What are the responsibilities and job description for the Audiovisual Field Engineer position at HireSparks AV Recruiting?
A leading Federal Audiovisual Integrator seeks an Audiovisual Field Engineer to work under the Director of Operations and Integration. Responsibilities include onsite installation, commissioning, and customer training. The technician leverages technical expertise for equipment installations, resolves hardware issues, and ensures service quality, representing the company confidently. Compliance with procedures and handling of confidential information is essential.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Leads and delegates tasks to install crews and subcontractors.
- Commissioning Crestron and Biamp systems.
- Works with internal and external project stakeholders to verify all work complies with company and client quality control standards at project completion.
- Transport, inventory, unbox, and install a wide variety or AV-related equipment to company standards.
- Capable of safely securing displays, projectors, screens, speakers, and other large equipment to company standards.
- Terminates a wide variety of wires and connectors to company standards.
- Ensures all connected systems operate at peak performance; troubleshoots and adjusts the AV system as required.
- Interacts with both technical (IT/ AV) and non-technical project stakeholders.
- Provide a high level of both technical and aesthetically pleasing final product within established task durations.
- Documenting and communicating installation status
- Completes customer inventory paperwork and obtains customer sign-off for completed installations.
- Is the sole onsite point of accountability and customer contact.
- Maintain tools and personal material stock.
Experience and Skills:
- At least 4 years’ experience working as a lead technician with AV/VTC.
- Experience commissioning Crestron and Biamp
- Ability to work, think, determine, then establish priority of urgency quickly and accurately with little oversite to meet deadlines in an organized manner.
- Working knowledge of a wide range of audio, video, networking equipment and software including, but not limited to Biamp, Crestron, Extron, AMX, QSC, and Cisco.
- Knowledge of national building/ safety codes, and industry best practices.
- Advanced fabrication and installation skills.
- Ability to read and work from AV and general construction drawings.
- Reliability in showing up on location, meeting travel schedules and flexibly adjusting schedules based on changing priorities.
- Competence in system configuration, software installation and hardware installation of common AV equipment in a production type environment.
- Ability to safely use both power and hand tools.
- Understanding of low voltage electrical installation practices and concepts.d
- Ability to lift 75 lbs.
Requirement:
- Preferred technical certifications include AVIXA CTS, OSHA 10, and Forklift Operation.
- Crestron and Biamp certification preferred
- Ability to travel and work flexible hours, including occasional weekends.
- A valid driver’s license and a good driving record.
- Ability to travel up to 60%
