Steve Turner

A resourceful, highly focused and experienced, bid and project management professional, with over 25 years experience in the broadcasting and telecoms industry. A strong innovative thinker and communicator, producing successful solutions to difficult challenges. A well proven technical engineer, focused on cost, quality and time targets.

Steve Turner’s Specialties:

innovative system design; problem solving; competetive bid costings; customer orientated planning;

Steve Turner’s Experience

Senior Engineer

Arqiva

(Privately Held; Broadcast Media industry)

May 2009 — Present (11 months)

Currently ensuring that the UK's TV Digital Switchover (DSO) Project and the UK's DAB expansion programme, meets national and international regulatory requirements, and providing the quality conformance certification between supplier and operator.
I am also engaged in facilitating ILR studio moves and other 'business as usual' broadcast work.
Project Engineer

Arqiva

(Privately Held; Broadcast Media industry)

September 2008 — May 2009 (9 months)

Following the recent merger between Arqiva and National Grid Wireless, I am now employed by Arqiva.

My current work is ensuring that the UK's TV Digital Switchover (DSO) Project meets national and international regulatory requirements, and providing the quality conformance certification between supplier and operator.
Project Engineer

National Grid Wireless

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

July 2005 — September 2008 (3 years 3 months)

Compiling design and costs inputs for bids and also project management for analogue and digital radio contracts.

Well able to understand and implement the design requirements of bid management from customer query through to contract issue, ensuring sustainable profit, at a marketable price.

Experienced in project management from inception through to delivery, using Prince2 methodology to meet key targets of cost, quality and time.
Field Engineer

Arqiva (formerly ntl:)

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

November 1999 — April 2005 (5 years 6 months)

Fault repair and maintenance of broadcasting plant from MW through to SHF

First line fault support for ntl: fibre optic national telecoms network.
ECI & Nortel SDH Multiplexes and fibre optic Wave Division Multiplexes
Field Engineer

BBC Transmission

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BBC; Broadcast Media industry)

March 1983 — November 1999 (16 years 9 months)

Highly experienced in technical repair, maintenance and installation, of all elements of broadcasting transmission, from:
Ancillary plant to antenna combiners;
Satellite receivers to high power (LW to SHF) digital and analogue transmitters.