Chief Engineer - Audacy, Inc.

Are you ready for your next challenge? Or maybe you're ready to take that next step up in your career? Can't decide if you want to live near the beach or near the mountains? Audacy Richmond is the perfect place for your career and for living. 

You'll get to work with established and dominant stations in the market including two high-powered FM stations, one directional AM news-talk station, one non-directional AM sports-talk station, as well as more FM stations and translators. We own a few of our facilities, too, which means you'll never be bored! For the history buffs, our Varina transmitter site holds WRVA-AM and WRVQ-FM and was built in 1938 on an old battlefield.

Richmond is Market #51 and located less than two hours from the mountains, two hours from the beach and two hours from our nation's capital. We have a mixture of city-living and country-living; your choice! With the James River running right through our city, there is easy access for kayaking, rock climbing and hiking. Richmond is the only urban city in America with Class III and Class IV rapids running through our downtown area! We have a thriving restaurant culture in Richmond, including craft breweries and award-winning cuisine. Tired of it being hot all the time or cold for too many months out of the year, Richmond has all four seasons to enjoy. 

A taste of some of the projects we have comping up; were converting our studios to the Axia network with brand new boards; we are installing a new antenna for WTVR-FM and rearranging that transmitter site space. 

Audacy offers full time employees with a comprehensive benefits package to include:  health care coordinator, medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, disability, life insurance, critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, paid time off (sick, vacation, personal, parental, volunteer), 401(k) retirement plan, student loan payment assistance program, legal assistance, life assistance program, identity theft protection, discounted home and auto insurance, and pet insurance.

What You'll Do:

• Plan & develop all aspects of radio technical facilities, including telephone, satellite, STL, computers, and networks.
• Select, install and maintain high-power transmitters and all associated equipment; modify and document all broadcast circuitry.
• Purchase studio equipment; maintain mixing consoles and all associated in-studio equipment. 
• Maintain digital mass storage systems
• Maintain integrity of all on-air and on-line products, including high power FM, HD, AM directional antenna systems, digital audio & audio streaming
• Install broadcast equipment at studios, transmitter sites, in company vehicles, at remote broadcast locations, and at two-way sites in keeping with good engineering practice.
• Install, maintain, troubleshoot and repair all broadcast radio station equipment, including transmitters, antennas, STL, satellite downlinks, Wide Orbit automation system, studio equipment, remote equipment, generators, telephone system and related other equipment.  
• Ability to do component level troubleshooting desired.
• Review logs weekly for correct and complete entries and EAS tests, and tower lighting requirements.
• Generator testing, fueling, and supervision of maintenance.
• UPS testing and management of maintenance
• Create instructional materials and teach proper use of technical equipment 
• Effectively communicate and partner with programming staff as well as outside partners and vendors
• Oversee IT Assistant and train on Engineering aspects
• Assist in planning and development of all aspects of technical facilities including studios, transmitters, telephone systems, satellite, STL, computers and data networks.
• Must know how to maintain and troubleshoot tube transmitters and solid state transmitters
• Fix and/or facilitate building maintenance
• Additional duties and responsibilities may be assigned as necessary.

Required & Preferred:

• Minimum five years of broadcast engineering experience. Hands-on FM, HD, AM transmitter experience and both Directional and Non-directional Antenna AM experience.
• Must have at least four years of college or technical school and/or training or equivalent work experience.
• Ability to inspect, repair, and maintain all broadcast radio station equipment, including transmitters, antennas, satellite downlinks, automation systems, studio equipment, remote equipment, generators, telephone systems, and related other equipment
• Knowledge of FCC Rules and Regulations
• Ability to provide on-call status 24/7 in case of equipment failure
• Availability to work various hours/days, including some weekends and holidays.
• A valid driver's license, satisfactory completion of a motor vehicle record check, and, if the position requires the use of the applicant's vehicle, proof of insurance is required.
• SBE or other relevant Certifications / Licenses is a plus
• The candidate must have strong verbal and writing communications skills and proven solid time management skills, including the ability to multitask in a multiple project environment.
• Experience in project planning, management, and execution.
• IT & Network knowledge and experience required and experience with digital audio and audio streaming.
• Experience with modern digital audio systems including SAS, Wide Orbit, Vox Pro and Livewire is highly desirable

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee will frequently be required to stand; walk; sit; use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Please be aware that Audacy will never ask you to send money at any point during the hiring process. Communication from legitimate Audacy representatives will only come from email addresses ending in @audacy.com. If you receive any suspicious requests or communications, please verify their authenticity before responding.

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Audacy is a scaled, leading multi-platform audio content and entertainment company differentiated by its exclusive, premium audio content. Audacy operates one of the country’s two scaled radio broadcasting groups with leading positions across the country’s largest markets, as well as one of the country’s largest podcast networks and the Audacy direct-to-consumer streaming platform. Audacy is a major event producer and a digital marketing solutions provider and is the unrivaled leader in local news and sports radio. Learn more at www.audacyinc.com, Facebook, X, LinkedIn and Instagram.

Audacy is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Audacy affords equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of their race, color, religion or religious creed, sex/ gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (over 40), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Consistent with our commitment to equal employment opportunity, we provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who need assistance in applying electronically for a position with Audacy, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship. To request a reasonable accommodation for this purpose, please call 1-610-660-5614. Please note that this phone number is to be used solely to request an accommodation with respect to the online application process. Calls for any other reason will not be returned. Reasonable accommodation requests are considered on a case-by-case basis.