Broadcast Engineer (Projects Focused)
Your Role: Broadcast Engineer (Projects Focused)
Based at our Leicester Square headquarters and reporting to the Managing Engineer & Broadcast Projects, London, you will support the technology behind Global’s radio, podcast, video and digital content. This is a hands-on, project-focused role, with responsibility for supporting live, business-critical systems and assisting the wider Engineering team when needed.
As a Broadcast Engineer (Projects Focused) at Global, you will:
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver technical projects: Assist with the installation, commissioning, upgrade and documentation of broadcast studios, production facilities and associated technical systems.
- Support live broadcast operations: Maintain and support live radio, podcast, audio and video production environments, resolving faults quickly and methodically to minimise disruption.
- Work across broadcast technology: Support studio audio, routing and Audio-over-IP systems; radio playout and automation platforms including RCS Zetta and GSelector; and video, ingest, streaming and production systems.
- Partner with production teams: Provide practical technical support to presenters, producers, journalists, creators and other teams, including for Outside Broadcasts, live events and temporary facilities.
- Maintain reliable ways of working: Keep technical documentation up to date and follow incident and change-management processes. Participate in the engineering on-call rota for urgent issues outside normal working hours.
What You’ll Love About This Role
Think Big: Support well-known Global brands and content across live radio, podcasts, video and events.
Own It: Take ownership of technical issues and projects, helping to deliver dependable broadcast systems.
Keep it Simple: Turn complex technical problems into clear, practical solutions for colleagues.
Better Together: Work closely with Engineering, Programming, News, Podcasts, Video and Technology teams.
What Success Looks Like
In your first few months, you’ll have:
- Built a strong working knowledge of Leicester Square’s broadcast and production systems.
- Developed effective relationships across Engineering and content teams.
- Become confident diagnosing common studio, playout, audio, video and network-related faults.
- Learned Global’s incident management, documentation and on-call processes.
- Contributed to the successful delivery of technical projects and upgrades.
What You’ll Need
- Live broadcast experience: Practical experience supporting a live broadcast or production environment.
- Technical problem-solving: Strong fault-finding skills and the ability to remain calm and effective when supporting live output.
- Audio and radio systems knowledge: Understanding of audio signal flow, studio systems and radio automation platforms such as RCS Zetta and GSelector, or similar.
- Video and IP capability: Knowledge of video production, ingest, storage, routing, switching and streaming systems, alongside IP networking including multicast.
- Audio-over-IP and IT awareness: Familiarity with technologies such as Livewire, AES67 and Dante, and an understanding of software- and IP-based broadcast systems.
- Collaboration and communication: Ability to work independently while communicating clearly and effectively with a wider technical and production team.
Skills Required
- Practical experience supporting a live broadcast or production environment
- Strong technical fault-finding and problem-solving skills
- Ability to remain calm and effective while supporting live output
- Understanding of audio signal flow, studio systems, and radio automation platforms such as RCS Zetta and GSelector, or similar
- Knowledge of video production, ingest, storage, routing, switching, and streaming systems
- Knowledge of IP networking, including multicast
- Familiarity with Livewire, AES67, and Dante
- Understanding of software- and IP-based broadcast systems
- Ability to work independently and communicate clearly with technical and production teams
Global Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Global and has not been reviewed or approved by Global.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — 25 days’ annual leave plus an extra work‑anniversary day, with the option to buy up to five additional days, points to broad time‑off flexibility. Enhanced family and accessibility leave further expand coverage.
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Healthcare Strength — Access to a 24/7 virtual GP, health and dental discount programs, long‑term sickness insurance, and life assurance at 4x salary indicate robust health protection. Free Headspace membership and nutrition coaching complement the core offering.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Discounted gym memberships, cashback benefits, discounted travel insurance, and access to company‑sponsored music events contribute lifestyle value. Feedback suggests these extras add to a fun, wellbeing‑oriented culture.
Global Insights
What We Do
The UK and Europe’s largest Radio & Outdoor company, Global is home to respected, national market-leading media brands broadcasting across the UK on DAB & FM and around the world on Global Player, including Heart, Capital, LBC, Capital XTRA, Capital Dance, Classic FM, Smooth, Radio X and Gold. Global Player allows listeners to enjoy all of Global’s radio brands, award-winning podcasts, and expertly curated playlists, in one place in app, on web and on smart speakers. Global is also one of the leading Outdoor companies in both the UK & Europe, with over 253,000 sites reaching 95% of the UK population. Global’s extensive and diverse outdoor portfolio encompasses Transport for London’s Underground network, almost all major UK airports including Gatwick, the UK’s largest portfolio of roadside posters and premium digital screens in prime locations, as well as the UK’s largest network of buses including all major cities. On-air, on Global Player and with our outdoor platforms combined, Global reaches 51 million individuals across the UK every week, including 26.3 million on the radio alone.
