What are the responsibilities and job description for the Broadcast Maintenance Engineer position at Nexstar Media Group, Inc.?
Primary Responsibilities:
- Maintain station equipment through preventive maintenance and repair.
- Installation, wiring and documentation for broadcast equipment, IT servers, switches, routers.
- Assist News Dept with support for systems such as BitCentral, ENPS, Ross Xpression.
- Perform diagnostics and repair of computer systems. Hardware repair or software installs.
- Operate or assist with transmission of bonded cellular, satellite or RF microwave truck.
- Have basic understanding of technical drawings and documents.
- Ability to interface with outside vendors for repairs or upgrades on systems
- Minimum 3-5 years experience with IT, electronics, television environment or similar.
- Ability to troubleshoot-repair-operate broadcast equipment including video monitoring, routers, patch panels, fiber, wireless devices, ENG cameras and studio robotic cameras.
- Use of audio-video-data test equipment such as digital waveform-spectrum analyzer.
- Demonstrated IT experience with basic server, networking topology and operating systems.
- Ability to work with management team on design, installation and integration of new equipment.
- Excellent communication and critical thinking skills, ability to prioritize issues.
- Good hand dexterity, ability to climb ladders, work in tight spots, lift minimum 50 lbs.
- Amateur radio operator, FCC license, SBE/Cisco/Microsoft certifications all a plus.