, both inside and outside the business. You’ll have the courage to listen and heed the advice of those around you.

A clean driving licence is a must, as well as being willing to travel to other Broadcast Centres as required.

When you make it to interview we will be looking for you to demonstrate a basic understanding of component electronics and an ability to diagnose and fix computer problems. You will be expected to explain to us the work you have done installing or fixing radio studios in perhaps the student or community radio world and discuss various technical options for delivering outside broadcasts. This is a technical role where it will be essential to have an understanding of Ohm’s law and IP Subnet Masking. Production skills are an advantage, but less important.