Better content. Working in Tech, Product or Data at Sky is about building the next and the new. From broadband to broadcast, streaming to mobile, SkyQ to Sky Glass, we never stand still. We turn big ideas into the products, content and services millions of people love.
As a Broadcast Wireperson you will be responsible for providing the expertise to install equipment and cabling infrastructures for a variety of projects within our Broadcast Estate. Projects will range over the whole of Sky's Broadcast infrastructure from Content Production, through Post-Production and Transmission, to the various linear and non-linear delivery platforms. The team works on-site in Osterley 5 days a week, from 7-3:30pm
Preparing, terminating, and numbering various types of broadcast, network, multicore, and various other cabling for installation in Equipment Room racks, Studios, control rooms, and technical office areas.
~ Installing broadcast equipment and Power units with associated cabling into Equipment Racks, and neatly securing all cabling to Sky Broadcast standards.
~ Running cabling under equipment room flooring within and between the different floors of Sky technical buildings at times working within congested cable routes and confined access.
~ I nstalling both copper and fibre infrastructure cabling installations
~ Work closely under the direction of Project Engineers to deliver installations accurately, and within expected timescales driven by the projects.
~ Work within technical environments and benchwork in the wiring workshop for projects and support installations.
~ Extensive experience and knowledge in terminating various types of broadcast connectors for crimp terminations, in-rack power cabling, and soldering multipin connectors.
~ Experience of broadcast and technical equipment room working environments working with video, audio, network cabling and fibre.
~ Able to interpret technical cabling drawings of the various systems and implement the connection of the cabling to equipment with an eye for detail and neat and tidy installations.
~ Excellent application of experience to fault finding within cabling and installed racks.
~ Desirable experience and certification in MEWP operation, working at heights, confined working environments, CSCS, and fibre termination.
Content technology and innovation
Our Content Technology and Innovation team delivers high-quality content to homes, customer devices, businesses and commercial partners across our European markets. With over 2500 colleagues from around the world, we combine our strategic insights, engineering know-how and operational excellence to use the most innovative technologies to create and distribute our award-winning content!
Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
~ A generous pension package
~ Private healthcare
~ Discounted mobile and broadband
~ Inclusion & how you'll work
Recognised by The Times and Stonewall, we take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion. We've embraced hybrid working and split our time between unique office spaces and the convenience of working from home. You'll find out more about what hybrid working looks like for your role later on in the recruitment process.
Your office space
Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There are also plenty of bike shelters and showers.
You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed, and even get pampered at our beauty salon.
Inventive, forward-thinking minds come together to work in Tech, Product and Data at Sky. We support our community and contribute to a sustainable future for our business and the planet.
Just so you know: if your application is successful, we'll ask you to complete a criminal record check.