Description
We are seeking a Technical Operations Manager to lead all AV technical service delivery at the McLaren Technology Centre and other facilities used by the McLaren Group.
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- Leading the end-to-end technical delivery of high-profile staff, commercial, partner, executive and VIP events and activities
- Translating stakeholder requirements into safe, reliable and effective technical solutions, from initial planning through to live delivery and close-out
- Managing and coordinating internal technical resources, specialist suppliers and contractors to ensure consistently high standards of delivery
- Taking ownership of technical readiness, infrastructure, operational resilience and issue resolution across live production environments
- Ensuring all technical operations are delivered in accordance with health & safety requirements, appropriate budgets, operational standards and best practice
- Indirectly managing regular contractors and a single team member to ensure they follow the same high standards set by the business
The ideal candidate will have:
- Extensive experience leading technical operations, AV, broadcast and live production for high-profile events and business-critical activities
- Strong AV/IT engineering and technical design expertise, covering complex integrated systems, conferencing, streaming and production infrastructure
- Proven ability to translate senior stakeholder requirements into practical technical solutions, from initial concept through to successful live delivery
- Demonstrable experience managing suppliers, contractors, budgets, resources and infrastructure, often within tight deadlines and demanding operational environments
- Strong technical leadership, commercial awareness and operational judgement, with responsibility for safety, resilience, quality and successful end-to-end delivery
- Strong and proven knowledge of Video processing fundamentals, Dataton Watchout, Qlab, Premier pro, Photoshop, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and audio processing equipment
- Full driving licence required, MEWP licence would be an advantage
We offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
- Structured career development framework
- 25 days' holiday, plus bank holiday
- Enhanced company pension scheme
- Discretionary annual bonus award
- Private medical insurance and health cash plan
- Life assurance benefit
- Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years' service
- Benefits that can be adapted to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
- Generous parental leave policies
- A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice