Director Broadcast Operations & Engineering

Job Description

CBS News and Stations, brings together the power of CBS News, 28 owned television stations in 17 major US markets, CBSN, CBSN Local platforms, local websites and cbsnews.com, under one umbrella. CBS News and Stations is home to the nation's #1 news program 60 MINUTES, CBSN, the first 24/7 digital streaming news network, the award-winning broadcasts CBS MORNINGS, CBS SATURDAY MORNING, the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH NORAH O'DONNELL, CBS SUNDAY MORNING, CBS WEEKEND NEWS, 48 HOURS and FACE THE NATION WITH MARGARET BRENNAN. CBS News and Stations also produces the award-winning 60 MINUTES+ for Paramount+. CBS News and Stations provides news and information for the CBS Television Network, CBSNews.com, CBSN, CBS News Radio and podcasts, CBS Mobile, Paramount + and other digital platforms. CBS News and Stations is dedicated to providing the highest quality journalism under standards it pioneered and continues to set in today's digital age. CBS News earns more prestigious journalism awards than any other broadcast network.

CBS2/KCAL9 has an immediate opening for Director, Broadcast Operations & Engineering. This is a multifaceted position with many responsibilities- technical, financial, IT and HR related. The position reports to the Duopoly President/General Manager with a dotted line to the Division Vice President of Engineering.

Specific Functions:

 Primary responsibilities are to ensure the TV Stations are in compliance with applicable Federal Communications Commission/OSHA rules and regulations as they apply to Television Stations.

 Develop and adhere to annual operating budgets for technical manpower, building/facility functions, equipment repairs and leased technical sites.

 Work in concert with the TV Station Department Heads to identify new technologies and workflows for efficient and cutting-edge operations.

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Oversee the maintenance and repair of the facility, IT infrastructure, studios, transmission systems.

 Manage issues that arise with Union represented employees and ensure the collective bargaining agreement is fairly applied. Participate in negotiations for contract renewals.

 Provide guidance and counsel to employees not fulfilling the requirements of their job.

 Provide facilities (sometimes on short notice) to support any and all in-house production efforts.

 Manage local engineering and IT employees.

 This position has the ultimate responsibility for the TV technical facility/transmitter and must maintain a proactive role in maintenance to prevent on-air failures of any kind 24/7/365.

Qualifications:
• Highly motivated to learn new skills and ability to work well under pressure.
• Attention to detail, accuracy and excellent follow-through very important.
• Excellent communications skills both written and verbal.
• Five years minimum broadcast engineering management and experience in traditional TV broadcast engineering, studio design/operation, low and high-power RF systems, telecom, facilities, Information Systems and digital mass storage systems or equivalent.

Education:
• College degree in engineering or a related field mandatory

ViacomCBS is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g6nk3j-3-16-15-149-42 in your application.