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FIRST is a leading global brand experience agency providing Content, Creative, Digital Technology, Management & Delivery, and Data & Insights services. For 30 years, we have utilized three flexible delivery models: Embedded teams, Corporate Campus operations, and a Full-Service Agency.
Managing over 37,000 events & projects annually across 110 countries, FIRST serves 130+ brands, specializing in Fortune 500 companies within the Financial Services, Technology, Healthcare, Media, and Professional Services sectors. FIRST is part of the broader Encore family of companies. Encore is a global leader in event production and technology.
Consistently recognized for excellence, recent honors include 2026 Chief Marketer Agency of the Year, the Ad Net Zero Award for sustainability, and more.
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What You Would Get To Do
In this role, the AV Systems Engineer will maintain the Audio, Video, Lighting, and Control systems that drive the facility, as well as networks, media ingest systems, and post-production systems.
The role requires the ability to work effectively with a wide range of people across the AV and Events space. We’re looking for an AV engineer with hands-on production experience who can provide technical support and guidance to events and conferences at all business levels.
The role also requires flexibility to occasionally work outside of traditional office hours, depending on demand and production requirements.
Your Contributions
- Provide back-end support to the Event Technicians on productions on-site and remotely
- Set up and monitor facility routing between event spaces and the main Control Rooms
- Perform on-site and remote maintenance on specialist equipment for event production and broadcast
- Design, test, evaluate and install new circuitry/equipment for use in the facility
- Analyse and repair technical faults on equipment beyond the first line of troubleshooting
- Manage client expectations on tech-related issues
- Ensure that production equipment is running the latest versions of software/firmware to enable new features
- Identify a suitable workaround when equipment has failed to ensure continuity of the service
- Interpret and implement instructions and requests from event production meetings in order to deliver the maximum capability the facility can offer
- Help enhance the user experience by utilising available engineering resources
- Produce and update technical documentation
- Keep up-to-date with the industry and changes in technology by building and maintaining a network of contacts and investigating new systems and techniques
- Be able to travel between sites or assist remotely in order to perform break/fix and maintenance duties
- Train operational staff on existing or new equipment
- Own maintenance and engineering initiatives, including project management and 3rd party vendor liaison
- Provide custom workflow and routing configuration for productions, facilitate ground-up production setups in soundstages, and monitor productions and livestreams for optimal system performance
- Regularly flex into production operator roles when staffing emergencies arise, when periods or relief need to be provided to operators during extended production calls, or when leave coverage is required
What We Are Looking For
- 5-7 years of experience in a similar role
- Experience with Q-Sys and Dante
- Experience working with some or all of the following products: Yamaha, Dante, Evertz, Ross Carbonite and Ultrix, Barco E2/S3 or Analogue Way Aquilon, Panasonic PTZ cameras and controllers, Unilumin LED walls and Novastar or Megapixel processors, ETC ION theatrical lighting controllers.
- Ability to apply digital and analogue theory and work from diagrammatic information
- Ability to work across all event production and broadcast studio operations
- Deep understanding of front-line maintenance and diagnostics on networked environments
- Excellent face-to-face communication as well as written skills
- Rigging experience a plus
- Ability to read, understand, and write technical documentation, AutoCAD (or equivalent) skills would be beneficial
- Understands video compression and file-based workflows
- Excellent analytical/troubleshooting practices and attention to detail
- In-depth understanding of TCP/IP networking
- Ability to take a service-oriented approach to this position, with a desire to help clients achieve their best results
- Ability to remain calm under pressure
- Excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritise critical elements in the workflow
- Ability to work well within a team
Administrative and General
- Assume responsibility for one's own environment, ensuring adherence to health and safety policies while having clean, smart surroundings
- Work intelligently and ensure that team management is aware of problems or issues which negatively affect productivity
- Build excellent relations with the team, clients, vendors, and key venues through positive communications
- Ensure knowledge is shared within the team to enable them to work smarter
- Work on ad hoc requests as required, typically during quiet times
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FIRST is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. FIRST is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We stand firm: FIRST will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. If any candidate feels that they are unable to meet the requirements of the role, please get in touch to discuss adjustments or other suitable roles.
