Station Engineer at Group8 Limited

Group8 Limited is recruiting suitable candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Station Engineer

Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Protects the station’s broadcasting licenses and prevents institutional liability and the potential for fines resulting from violations of standard broadcasting policies by assisting the Chief Engineer in ensuring that the station is in compliance with NBC rules and regulations pertaining to technical operations at all times.
• Ensures that radio and TV master control and production personnel are able to perform their duties by assisting the Chief Engineer in planning, and recommending the purchase, installation, and maintenance of all station technical equipment, including new technologies intended to expand station services.
• Ensures quality and continuity of broadcast service by gaining and maintaining a high level of familiarity with the broadcast automation system and troubleshooting, navigating, and servicing the system as required.
• Promotes preventive maintenance as a strategy in maintaining the radio and TV stations’ equipment by keeping accurate records on equipment indicating required and performed maintenance, performing periodic cleaning and servicing of equipment, and scheduling major repairs and services as appropriate.
• Engages in process improvement and facilitates a more effective use of radio and TV station resources by solving technical problems hampering station operations and using modified off-the-shelf components or by designing and building unique prototype equipment or software to perform specific electronic functions or to increase the operational capacity of the equipment in use.
• Assist the Chief Engineer with the administration of the radio station by producing engineering-related documents for regulatory, governmental, or grant making agencies, preparing supporting information for the selection of departmental budget priorities, and documenting station policies and procedures related to technical operations.
• Assist the Chief Engineer with the maintenance of station computer operations by evaluating emerging technologies for station uses, planning for, installing, and maintaining computer workstations, servers, and LAN equipment, providing technical support to production and support staff for radio and TV studio, master control, and computing resources as needed.
• Contributes to a work environment that encourages knowledge of, respect for, and development of skills to engage with those of other cultures or backgrounds.
• Remains competent and current through self directed professional reading, developing professional contacts with colleagues, attending professional development courses, and attending training and/or courses as required by the Chief Engineer.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor Degree in Electronic Engineering or its equivalent
• At least 4-5 years working experience
• Experienced in electronic engineering and using communication equipment
• Sufficient colour vision and hearing
• The ability to apply digital (and analogue) theory and work from diagrammatic Information.

Skills:

• Excellent IT skills
• The ability to work well in teams
• Fault-finding skills and the capacity tosolve technical problems in a creative way
• Strong communication and people skills
• Excellent attention to details
• Time management skills
• Flexibility
• The ability to remain calm under pressure
• A proactive and results-focused approach to work
• Stamina and physical fitness.
• Pre-entry experience, such as work experience with a production company or in local television or radio, is important.

Application Closing Date
20th April, 2021.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the "Job Title" as the subject of the email.