NRL Bunker Review Operator

📍Location: Eveleigh, Sydney
📝Contract: Casual/Freelance
💰Salary: Variable hourly rate

📆Start Date: ASAP

🌟About The Role

We are recruiting to fill NRL Bunker Review Operator roles within our NRL department in Australia. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the forefront of sports technology as part of a young and dynamic team. The role involves the setup and operation of our SMART Replay system at the NRL Bunker in Sydney for National Rugby League matches and at on-site locations both across Australia and New Zealand for other Hawk-Eye services.

We will equip you with the technical training, support and full exposure to our systems to perform your day to day tasks but also encourage development and progression to help make an impact on what we do. 

This is a casual opportunity and will be predominantly weekend based work with hours based around NRL match fixtures. You may be rostered to work weekdays from time to time as well.

💼Key Responsibilities

• Setting up the SMART Replay system technology

• Conducting pre-match checks of the systems in accordance with standard procedures

• Liaising with NRL officials, stadium/club personnel, match officials and host broadcasters both on-site and remotely

• Monitoring and operating the system during the match

• Work with match officials, responding to their requests for replays and quickly delivering them the best possible angles to make crucial decisions

• Analysing software performances, being able to troubleshoot and report encountered issues

• Building and maintaining our hardware and equipment including being able to ask for replacements to the management team and/or purchasing new or replacement parts

• Organising logistics for travelling between stadium locations as and when required

🛠Skills, Knowledge, and Qualifications

Essential

• Able to adapt to flexible working conditions with irregular working days including weekends and longer days

• An interest in sport and/or sports analysis, ideally with a good knowledge of the NRL, Bunker and the rules of the game

• A strong technical background, ideally in Broadcast or IT

• Bright and enterprising with excellent organisational, analytical and problem-solving skills

• Proactive, responsible attitude and ability to work on your own initiative with minimum supervision

• Time management skills and ability to work in a high pressure, procedural, live broadcast environment

• Ability to liaise with clients and customers in a professional and approachable manner with attention to good communication.

• The right to live and work in Australia

Desirable

• Experience working with VT/replay technology desirable, or live event / technical production

• A university degree in Science, Technology or Engineering with relevant equivalent experience

At Hawk-Eye Innovations, we appreciate and value the importance of potential and growth. If you do not hit all of the criteria above but believe that there are certain areas you excel in and that you possess the passion and desire to develop the other attributes, then we encourage you to apply.

✅Benefits 

• A high-autonomy role with real exposure to the forefront of the sports officiating and broadcasting world

• The opportunity to experience some of the highest-profile sporting events around the globe

• Access to some of the most intelligent, innovative and driven people in our industry

• Involved in a fast-growing business where opportunities for progression are plentiful.