Job Title: Head End Equipment Technician
Installation, configuration, and maintenance of Head End equipment to broadcasting requirements.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :
BUSINESS OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY
- Keep inventory of DTT Head End assets up to date.
- Maintenance and repairs of encoding, multiplexing, and associated middleware to ensure it complies with manufacturers' specifications.
- Installation, configuration, and maintenance of Head End equipment to broadcasters' requirements.
- Training of technical and operational staff.
- Monitor the availability of the transmitter and satellite networks and consolidate an accurate monthly network breakdown report, detailing: total lost broadcast time; total lost broadcast time per programme; graphical representation of hours lost per month, to indicate trends.
- Identification of any transmitter site showing abnormal downtime.
- Provide relevant quality management information and consultation to Radio and TV, in order to influence the development and planning decision-making processes.
- Ensure optimal alignment between technology and the radio stations and TV channels' needs and requirements.
Keep SABC in line with the latest technological features.
- Ensure continual technology renewal and footprint optimisation in order to enhance efficiencies.
- Provide long-term technology planning, aligned with SABC Radio and TV strategy.
- Take responsibility for the technical contact with Telkom and Sentech, in order to ensure optimal delivery on SABC technical needs and requirements.
- Liaise with TV and Radio and relevant technology business units, in order to ensure optimal delivery on transmission technology needs and requirements.
- Liaise with SABC Technical working groups (SAG and EBAF requirements).
- Monitor and report on operational risk and compliance.
- Monitor compliance in line with Occupational Health Safety Act.
STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT
- Liaison with Sentech in connection with Event Information Table related queries and all matters of association.
- Provide colleagues with in-house training on the EPG production system to ensure information sharing.
INHERENT/MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
QUALIFICATIONS
- BTech or Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or equivalent qualification.
- Relevant Master's degree will be an added advantage.
- Professional registration as engineer or technologist.
EXPERIENCE
- 6+ Years technical experience in broadcasting with exposure to radio and TV, of which 3 years management experience, proven track record in the optimal application of technology in radio and TV.
- A good understanding of digital multichannel broadcasting.
- Client service oriented.
- Good communication skills.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Team player.
TECHNICAL SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES
- Good overview of frequency planning environment.
- Ability to simultaneously think on both broad-picture and detailed-oriented scales.
- Excellent understanding of intellectual property concepts.
- To keep abreast of International Broadcast and technology trends in multimedia/digital broadcasting.
- Thorough understanding of RF/Transmitter environment.
- Understanding of policy, SOP, and procedures relating to human resources.
- Development of strategy.
- Understanding of human resource and labour policies.
- Project management.
- Labour Statute Training.
- Sound knowledge of the relevant legislation applicable to broad HR legislation.
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