MCR Engineer

Role: MCR Engineer
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: £35-40,000pa + overtime and bonus
Location: Farringdon

The Role:
As a member of the MCR Engineering team youll be entrusted with the daily functioning of the MCR
You will ensure that everything runs smoothly by constantly providing customers with zero outages and communication
Tech and services change regularly, therefore having the ability to be adaptable and flexible is a significant attribute
Double checking routing and incident reports
You will join an industry leading team of MCR experts that values an extremely high level of service?
You will be an MCR Engineer, not an MCR Operatorand therefore learning and doing more
You will be hands on with the equipment in terms of configuring and fault finding
You will have the authority and responsibility to make decisions on your own

Responsibilities:
Hands on configuration & management of Satellite uplinks, encoders, irds, multiplexers, Conditional Access, AWS, NetInSight, Dektec/Bridgetech/Nevion Transport Stream analysers, Dataminer and so much more.
Set up video and Radio Frequency equipment to receive and transmit video services, including first level fault finding and escalation
Routing and switching of events based on internal booking system
Proactively ensuring all system checks are complete
Complete transmission reports (internal & external)
Be in direct contact with technology providers and customers
Management of IP contribution circuits

Skills Required:
Proven ability to work in a high-pressure environment
Have the autonomy to be able to work alone as well as part of a team
Prior experience working in a Broadcast MCR
Commercial experience with Satellite uplinks, encoders, irds, multiplexers, Conditional Access, AWS, NetInSight, Dektec/Bridgetech/Nevion Transport Stream analysers, Dataminer

Skills Preferred:
Experience of the UK sports broadcasting industry would be beneficial.
Knowledge of cloud distribution platforms such as AWS

Maclean Moore Job ID: JN906249MCR
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