Broadcast Engineer

Primary Responsibilities

• Operate Master Control and Master control automation
• Production audio, edit, Drones, operate field camera equipment and report
• Direct/TD Newscasts
• Operate automated cameras, CG graphics and Premiere editing
• Cook with Newsroom Automation Systems such as ENPS
• Cover live-shot needs
• Scout live-shot locations for optimal signal strength, safety and shot composition
• Operate video and audio switchers, video and audio recorders, microwave equipment, monitors, test equipment, tools and all Electronic News Gathering, various digital equipment.
• Including IP and Cellular devices.

Requirements

• At least 2-4 years Broadcast Engineering experience with live news or talk shows
• Understanding of live newscast production
• Strong people skills, team player
• Good driving record
• Able to work various hours and shifts
• Able to lift, run and carry heavy cable reels, television monitors, camera tripods and other equipment weighing up to 50 lbs
• Able to climb 10-15 foot ladders and work and operate (in the field) under pressure and control heavier than normal, full-sized television remote live van
• Able to control heavier than normal, full sized television remote live van, which requires much greater braking distance than normal
• Able to lift, run, and carry heavy cable reels, television monitors, camera tripods and other equipment weighing up to 40 pounds for live shots
• Able to climb 10 to 15 foot ladders, set up shots on rooftops
• Able to bend, reach, and kneel to retrieve, place and store equipment in assigned places in ENG trucks
• Vision corrected to 20/20 with no impairments
• Excellent depth perception
• Move swiftly at breaking news locations
• Able to climb several flights of stairs carrying heavy equipment
• Use both hands, have ability to balance, kneel, crouch, crawl, and reach/work overhead to place and connect cables in buildings and on remote sites, and to transport and set up remote equipment
• Work outside and on the roof of an ENG truck in all types of weather
• Work and operate under pressure in a fast paced news environment