Sr 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

FOX 13 and FOX 13+, the Fox O&O duopoly in Seattle, Washington has an opening for a senior maintenance engineer to join our technology team. Our senior maintenance engineers have a unique mix of solid IT skills as well as plenty of television broadcast systems experience due to the wide variety of systems we use. Troubleshooting ability in IT and video/audio/ASI is a key skill to get systems back online quickly. In this role you will work closely with our news and other departments to keep all news production and broadcast operations running smoothly. Our senior maintenance engineers maintain everything from transmitter sites, building systems, networking systems, computer systems, IT security, and signal creation and distribution. This position has good variety, you will not be bored. If you match these requirements, we want to hear from you.

Responsibilities

- Perform regular software updates to broadcast systems to keep them up to date.

- Regular health checks of virtual systems in a VMWare environment.

- Network monitoring and scanning of networks to proactively identify problems.

- Maintain, operate and repair equipment.

- Read and understand line drawings and technical manuals as reference documents to insure optimum operation and performance of equipment.

- Perform preventive maintenance on equipment and facilities as needed to insure optimum operation and performance of the equipment.

- Reviews preventative maintenance schedules and performs maintenance, inspections and adjustments as needed.

- Be proactive in identifying underlying problems in the plant and fixing those problems.

- Read and understand station drawings, understand station signal paths, utilize test equipment (network analyzer, spectrum analyzers, transport stream analyzers ), terminate wires (coaxial and network), and troubleshooting SMPTE 2110. - - Ability to efficiently troubleshoot, analyze, and correct malfunctioning equipment and systems.

- Diagnose and repair faulty equipment and/or systems down to the lowest practical level. Utilize test equipment, technical manuals and schematic diagrams as part of the diagnostic and troubleshooting process.

- Affect repairs to return the systems or equipment to service. Effectively communicate with and listen to operators, producers, writers, directors, other KCPQ staff and/or clients in order to diagnose and troubleshoot problems in a timely manner.

- Accurately detail and document work, projects, installations, daily repair, and work in progress, to ensure information is updated and accurate records are maintained.

- Orders and prioritizes work assignments without supervision to insure smooth operation of the facility.

- Contact vendors, suppliers, and manufacturers as necessary to obtain repair documentation, information and parts as needed. 

Qualifications

- Minimum 3 years IT experience and 5 or more years’ job experience as a Broadcast Maintenance Engineer.

- IT experience highly desired.

Physical

- Ability to lift weights up to 50 lbs., frequently bend, kneel, stoop, and reach. Ability to stand for long periods (greater than 1 hr.). Ability to use tools, manipulate small parts and make minute adjustments to controls requiring fine finger movements. High visual acuity.

Other

- Ability to work alone and without supervision. Ability to work under deadline and time constraint. Ability to work various hours including nights and weekends.

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We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.

Pursuant to state and local pay disclosure requirements, the pay rate/range for this role, with final offer amount dependent on education, skills, experience, and location is $45.00-50.14 per hour. This role is also eligible for various benefits, including medical/dental/vision, insurance, a 401(k) plan, paid time off, and other benefits in accordance with applicable plan documents. Benefits for Union represented employees will be in accordance with the applicable collective bargaining agreement.