Broadcast Engineer

Production ingest/edit engineer – Avid production systems

West London (onsite)

6-month contract

Outside IR35

We are looking for an experienced Production Ingest/Edit Engineer to support and maintain business-critical Avid production environments within a leading broadcast and media operation.

This role will suit someone with strong hands-on experience supporting editors, production teams and post-production workflows in fast-paced broadcast, media or post-production environments.

Key responsibilities:

• Support and maintain Avid editing and production platforms across operational and project environments

• Troubleshoot complex workflow, application and infrastructure issues affecting editorial and production teams

• Support editors, dubbing mixers and production users in time-critical environments

• Manage and support shared storage, media movement and project workspace environments

• Support engineering changes, platform upgrades and continuous improvement initiatives

• Work closely with production, operational and technical stakeholders to ensure reliable delivery of content

• Create and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures and support runbooks

Required experience:

• Strong practical experience supporting Avid editing environments in broadcast, post-production or media operations

• Strong knowledge of:

* Avid Cloud UX

* Avid NEXIS

* Avid Media Composer

* Avid Pro Tools

* Audio dubbing and edit support workflows

* Avid Interplay Production Asset Management (PAM)

• Experience supporting Adobe Premiere Pro within professional production environments

• Strong understanding of shared storage platforms, media flow, project management and editorial workflows

• Proven experience supporting both end users and back-end platform components

• Strong understanding of media formats, codecs, transcoding, audio/video synchronisation and file-based workflows

• Experience supporting live, near-live or business-critical production environments

• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and documentation skills

Desirable:

• Experience within major broadcasters, streaming platforms or post-production facilities

• Experience supporting hybrid or cloud-based production workflows

• Knowledge of media asset management and content supply chain technologies

Contract details:

• 6-month initial contract

• Outside IR35

• West London

• Onsite working

• Immediate start available

If you have strong Avid production systems experience and enjoy supporting high-profile broadcast and production environments, we'd like to hear from you.