Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Location
Colchester, Essex | United Kingdom
Job description
Vermont Public is looking for the right person to fill a critical role in the Tech Department. The Chief Engineer - Studio is responsible for keeping Vermont Public’s television and radio studios, control rooms, and related equipment in a state of readiness to support creation of local content and delivery of our network programming. This work is accomplished through a combination of the supervision of studio broadcast and maintenance engineers and hands-on work. Key duties include supervising the Broadcast Engineer- Studioand Maintenance Engineer as well as:
- Oversees the safe and proper operation of the Vermont Public’s television and radio studios, control rooms, technical areas, and related systems.
- Direct work assignments and maintain work schedules for broadcast and maintenance engineers per union contract requirements.
- Obtain and and approve time sheets for the supervised employees.
- Monitor and approve (as needed) PTO requests for supervised employees.
- Approve credit card purchases and expense vouchers for supervised employees.
- Monitor appropriate budgets and approve purchase orders as needed.
- Maintain current knowledge on technological and regulatory issues as they relate to broadcast technology.
- Ensure compliance with FCC and other regulatory authorities.
- Work with the production and content teams to successfully stage studio and remote productions.
- Lead technical project design and implementation.
- Work with Sr. VP of technology to develop and manage the annual departmental budget(s).
- May represent Vermont Public to PBS, NPR, VAB and other organizations.
- Serves as a member of Vermont Public’s management team, sharing responsibility for the ongoing operation of the organization and implementation of the strategic plan.
Experience Desired:
Technical training and at least 5 years of relevant experience with television and radio studio technology. Prior supervisory experience preferred, Knowledge of computer networks, servers, and workstations and SBE or other comparable industry certification preferred.
Salary ranges from $81,770 - $96,200 annually, commensurate with experience.
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