Radio Broadcast Engineer

Job description / Role

Responsibilities:
• Provide technical support for equipment for FM radio stations, Audio vault Automation, Pro-tools Audio Mix system, Final Cut Pro and adobe primer edit suites, Graphics systems, Central Storage, Data Archive, Ingesting, Media Asset Management System Scheduling System, professional cameras and lighting equipment, Audiovisual Routing System, Multi Camera Live facilities, TV production studios and Photography equipment.
• Provide technical support for high profile events, e.g. inaugurations, signing ceremonies, business or and other main events which may require TV coverage.
• Provide technical support to the News Monitoring and Exhibit in terms of maintaining equipment and operate the teleprompter for executive management.

Specific Duties:
• Perform a broad range of media maintenance and FM Radio maintenance to ensure proper functioning.
• Install, repair and calibrate audiovisual media equipment.
• Design and install custom audiovisual circuit diagrams.
• Troubleshoot media and radio equipment down to the component level.
• Ability to diagnose and repair or replace FM transmitters (digital and analogue), RDS, antennas, audio chains, Axia
• Console and studio equipment (Pro Tools), repair and maintain PC and Mac computers and maintain broadcast automation software such as Audio Vault.
• Interface with support organizations within MPD and Wireless Maintenance Group as well as Government Agencies as needed.
• Perform quality assurance testing on newly delivered equipment.
• Conduct routine and diagnostic test on equipment using electronic test equipment.
• Perform preventive maintenance on all media equipment as per schedule.
• Keep up to date with the industry by building and maintaining a network of contacts.
• Performs other similar or related duties as requested or required.

Salary:
SAR 11,000 to 12,000 per month inclusive of fixed allowances.

Requirements

• Seven (7) years professional experience in electronics field, including experience with Radio Audio Vault System.
• Bachelor Degree in Electronics Engineering.
• Licensed Broadcast Engineer.
• Experience in Audiovisual event coverage setups.
• Experience in Information Technology and networking.
• Experienced in broadcast software and hardware maintenance.
• Able to read, write and speak English. Additional Arabic an advantage.

About the Company

The First Gulf Company For Supplies & Contracting LTD (FGC) was established in 2001. The company has diversified into many industries such as Electronics, General Contracting and Trading. Over the past years, the company has built a good reputation supported by highly qualified professionals.

The Company was formed to create its business with a commitment to quality in order to provide the ideal solutions for each project. The staff of well qualified and trained engineers and technicians come together to produce significant and high quality engineering work.

Today, FGC dominates the broadcast Systems Integration business in Saudi Arabia, and rapidly growing in its other business of General Contracting and Telecom Value Added Services (VAS)