MULTICHOICE CAREER OPPORTUNITY

1. SYSTEMS ENGINEER

CONTEXT

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

-          Diverse, multi national organization, participative, empowerment driven culture complex, regulated, competitive industry

-          Local and international pay TV industry

-          Highly technical and specialized environment

-          Rapid industry change

-          Rapid technological change

CUSTOMERS

-          MNET and supersport

-          Transmission operations department

-          Broadcast technology department

-          Subscribers

-          Service providers

OUTPUTS

-          Ensure world class operations and maintenance of the outside broadcast services to ensure quality of service delivery to customers

-          Installation and maintenance of digital mobile terrestrial transmitter, satellite reception and transmission infrastructure

-          Conduct data and RF measurements

-          Assets management

-          VSAT installation and maintenance

-          Effective communication up and down

-          Established and maintained operational processes to achieve optimum service levels

-          Established and maintained recovery processes

-          Budget planning to ensure that resources are available for capacity expansion, spares and new configurations

-          Testing and implementation of new broadcast service requirement

-          Training programs for staff to ensure that they perform their jobs efficiently

-          Ensure all activities such as cessation, circuit migrations are performed according to schedule

-          Resources management such as optical fibre links

-          Test and implement new broadcast services requirement

-          Attend to equipment breakdown on 24×7

COMPETENCIES

KNOWLEDGE

-          High level of outside broadcast services relevant technology operations knowledge

-          Best practices for terrestrial broadcast networks

-          Satellite RF operations

-          Conditional access systems

-          Equipment repairs, modular swap outs

-          Monitoring practice

-          Computer literacy – IT networking

-          Digital signal measurements

-          RF knowledge, including measurements I e proficiency with the use of RF test equipment

SKILLS

-          Analytical thinking/problem solving under extreme pressure

-          Questioning

-          Withstanding pressure

-          Multitasking under high pressure

-          Creative problem solving

-          Decisiveness

-          Organizing

-          Relationship building

-          Report writing

-          Psychomotor skills; handling of components and soldering

-          Idea generation

-          Information processing

-          Attention to detail

-          Initiative

-          Negotiation

-          Analysis

-          Verbal and written communication skills

-          Planning and organizing skills

-          Communications skills

-          Interpersonal skills

PERSONAL QUALITIES

-          Ability to function effectively under adverse conditions

-          Diplomacy

-          Resourcefulness

-          Innovation

-          Multitasking

-          Performance driven

-          Self development oriented

-          Proactive approach

-          Flexibility

-          Integrity

-          Deadline driven

-          Tenacity

-          Adaptability

-          Cultural sensitivity

-          Empathy

METHOD OF APPLICATION

Send applications in the form of CV to: hrservicesng@multichoice.co.za