Audio Visual (AV) Engineer

Contract: AV Engineer
Start Date: ASAP (after background check completion)
Duration: 4 months
Location: City of London
Rate: £295-£305 a day (deemed inside IR35 via umbrella solution)
Reference: 20642

Experienced AudioVisual AV Engineer to support our client with a new office build, delivering audio visual, unified communications, and telephony infrastructure across meeting rooms, boardrooms, and collaboration spaces. You will have hands-on experience installing, configuring, and supporting AV/UC systems in large enterprise client environments. Key for this role is experience of organising and setting up corporate events including setting up meeting rooms, sound boarding, cameras, visuals etc

Key Responsibilities:

• Install, configure, and commission AV equipment across meeting rooms, boardrooms, and collaboration spaces as part of a new office build and on going events
• First and second fix AV cabling, including HDMI, network, and speaker cabling, in line with structured cabling standards
• Mount, align, and configure displays, projectors, screens, cameras, microphones, and speakers
• Deploy and configure video conferencing platforms, including Zoom Rooms, Microsoft Teams Rooms, and telephony/UC endpoints
• Test and calibrate room systems end-to-end, ensuring audio, video, and control systems function reliably
• Configure and support AV control systems and room scheduling panels
• Work closely with project managers, electricians, and other trades to deliver AV works to programme
• Provide day one and post-installation support, troubleshooting AV, telephony, and UC issues
• Produce and maintain as-built documentation, including cabling schedules and room configurations

Required Skills & Experience:

• Proven experience as an AV Engineer, including new office build or fit-out projects
• Experience of setting up corporate events across AV/UC equipment
• Hands-on experience with structured cabling, including containment, first fix, and second fix AV/data cabling
• Strong working knowledge of boardroom and meeting room AV systems (displays, projectors, cameras, microphones, speakers, DSPs)
• Experience configuring and supporting Zoom Rooms and/or Microsoft Teams Rooms
• Familiarity with telephony and UC platforms (eg Zoom Phone, Teams Calling, Cisco/Poly endpoints)
• Understanding of AV control systems (eg Crestron, Extron, Q-SYS)
• Basic networking knowledge (IP Addressing, VLANs, PoE) as it relates to AV device connectivity
• Comfortable working from technical drawings, cabling schedules, and room layout designs
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work on-site during a live office build programme

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