Broadcast Operations Engineer at BBC

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

• As an Operational Broadcasting Engineer at the BBC. You will be responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and optimising broadcast equipment, infrastructure, and workflows to support both live and recorded content transmission. Collaborating with technical teams while confidently making informed decisions on your own, you will help deliver seamless, high-quality broadcast services to our audiences.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

BBC Newcastle is part of the BBC network, which reaches millions daily. As a senior operational engineer here, you will be contributing to technology that supports news, radio, and online content. Being part of the BBC means access to great training programs, workshops, and career progression opportunities. Plus, you get to work alongside highly skilled engineers and tech experts. BBC teams thrive on creativity and collaboration, mixing engineering with media production, journalism, and design. It’s a dynamic workplace where your technical skills directly contribute to storytelling and audience engagement. The BBC is a globally respected institution with strong job stability, great benefits, and a positive work culture focused on diversity and inclusion.

Your Key Responsibilities And Impact

• Monitor, maintain, and support broadcast transmission systems across TV and Radio, as well as IP-based infrastructure in the transmission chain and across the region.
• Perform scheduled and reactive maintenance on broadcast infrastructure to ensure optimal performance.
• Collaborate with systems specialists and regional teams to implement system upgrades and new technology deployments.
• Respond to and resolve operational incidents swiftly to minimize broadcast disruptions.
• Provide technical support during live broadcasts and special events, with a particular emphasis on Radio OB’s (Sporting and Music Events for example).
• Maintain detailed documentation of system configurations, incidents, and resolutions.

Essential Criteria

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Demonstrated experience in broadcast engineering or similar technical roles.
• Strong knowledge of broadcast systems, including transmitters, encoders, playout, and IP streaming.
• Solid grasp of networking (IP, TCP/IP, multicast, VLANs, routing).
• Good understanding of radio operations, including transmission chains, audio mixers, and outside broadcasts.
• Skilled at troubleshooting and resolving complex technical issues under pressure.

Desired But Not Essential

• Knowledge of key aspects of post-production, long and short form editing systems (Adobe Premiere, FCPX, Davinci Resolve), visual effects and graphics, sound design and mixing
• Working knowledge of Windows, Mac and Linux based systems and software
• Knowledge of Cloud based systems and software
• Knowledge of Virtual Machines, Docker, Kubernetes, would be useful but not essential.