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Technical Infrastructure Engineer

Location: Commutable distance to Winchester

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Total Package

• Up to £50K base salary
• 6% pension contribution
• Private Medical
• 25 days annual leave
• Access to our comprehensive flexible benefits including discounts on big brands, wellness and employee assistance programmes, gymflex, buy and sell annual leave, travel and dental insurance
• Work. Life. Smarter. Our commitment to a flexible and hybrid working culture

Key Accountabilities

• Work at Transmitter sites, corporate locations, data centres, customer studios and 3^rd party sites with equipment such as MF/FM/DAB Radio, TV, Network, SHF, Optical, Programme equipment, Broadcast equipment, Fibre systems, Satellite, RF equipment, Telemetry, Distribution Amplifiers, Servers & Routers and power systems
• Install various cable types and looms including Ethernet, coax, multicores, copper, fibre, and power, in various locations and containment (internal/external, cable tray, basket and ladder which can be underfloor, above head height and within risers)
• Install various technical equipment (including power connections to MDU’s and UPS), GPS Antenna (ground works) and Sync
• Connect program equipment, telemetry equipment, SHF equipment, MUX’s, including patching over various interconnections
• Configure network equipment including switches and router. Understanding of basic IP technology (IP addressing and routing tables) would be beneficial. Software patches and provision of E1 circuits also required.
• Commission and Test equipment such as transmission; testing programme feeds and content; including network, telemetry, fibre, optical, PDH & SDH, ethernet, ADSL, ISDN, PSTN, RF, to defined standards.
• Perform on site fault finding and problem solving
• Undertake site surveys to identify existing equipment, cable routes and redundant equipment
• Perform decommissioning of redundant services, associated cabling, and equipment
• Create, validate, and work to detailed designs and ensure design packs are correct
• Produce and undertake planned works on live equipment carrying customer services without causing avoidable outages
• Produce and work to rigorous RAMS, following Arqiva SHE guidelines
• Undertake audits of 3^rd party and in-house installations and ensuring any errors are corrected
• Generate and provide clean data, with up to date As-builts, red line and rack layout back to the design team
• Be accountable for quality of installations, with a strong focus on Arqiva standards and ensure this is enforced company wide
• Conduct in house training and knowledge share, including the creating of supporting documentation
• Engage with customers and suppliers to maintain trusted partnerships
• Focus on continuous improvement for the wider business needs

Qualifications:

• AC/DC accredited (Arqiva Standard) desirable
• Fibre Handling & Safety desirable

Required Expertise:

• Quality Standards and SHE: adherence to standards and specifications for high quality and safe working practices in area of expertise
• Structured cabling and infrastructure to a high standard
• Familiar with processes, standards and engineering practices related to technical builds and infrastructure
• Remotely based, UK wide, working away from home.
• Understanding of networking principles

Required Technical / Professional Skillset(s):

• A good understanding of RF Awareness
• Good interpersonal and communications skills, with the ability to lead and motivate a project team, and to develop good working relationships / practices with internal and external customers and suppliers.
• Willingness to work under tight time and budgetary constraints.
• Proficient in the use of a range of IT office systems (Microsoft Office, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Projects).

Why join Arqiva? We are the undisputed leader in UK TV and radio broadcast and the UK’s leading Smart utilities platform. This means we have a strong heritage and foundation for future growth for you to grow your career with us.

Our journey is to transition global media distribution to cloud solutions, where we aim to double our revenue and continue to grow by being an innovator of scalable solutions for new connectivity sectors. We have opportunities in new technology applications and products, you will have opportunities to learn and develop with us.

Your wellbeing…. Our wellbeing mission is to help our people to be the best version of themselves at work and still have the time and energy to live a full life outside of work.

Our focus for 2024 is to Win, Grow, Go Faster – find out more, contact us and apply!