Manager, Transmission Ops and Maintenance

This is a Full Time Job

NBC Sports Group

Manager, Transmission Ops and Maintenance

Stamford , CT

Responsibilities

Job Scope:
The Manager, Transmission Operations and Maintenance will manage the transmission operations staff and their associated activities supporting all incoming and outgoing transmission operations.

Responsibilities:
• Ensure engineering designs, plans, maintenance and other activities result in a safe and reliable transmission operation, inclusive of transmission lines, switching stations, encoding/decoding, frame syncs, routing and scheduling interfaces.
• Interface with the Operations and Production departments to ensure all of their transmission and routing needs are met.
• Interface with transmission carriers for circuit issues, escalations, maintenance, and overall performance.
• Maintain compliance with applicable operating and technical and reliability standards and regulations.
• Establish standard operation procedures for all transmission activities including the audio/video and communications check-in and QC process for remotes and the outgoing transmission activity.
• Develop long and short range plans and budgets designed to meet current and future transmission system demands.
• Manage the ongoing design and modifications of the transmission and communication systems to keep up with the changing demands and objectives of the plant.
• Develop preventative system maintenance plans, problems resolution check list, and system for tracking transmission logs.
• Integrate and collaborate with Broadcast Engineering Department to design and implement advanced solutions to meet transmission and communication delivery requirements.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience required
• Experience in both operations and technical management required with a minimum of seven (7) years of collective broadcast experience.
• Extensive knowledge of fiber optic and coax transport, MPEG 2 and 4 encoding and decoding, ASI, Dolby-E, MATV/ IPTV, multi-way processors, standards converters, frame syncs, matrix based communications systems and plant routing systems.
• Ability to comprehend signal flow documents (CAD) as well as systems level troubleshooting.
• Must be proficient with broadcast test and measurement equipment in addition to MS Office, Visio, and AutoCAD.
• Must be an excellent communicator and able to manage highly technical operations teams while interfacing with the Engineering, Operations and Production departments, and 3rd party vendors.
• Position requires excellent interpersonal skills.
• Must be able to work well under the pressures of ''live'' television.
• Ability to prepare and deliver written and oral communications of complex matters.
• Strong technical and project management skills required.
• Position may require night and weekend assignments

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