Technical Support & Commissioning - Audio Consoles
- Department:
- Technical Support
- Location:
- Reading, United Kingdom
Evertz is a world leading company in the design of innovative and pioneering broadcast audio equipment, and 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 broadcast and professional audio clients based in the UK, Europe, Middel East and Asia. We are looking for a keen and enthusiastic engineer/technician with a personal passion for audio and audio production 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 audio experience in broadcast or a related professional audio field would be an advantage.
- Previous experience testing, servicing and/or commissioning digital consoles in the audio industry would be an advantage.
- Eagerness to learn technical aspects of legacy and current product 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 modern digital consoles and studio infrastructure from a technical perspective.
- Previous operator experience is an advantage but not essential
- 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. Also resourceful, with the ability to put forward solutions quickly in difficult situations.
- Willingness to travel both nationally and internationally