Technical Support & Commissioning - Broadcast Video & Audio

Technical Support And Commissioning Engineer

Evertz is a world leading company in the design of innovative and pioneering broadcast video & audio equipment. We currently have a vacancy for a technical support and commissioning engineer to be based at our UK facility, in Winnersh Triangle, Wokingham, RG41 5TP. This is a customer focused role providing a wide range of technical support for our broadcast clients based in the UK and Europe. We are looking for a keen and enthusiastic engineer/technician with a strong interest in the broadcast or professional AV environments at a technical level.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide first class technical onsite support and service to customers, accepting responsibility for resolving all issues in timely and a professional manner.
• This will include:
  • Visits customer's premises to commission equipment.
  • Providing operational & service training.
  • Assisting with customer acceptance testing.
  • Provide direct phone and email-support for our customer base.

Basic Qualifications:

• An education in Electronics or Electronic Engineering would be an advantage.
• Qualified through industrial or professional experience, and with broad digital video and audio experience would be an advantage.
• Previous experience testing, servicing and/or commissioning video and audio systems would be an advantage.
• Eagerness to learn technical aspects of baseband and IP based products and be able to self-educate to competency level given access to appropriate resources.

Preferred Qualifications & Desired Competencies:

• Clear judgement when under pressure and the ability to manage difficult issues effectively to ensure good outcome.
• Ability to work independently under own initiative and unsupervised on-site.
• Respect for colleagues; communicating with clarity and pro-actively sharing knowledge and expertise and asking for assistance where needed.
• Ability to adapt to changing demands and conditions and manage unexpected situations.
• Providing exceptional service to external and internal customers.
• Accepting responsibility for personal development and actions.

Skills and Knowledge:

• Good working knowledge & understanding of video and audio infrastructures from a technical perspective.
• Good computer and networking knowledge, will be able to set up and troubleshoot PC and Linux based systems, network infrastructure and Video/Audio over IP technologies.

Communication:

• Must have good interpersonal & communication skills.
• Fluent in English.

Planning and Organisation:

• Can organise and plan their own work in order to meet tight deadlines, whilst simultaneously working on a variety of projects.
• Manage customer relationships, both internal and external.

Personal Qualities:

• Self-motivated, with the ability to self-manage time, targets and workload.
• Enthusiastic and always maintains professionalism, even under extreme pressure.
• Flexible, willing and able to travel or work overtime at short notice.
• Excellent attention to detail, following set procedures, quality standards and instructions as required.
• Resourceful, with the ability to put forward solutions quickly in difficult situations.
• Willingness to travel both nationally and internationally.