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This Senior Broadcast Technician role at Rogers Sports & Media in Ottawa, ON, involves quick and effective troubleshooting of various broadcast systems to resolve or mitigate service interruptions. Key duties include preventative maintenance, providing technical support to staff, and maintaining radio, digital streaming, and transmission systems. Top requirements include demonstrated expertise with modern computer systems, networks, and broadcast automation, alongside a valid provincial driver's license.
The position also requires experience troubleshooting electronic systems and the ability to perform on-call and shift work.
About the Senior Broadcast Technician Role at Rogers
Join Rogers Sports & Media in Ottawa as a Senior Broadcast Technician, where you will play a pivotal role in maintaining the critical infrastructure that helps us reach 30 million Canadians monthly. This dynamic position demands a keen eye for detail and a proactive approach to ensure the seamless operation of our diverse broadcast systems. You will be responsible for quick and effective troubleshooting to diagnose system failures, working diligently with contractors to quickly resolve or mitigate any interruption in services. A fundamental aspect of the role involves performing basic preventative maintenance on equipment and services, ensuring longevity and reliability.
Your expertise will extend to systematically troubleshooting various facilities systems, including a working knowledge of UPS systems, associated switch gear, and standby generator systems. Providing personalized technical support to on-air, internal, and remote staff is crucial, maintaining the high standards expected by our people. You will also be tasked with the maintenance, repair, and installation of radio broadcast studio systems, including radio automation systems, as well as digital broadcast systems for live streaming audio and video. Furthermore, maintaining, repairing, and installing AM and FM transmission systems, including microwave and associated subsystems, falls within your purview. You will contribute to the planning and execution of capital projects and coordinate with other Rogers divisions, ensuring all services are aligned and optimized. This role requires flexibility, including on-call and shift work duties to cover evenings, weekends, and maintenance window activity, alongside ensuring proper documentation for all services, equipment, and facilities are updated as required. Managing a diverse workload and contractor activity, plus travelling to various sites across the company, are also key components of this exciting opportunity with Rogers. We believe in ensuring all health and safety guidelines are enforced by both internal and external visitors, upholding a safe working environment.
Skills and Expertise for Broadcast Operations
To excel in this Senior Broadcast Technician role, you will bring a comprehensive understanding of common predictive and preventative maintenance techniques. Proven discretionary judgment is essential, allowing you to resolve both routine and non-routine issues effectively. Attention to detail, coupled with the ability to follow through on project objectives, is paramount for success. You must possess proven communication skills and an exceptional service attitude, crucial for interacting with colleagues and contractors. The ability to work collaboratively in a team-based environment with other facilities and technology professionals is vital, as is a willingness to work flexible shifts and schedules during the day, night, and weekends.
Candidates should demonstrate extensive experience in a technical support environment, showcasing expertise with modern computer systems and networks, digital audio networks, broadcast automation, and transmission systems, with networking experience being a significant asset. A strong background in troubleshooting electronic systems is required. Maintaining a calm demeanor under challenge and exhibiting a strong customer focus are key attributes. A valid provincial driver’s license is mandatory for travel to various sites. The role also requires comfort with lifting and handling equipment and working on ladders under 2 meters, ensuring you can perform all necessary physical aspects of the job. We believe in thoroughness, which is why a pre-employment background check will be conducted, including a criminal background check, and depending on the role, a credit check and driver's abstract may be required.
Why Rogers Sports & Media is the Place for You
At Rogers Sports & Media, we believe in investing in our people and helping them reach their full potential as valuable members of our team. Joining us means gaining access to a wide range of incredible resources, growth opportunities, discounts, and perks designed to support your career and well-being. This includes competitive and flexible health and dental benefits, a robust pension plan, RRSP, TFSA, and stock matching programs. Our employees enjoy significant discounts, such as up to 50% off Rogers Services and Blue Jays Tickets, 25% off TSC items, and a 20% discount on all wireless accessories sold in Rogers stores.
We also foster a culture of giving back, offering paid time off for volunteering and company matching contributions to charities you support. For professional development, we provide growth and development opportunities through 'My Path,' a self-driven career development program, and 'Rogers First,' which gives priority in applying to internal roles of interest. Your well-being is important to us, with wellness programs including the Homewood employee & family assistance program, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) & Virtual therapy sessions, and low or no-cost fitness memberships with access to virtual classes. Rogers is deeply committed to environmental protection and champions a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion, with employee resource groups supporting equity-deserving groups. We believe that a diverse workforce, where equity and inclusion are core, empowers our people to bring their whole selves to work. We encourage all candidates to reach out to our recruiters and hiring managers to discuss how we can ensure you deliver your best work. We check for a strong fit not just in skills, but in shared values.
