Broadcast Maintenance Engineer

Weigel Broadcasting Co•South Bend, IN

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

ABC57 and CW25 in South Bend, Indiana is seeking a communicative, detail oriented, and solutions driven Broadcast Maintenance Engineer to join our growing office. This role involves collaborating with an award-winning news team in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, working in the production control room and occasionally on remote broadcasts. The engineer will provide valuable technical guidance to reporters, directors, and editors, and assist in exploring emerging media technology.

Requirements

Extensive experience with broadcast technology, repairing cameras, lights, microphones, tripods, and monitors
Advanced proficiency with broadcast equipment including video editors, video switchers, and audio mixers
Hands on experience with vMix, Edius, Adobe Creative Cloud, Cuez, Singular.Live, and Dejero
Strong understanding of schematics, mechanical drawings, technical manuals, and documents
Ability to bring positivity and organization to the team

Responsibilities

Monitor live newscasts and assist with technical issues
Perform preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and emergency repairs on newsroom production equipment including cameras, video editors, audio mixers, and mobile video transmitters (Dejero or TVu)
Build, terminate, test and install cables, including BNC, XLR, and Ethernet cables and update broadcast wiring diagrams
Collaborate with the IT department to fix laptops, monitors, printers, and networking issues
Provide basic building maintenance by investigating problems with air conditioning, heating, and electrical
Participate in on call rotation and maintain flexibility to work occasional weekends
Perform additional duties as assigned