Our Company
If you share our desire to make New Zealand’s best television and supply outstanding service and support, then we want YOU to join our winning team with NEP New Zealand!
NEP Group is the leading technology partner for content creators worldwide. For 35+ years we have created innovative products and services for Live Production, Virtual Production and Media Processing to enable our clients to make, manage and show the world their content —anywhere, anytime, on any platform. NEP offers a complete set of end-to-end solutions, from content capture to distribution—including a growing portfolio of transformational cloud-based, software-based and virtualized technologies.
At NEP New Zealand our clients range from the leaders in sport, music, film and television including Entain, Sky, Whakaata Māori, Discovery and TVNZ, to major corporate brands, agencies, and new content owners and creators all around the world.
NEP New Zealand is currently looking for an OB Senior Audio Engineer. This position works within our Engineering team based at both our Mt Wellington OB base, and our Parnell hub/studio facility. It may also involve work on outside broadcasts around New Zealand as required.
The Position
The OB Senior Audio Engineer will provide expert audio mixing, design and preparation in live Outside Broadcast (“OB”), Hub and Studio/Playout environments; as well as training, system configuration and supervisory support.
Key Responsibilities, but not limited to:
- Perform at any level within the broadcast audio infrastructure, including live studio mixing and outside broadcast mixing.
- Effectively design, plan and implement, audio configurations for events, shows, outside broadcasts and studio productions.
- Contribute to the interfacing of audio into the greater environment at NEP; at a technical system level and well as with staffing, workflows and workload levels.
- Provide expert creative input into productions with respect to audio mix, content and quality.
- Work closely and cordially with all clients and colleagues to produce the best possible results.
Required skills and attributes:
- Extensive and broad experience with television productions.
- Full knowledge of broadcast audio concepts and implementation.
- Proven expert audio mixing experience in the studio and outside broadcast environments.
- Proven ability to produce audio that meets technical standards and is suitable for the intended purpose, both technically and creatively.
- Demonstrated team player within the broadcast industry over a minimum of five (5) years.
- Excellent communication skills (written/oral).
- Well organised and pays attention to detail.
- Solution orientated approach to problems.
NEP believes that, first and foremost, the efforts of our people are what contribute to our successes. We offer a range of benefits that assist our team in their professional development and wellbeing, including:
- Salary continuance insurance
- Discounts through NEP Rewards
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Parking provided when on shift
If you feel you have the right match of skills for this position and are available to work on a rostered basis across our Monday – Sunday working week and are available to travel as required, submit your application today!
You must have the right to live and work in New Zealand to apply for this job.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
About Our Process
At NEP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with Our Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are several checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants’ suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, right to work checks, and reference checks.
NEP is the largest media technology partner for content producers of live sports, entertainment, and corporate events globally. For more than 35 years, NEP has been delivering innovative products and services that enable clients to make, manage and show the world their content—anywhere, anytime, on any platform.
As a trusted partner working on some of the largest productions in the world, NEP offers a complete set of end-to-end solutions, from content capture to distribution—including a growing portfolio of transformational cloud-based, software-based and virtualized technologies.
• NEP’s Live Production solutions range from AV services and live audience enhancements to traditional outside broadcast and cutting-edge centralized and cloud production.
• NEP’s Virtual Production solutions start at the creative stage and end with exceptional execution across ICVFX, augmented reality, LED stages and more.
• NEP’s Media Processing solutions provide the tools and products our clients need to ingest, edit, store, search, manage and distribute their digital assets to rights holders across multiple platforms.
Headquartered in the United States, NEP has operations in 25 countries with over 4,000+ employees. Together, NEP has supported productions in over 100 countries on all seven continents and is still growing. Clients range from the leaders in sport, music, film and TV, to major corporate brands, agencies, to new content owners and creators all around the world
Anywhere, anytime, on any platform—we help our clients make, manage, and show the world their content.
