Broadcast Maintenance Engineer

OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY

Fox TV Stations

FOX Television Stations owns and operates 29 full power broadcast television stations in the U.S. These include stations located in 14 of the top 15 largest designated market areas, or DMAs, and duopolies in 11 DMAs, including the three largest DMAs (New York, Los Angeles and Chicago). Of these stations, 18 are affiliated with the FOX Network. In addition to distributing sports, entertainment and syndicated content, our television stations collectively produce approximately 1,200 hours of local news every week. These stations leverage viewer, distributor and advertiser demand for the FOX Network’s national content.

JOB DESCRIPTION

MAINTENANCE ENGINEER (Full Time Regular):

Do you have an IT and broadcast engineering background? If so, we have a full-time position for a Broadcast Maintenance Engineer. In this role, you will be an important member of a team supporting the News Operation, Production, Master Control and the entire television station. FOX is an exciting place to work where we are breaking barriers. We offer comprehensive medical plans three weeks’ vacation, 401k and tuition reimbursement amongst other benefits.

Duties & Responsibilities: Support production and studio equipment, incl. robotic cameras systems, automated master control, automated newsroom automated audio and similar.

Troubleshooting and maintenance of technical equipment both IT and hardware, including network systems, switches, routers, and computers (Servers and PC).

Occasionally assist the IT department with supporting Windows computers and network as needed.

Experience with Cisco switches, networking infrastructure and Microsoft Office O365 is a major plus.

Maintain and update equipment documentation, standard operating procedures, and preventative maintenance procedures as required. Ability to work nights, overtime, weekends, and holidays.

Must be able to document daily tasks, projects, and coordinate CAD documentation. Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge of Broadcast and IT technical principles, including production workflows, broadcast equipment and systems including, but not limited to, cameras, sound, vision, graphics, post-production, media management, MCR and various playouts including streaming and OTT.

Enthusiastic and self-motivated, able to prioritize a daily workload in a fast-paced high-pressure environment, and to meet deadlines both individually, and as part of a team.

Excellent communication skills to provide technical advice for a live news environment. Self-motivated, with a passion for the job, proactive and approachable.

Solid work ethic with proven technical expertise.

Bachelor’s Degree or related experience required or technical school training with electronics training and related experience. Plus at least 3 years’ experience with the setup, operation and troubleshooting of professional broadcast & IT equipment. Experience with the following equipment preferred: iNews, Sony's ELC, graphic systems, Calrec audio, VM Ware work environment, Harmonic, WSI, TVU/LiveU, iTX, Evertz, 2110 or related broadcast and computer systems.