Rigger Driver

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: B
CONTRACT TYPE:
Permanent - Full-time
DEPARTMENT:
Media Operations

LOCATION:

London Park Royal/Park Western OB base
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE:
Up to 36000 depending on relevant skills knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

As a Rigger Supervisor your responsibilities will include attending a variety of events and shows to assist engineers and site crew in the safe and legal loading/unloading of vehicles and trailers with equipment cables and other associated plant with due care and regard for these items. Assist the stores base of operations team in loading vehicle movements daily transportation and maintaining vehicle standards.

The role also carries responsibility for basic routine vehicle maintenance weighing and checking of vehicles and trailers before driving and ensuring that the vehicle and load does not contravene any safety or legal requirement; promptly reporting defects.

The role is a 35-hour week role incorporating on site early and late shift work including weekend rotation. The role pays overtime and additional night payments where applicable.

Media Operations is one of two main departments within the Technology & Media Operations Group. Media Operations is at the heart of teams delivering incredible content across all our platforms for all audiences. Comprising around nine hundred people it manages the craft and production operations for the BBCs news radio and sport services across London Salford and Birmingham - capturing editing and producing our output 24x7 for TV radio and online.

Our team are experts in their field with exceptional technical operational and production creativity at their heart.

• Putting safety first ensuring you protect the public team and yourself.
• Bring an enthusiastic proactive and positive attitude to the BBC.
• Load and transport equipment safely. Ensure vehicles and trailers are legally and safely loaded weighed and checked before travel.
• Rig and operate technical equipment. Deploy test and maintain cables infrastructure and OB equipment on‑site.
• Drive and position OB vehicles. Safely drive, park, stabilise and interconnect vehicles as per operational plans.
• Support stores team in picking, loading and transportation of operational equipment.

• Licensed HGV Driver Must hold a valid Cat CE (Class I) licence CPC and Driver Qualification Card.
• Strong understanding of transport legislation and safety requirements.
• Able to work flexibly under pressure and fit into fast‑paced production environments according to the requirement of shifts.
• Capable of building effective relationships across craft resource and production teams.
• Experienced in heavy lifting and manual handling tasks.

• Demonstrate an understanding of the principles and operation of broadcast equipment and practices with particular relevance to radio operations.

If you can bring some of these skills and experiences along with your transferable strengths we would be excited to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

• Inventory Control
• Basic Math
• Paratransit
• Tanker Experience
• Van Driver
• Box Truck Experience
• Commercial Driving
• Commercial Vehicle Experience
• Delivery Driver Experience
• Manual Transmission Experience
• Driving
• Heavy Lifting

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1