Audio and Video Equipment Technicians

TekWissen • Miami, FL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

TekWissen is recruiting Audio and Video Equipment Technicians for a four-month temporary assignment with a media and entertainment company. The position is onsite at 2350 NW 117th Pl, Miami, FL 33182. The schedule is an eight-hour workday, with a one-hour lunch break, scheduled Monday through Friday between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Occasional overnight and weekend work is required, normally with two days’ notice; work may also be needed on evenings, weekends, and holidays with little or no notice depending on production schedules.

The technician installs and routes low-voltage cabling and installs broadcast, network, audio, video, intercom, monitoring, and control equipment in racks and facility spaces. The role involves interpreting installation drawings and specifications, preparing and labeling racks and cables, assisting with equipment commissioning and testing, removing decommissioned equipment, following safety and applicable installation codes, and coordinating with engineers, vendors, contractors, and operational personnel. The technician also maintains tools and equipment and participates in scheduled maintenance windows, projects, and emergency support when required.

Requirements

• Associate degree, technical certificate, vocational training in electronics, telecommunications, audiovisual technology, networking, or electrical systems, or equivalent work experience.
• At least two years of experience installing low-voltage cabling or technical equipment in a commercial, industrial, data center, telecommunications, audiovisual, or broadcast environment.
• Demonstrated experience installing and terminating copper data, coaxial, audio, video, or control cabling, including terminating and testing common connectors such as RJ45, BNC, XLR, and fiber connectors.
• Familiarity with cable labeling, cable management, pathway utilization, bend-radius requirements, and industry-standard installation practices.
• Working knowledge of hand tools, power tools, cable-certification equipment, multimeters, tone generators, and continuity testers.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a technical project team.
• Strong communication skills and ability to coordinate effectively with engineers, vendors, contractors, and operational personnel.
• Ability to follow established procedures and work safely in equipment rooms, studios, ceilings, raised-floor areas, and other technical spaces.
• Ability to lift and position equipment and cable weighing up to 50 pounds; heavier equipment must be installed using appropriate lifting equipment or team-lifting procedures.
• Ability to climb ladders, work above ceilings, stand for extended periods, and work in confined or elevated areas.
• Willingness to work evenings, overnights, weekends, and holidays with little or no notice depending on production schedules.

Nice To Haves

• Three or more years of low-voltage cabling and equipment-installation experience within a television studio, broadcast facility, production center, post-production facility, data center, or live-event environment.
• Associate degree, technical certificate, or vocational training in electronics, telecommunications, audiovisual technology, networking, electrical systems, or a related field.
• Experience working in active, mission-critical environments where systems must remain operational during installation activities.
• Experience updating cable databases, computer-aided design drawings, asset-management systems, project-management systems, or electronic documentation platforms.
• Familiarity with basic IP networking concepts, including Ethernet, switches, VLANs, Power over Ethernet, and network-cable certification.
• Experience with broadcast video standards and infrastructure, including SDI, HD-SDI, 3G-SDI, 12G-SDI, analog audio, AES audio, MADI, Dante, or SMPTE ST 2110 systems.

Responsibilities

• Install and route low-voltage coaxial, network, fiber, audio, and control cabling throughout studios, control rooms, equipment rooms, technical operations centers, offices, production spaces, and other facility areas.
• Install broadcast, network, audio, video, intercom, monitoring, and control equipment in equipment-room racks.
• Review rack elevations and equipment installation drawings to verify equipment locations, rack-unit assignments, spacing, ventilation, and installation requirements.
• Install rack rails, shelves, mounting brackets, blanking panels, cable-management devices, patch panels, fiber enclosures, power strips, and related rack accessories.
• Secure equipment using appropriate rack hardware, mounting methods, manufacturer specifications, and facility installation standards.
• Dress, secure, and manage equipment power, signal, network, fiber, and control cabling within racks.
• Apply equipment labels, rack-unit labels, port identifiers, power-source labels, and asset tags according to facility standards.
• Assist engineers and vendors with equipment turn-up, initial power-on, configuration, testing, commissioning, and acceptance.
• Remove decommissioned equipment and associated cabling while maintaining accurate records and protecting active systems.
• Read and interpret system drawings, cable schedules, rack elevations, floor plans, signal-flow diagrams, and installation specifications.
• Follow company safety requirements and applicable electrical, building, fire, and low-voltage installation codes.
• Identify installation conflicts, material shortages, drawing discrepancies, and potential project risks, and escalate them to the appropriate project lead.
• Maintain tools, test equipment, consumable materials, and assigned company equipment.
• Participate in scheduled maintenance windows, overnight work, weekend projects, and emergency support when required.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree