Dailies Engineer, Picture Shop - Pinewood Studios

Dailies Engineer, Streamland Media UK Ltd 

Contract – 6months FTC months 

Base - Pinewood Studios (on-site) 

Streamland Media is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer 

Who we are!  

Picture Shop, Streamland Media’s picture division, is an award-winning, worldwide, state-of-the-art post production house offering comprehensive picture services to the entertainment industry's most imaginative film makers and top tier studios. A roster of innovative talent and cutting-edge technologists deliver industry leading colour, editorial, dailies, unscripted sound and mastering restoration and services that help bring creative visions to life. Streamland Media is a global post production company that handles picture, VFX, sound and marketing services. 

What we need! 

Picture Shop UK is looking for a Dailies Engineer who is able to work in a diverse and highly agile environment, at the elite level of On Location Services. Candidates must be natural problem solvers who understand the criticality of service uptime, client service environments and content security and understand the intricacies of supporting global platforms and systems. With a broad range of post services and platforms, global reach, teamworking and outlook, the candidate must be a self-motivated team player, prepared to share knowledge and help develop the skills of others across all Streamland businesses both in the UK and across the wider group 

What you’ll gain! 

• Exposure to a range of technologies from the Film/On location services side of the business as well as across general production IT systems.
• Opportunites to learn new workflows in a specialist area of the industry.
• Complex Audio/Video apps and workflows, broadcast hardware, storage, databases, backups, networking, security.
• An opportunity to get experience at the forefront of Film and associated technologies.
• Training is provided by a helpful team of colleagues and our inhouse Learning and Development Dept. to build a working local knowledge 
• External technical training will be offered as required.

What we need you to do! 

• Design, Implementation and Support of various post production technologies and infrastructure. 
• Creative staff & Client helpdesk functions including call handling/logging and some general IT support duties.
• Software imaging & hardware maintenance

What Experience we’re looking for! 

• An understanding Avid & Adobe editing systems, Pro Tools sound studios, colour grading, Autodesk Flame. 
• LTO decks and systems knowledge.
• Baselight experience and Color Front knowledge.
• Experience of High end workflows & technology to produce UHD/HDR/Atmos content.
• Linux OS Experience an advantage.
• Any virtualisation, networking, remote working solution experience an advantage.
• Scripting and or coding experience an advantage

What else do we need you to know? 

• Candidates must be available within 1month of interview. 
• This is a rotating, shift-based working pattern of Mon – Fri covering early 06.00 – 14:00 and mid 09:00-17:00 shifts, with some ad hoc work out of hours including weekends. 
• This position’s contracted hours will be early and mid shifts and may require 6th days or weekend work.
• Productions may film 6 days a week, over weekends, or for extended hours. The ideal candidate understands film and television production does not keep to standard office hours.
• There is a shuttle bus that runs from Pinewood Studios to Slough train station from 07:00 until 19:00. 
• Candidates will not be provided with transport or expenses towards transport and will be expected to make their own way to and from their work base.