Director of Broadcast Engineering

MAJOR AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

• Department Management (50% of time)
  • Lead a team of engineers who manage all aspects of the technical facility including studio support, field production support, and transmission of live/taped events & programs.
  • Oversee daily broadcast operations, including program scheduling, automation systems, and transmission workflows.
  • Design and document technical facilities; ensure that documentation is up to date.
  • Manage the operation, installation and utilization of station equipment.
  • Establish and maintain technical quality standards and best practices.
  • Secure and manage relationships with third party vendors.
  • Schedule preventive maintenance to minimize downtime and service interruptions.
  • Oversee budget management for department, order parts and materials when needed.
  • Manage operational response during severe weather or emergency situations.
  • Lead capital projects, assigning teams, collaborating with other departments, and owning the design and execution of project timelines and budgets.
• Production & Master Control Operations (20% of time)
  • Ensure accurate execution of traffic logs and playlists for all scheduled programming. Collaborates with colleagues to manage deliverables.
  • Analyze discrepancy logs and equipment incident reports, identify areas where performance or process needs improvement.
  • Cook up and oversee ingest and quality control of all incoming media assets.
  • Ensure proper setup and monitoring of networked media systems for live and file-based content delivery.
  • Create and maintain training documents for Master Control functions.
• Compliance (5% of time)
  • Ensure compliance with FCC regulations for RF power levels, frequency assignments, and modulation standards.
  • Conduct periodic compliance audits to verify adherence to FCC and PBS technical standards.
  • Train staff on FCC regulations, including indecency, sponsorship identification, and children’s programming rules.
  • Responsible for proper FCC signage at tower and broadcast center.
  • Responsible for displaying all necessary FCC paperwork.
  • Oversee proper execution and logging of EAS tests and alerts in accordance with federal and state mandates.
  • Prepare and submit required FCC paperwork as needed.
• Team/Staff Management (20% of time)
  • Lead, mentor, inspire, guide, and develop team and staff members throughout their TPT careers.
  • Manage the scheduling of media engineering personnel activities to support the technical operation and performance of the station.
  • Oversee the hiring, staffing, evaluation, overall management and training of staff.
  • Cook up and mentor team members through ambitious goals and support for professional development.
  • Cultivate a fun, engaging, and balanced work environment.
• Other duties as assigned (5% of time)
  • Participate as an active member of the Technology Team. Contribute to shared goals and collaborate with colleagues on achievement of priorities.
  • Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Professional experience in video systems engineering including: knowledge of video, audio, and captioning file formats; associated transcoding systems; video streaming compression systems; RF broadcast systems; as well as PC and Macintosh computing platforms.
• Ability to manage projects encompassing hardware, software, and user systems, including professionally documenting and installing those systems.
• Knowledge of FCC regulations and compliance requirements.
• Strong creative, technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• BSEE, BS-Information Technology/Computer Science or ASEE and/or equivalent relevant Broadcast experience.
• Minimum ten (10) years in broadcast television engineering with a 24x7x365 union engineering team.