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Location: The majority of work will take place on-site at football stadiums in your region, with further opportunities for travel across UAE and the MEA region
Contract: Permanent, Full-Time
Salary: Competitive
Start Date: March 2023
WHAT THE JOB IS ALL ABOUT»
As a Football Systems Operator, you will be working on-site at football stadiums in your region, playing a key part in the delivery of our services to UAE FA. As you gain experience in the role, you may be expected to be involved in more tournaments throughout the MEA Region and further afield; such as the AFC Champions League or FIFA Seminars and Competitions.
The role will encompass the installation and operation of our technology at matches where you will be responsible for our systems. You will need to be prepared to work long days at weekends and midweek evenings, as we work whenever Football happens.
Whilst we provide a number of services in top-flight football, you will initially focus on our Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology. You will gain exposure to various other services as you grow in the role and become a more experienced member of the team.
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.
Key Responsibilities
- Pre-match planning before match-day
- Setting up Hawk-Eye technology in the stadium (this can involve physically demanding work, such as rigging cameras and running cables)
- Conducting pre-match set up, checks and calibration of the systems in accordance with standard procedures
- Liaising with stadium staff, match officials and host broadcasters on-site
- Monitoring the systems during the match
- Monitoring hardware and software performances, being able to troubleshoot and report encountered issues
- Taking full ownership of our system on-site and being an ambassador for Hawk-Eye
- During the off-season, building and maintaining our hardware and equipment
- Assisting with installation and testing of new products and services
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- A technical grounding; with a desire to work with and learn new technologies
- Bright and enterprising with excellent problem-solving skills coupled with an inquisitive mindset
- Proactive attitude and time management skills with the ability to work on your own initiative
- Ability to remain calm in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to liaise with clients and customers in a professional and approachable manner
- Willingness to travel domestically and to work overseas
- Flexible and adaptable to a schedule that is dedicated by the fixture list and can change at short notice
- Acceptance that the nature of our business means that work will be carried out over weekends/bank holidays
- A full valid driving licence is required and willingness to drive our vans
- English language – working proficiency
Nice to have:
- Ideally with a bachelor’s degree in a science, technology, mathematics or engineering course or relevant equivalent experience
- Preferable experience working with video technology/replay technology desirable, or live event/technical production
- Arabic speaker
- Hindi speaker
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.
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About Hawk-Eye Innovations
About Hawk-Eye
Hawk-Eye Innovations have been at the forefront of sports officiating and broadcast enhancement technology since 2001. The world’s biggest sporting events trust Hawk-Eye to make the right call when it matters most.
Hawk-Eye Innovations have been at the forefront of sports officiating and broadcast enhancement technology since 2001. The world’s biggest sporting events trust Hawk-Eye to make the right call when it matters most.
Hawk-Eye’s vision-processing, video replay and creative graphic technologies make sport fairer, safer, more engaging and better informed. Our innovations are constantly changing the face of sports officiating, production, content management, and fan engagement in every sport.
Hawk-Eye Innovations form a key part of the Sony Sports Innovations Group with a shared mission to deliver best-in-class officiating, broadcast and digital solutions to the sports world.
Our Values
At Hawk-Eye Innovations, our three core values underpin our success, ensuring that we continue to be a leading innovator in sports technology on a global scale. Our business is filled with exceptional talent that helps to ensure that the World’s biggest sporting events trust us to make the right call when it matters the most. We deliver on this by ensuring that:
- WE ARE BRAVE
- Confident in solving almost impossible problems, pioneering and ambitious for our clients and for ourselves. We are bold leaders in the industry, driven by possibilities and striving with pace and energy. We understand our risks and love the challenge.
- WE ARE OWNERS
- Our business is our own; we feel every win, and especially the losses. We take pride in excellence and trust ourselves to do what’s right, relentlessly. We make decisions like owners, with endeavour and entrepreneurialism. We are serious about what we do, and have fun whilst doing it.
- WE ARE INCLUSIVE
- We are one team; a community that’s connected and open. No secrets, no politics, just honesty and respect. We value diverse thinking, and diverse people – this helps us innovate. We treat people as people, who are all integral to our success and we celebrate as one.
Diversity and Inclusion
Our commitment to diversity and inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and experience drives us forward every day. We celebrate differences. We encourage different opinions and approaches to be heard, and then we come together and build.
Our commitment to diversity and inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and experience drives us forward every day. We celebrate differences. We encourage different opinions and approaches to be heard, and then we come together and build.
Our response to COVID 19
During this time Team Hawk-Eye is working in a hybrid manner for all of our Head Office roles. Our operational teams are working onsite, Pioneering & Inspiring Change in Sport every day!
- Head Office Teams
- We are currently working through a blend of in-person interactions (typically two days per week) and remote activity.
- Operational Teams
- Our operational teams are working on-site to ensure we can provide the highest level of service to our clients. We are taking the current guidance extremely seriously and are ensuring that the health, safety and well-being of our employees are at the highest standard.
Application Deadline
March 03, 2023
Department
Football
Employment Type
Permanent – Full Time
Location
UAE, Dubai
Workplace type
Hybrid
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