Multichoice South Africa Jobs - Senior Transmitter Engineering Job Vacancy in Randburg

Job Title Senior Transmitter Engineer
Company MultiChoice
Location - Country South Africa
Location - Province Gauteng
Location - Town / City Randburg
Job Type Permanent
Equity Status African, Indian Colored and White Female candidates
Number of Positions 1

Special Requirements


Context CONTEXT
(External factors which influence the work environment, taking future conditions and strategic requirements into account)

• Diverse, multinational organization, participative, empowerment driven culture complex, regulated, competitive industry;
• Local and international Pay-TV Industry;
• Move to multi-platform delivery of paid content;
• Rapid industry change;
• Rapid technological change;
• Service providers (programmes, satellite and terrestrial signal delivery services);
• Local and international travel.

Customers

CUSTOMERS
(External and internal individuals or groups to whom products, services, programmes and information must be provided)

• BTD Operations
• All other BTD departments
• Group broadcasters
• DSTV Mobile
• MNET
• Multichoice Africa
• International broadcasters, signal distributors and regulators;
• Equipment suppliers;
• Service providers and contractors.

Outputs OUTPUTS
(Products, services, programs and information which the individual must provide to external individuals or groups, or one another to accomplish the organization’s mission and strategy)

• Ensure professional transmitter station design and specification by:
o Performing site visits both locally and internationally;
o Site visualization by taking into consideration design principles and best practice;
o Ensuring effective site layout influenced by cost, time and space constraints;
o Coordinating drawings and bills of material related activities to ensure fast turnaround times;
o Coordinating design activities of Transmitter Engineers by guiding and supervising.
• Installation and configuring of terrestrial transmitters (DTT & DVB-H) in various countries;
• Ensure equipment and network infrastructure integration in accordance with design principles;
• Conduct video, audio and network parameter measurements to ensure station integration and network health;
• Ensure effective commissioning and operational handover of transmitter stations;
• Be responsible for RF network planning on ATDI and LS software packages and compile transmission specifications in accordance with international regulatory specifications;
• Design, implement and maintain a network database that encapsulates all aspects of station design and network operation;
• Compile standard operating procedures, maintenance, commissioning and other related reports;
• Strive to design transmitter stations that meet or exceed world-class service levels for digital terrestrial broadcast services;
• Ensure effective implementation of new transmission systems influenced by continuous development of software and hardware on various broadcast platforms;
• Assist with asset management activities and equipment tracking;
• Troubleshoot and repair transmitter station and field test equipment under arduous circumstances to ensure reliability and network availability;
• Conduct interference measurement and perform troubleshooting;
• Effective communication up & down
o Adhere to established and maintained operational processes to achieve optimum service levels.
• Establish and maintain recovery processes as dictated by business requirements;
• Mentor and assist with training and skills transfers to Transmitter Engineers, Operations Technicians and Operations Specialists;
• Define and adopt best practices in Transmitter Engineering to achieve:
o Change control and problem solving processes;
o Transmitter station design and implementation;
o Support systems design and implementation;
o Streamlined processes, operational efficiency and cost effective delivery.

Competencies

COMPETENCIES
(Personal capabilities which are critical to the production of quality outputs)

Knowledge

• High level of MultiChoice-relevant technology operations knowledge;
• Engineering best practices including:
o Good understanding of electrical and electronic engineering;
o Good understanding of civil and structural engineering;
• Satellite systems and broadcast distribution including:
o DVB-S and DVB-S2;
• Terrestrial systems and network integration including:
o DVB-T, DVB-T2 and DVB-H;
o MPEG-2 and MPEG-4;
o Active broadcast equipment, both for receive and transmit purposes;
o Passive broadcast equipment as deployed throughout the terrestrial value chain.
• Head-end configuration and conditional access systems including:
o Encoding, multiplexing and conditional access.
• Monitoring practice and troubleshooting network health;
• Computer literacy including:
o Windows and Linux operating systems;
o TCP/IP;
o SNMP;
o Windows console;
o Java;
o Quick adaptation to numerous third-party interfacing applications.
• Video, audio and network signal measurements and troubleshooting;
• Multi-discipline engineering best practice;
• Project management, financial management and regulatory environment knowledge and best practice;
• A solid understanding of the pay TV industry and competition across multiple platforms;
• Analogue and digital TV systems and spectrum management;
• Commissioning procedure implementation and optimization;
• Skills transfer, mentoring and guidance of peers and junior members of staff.

Skills

• Strong leadership under high pressure;
• Strategic thinking;
• Decision making;
• Planning and organizing;
• Psychomotor skills including handling of micro components;
• Idea generation;
• Information processing;
• Analysis;
• Mentoring, development and training of junior members of staff.

Personal Qualities
• Ability to work under pressure;
• Ability to adapt to pressure introduced by continuous international travel;
• Ability to work under arduous conditions;
• Assertiveness;
• Attention to detail;
• Performance driven;
• Self development orientated;
• Analytical thinking and problem solving under extreme pressure;
• Flexibility and adaptability to rapid changing business requirements and working environments;
• Professional maturity & integrity;
• Teamwork and interpersonal skills;
• Very well developed verbal and written communication skills.

Qualifications

• B.Sc/B.Eng/National engineering diploma;
• No less than 10 years combined radio frequency related experience;

Skilled in RF planning and database administration with a strong focus on spatial database integration will be advantageous.

CLOSING DATE: 18 MAY 2012

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Equity Statement

We are committed to Employment Equity when recruiting internally and externally. It is company policy to promote from within wherever possible. Therefore, please be aware that internal applicants will be considered first before reviewing external applicants, provided that this supports achievement of our Employment Equity goals.


Apply to:

http://careers.multichoice.co.za/candidateapp/browse.aspx