403(g) Maintenance Technician
Paramount · New York
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Degree
- Preferred
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
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The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at Paramount (industrial) in New York. Scripting/automation experience (Python, JSON) for diagnostics, monitoring, or system integration.
- They ask for
- 3+ years · degree preferred
- Tools it names
- Root cause, Automation
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Maintenance Technician roles in New York: typical posted base $60k–$83k.
Median of the low and high ends of 5 live postings that list pay, out of 45 maintenance technician openings in New York, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
New York plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 46 other live reliability postings in New York.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Typical (3+ years)
Typical $72k–$95k, from 8 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 45%
- PLC 34%
- ✓ Automation 28%
- EHS / safety 28%
- ✓ Root cause 23%
- SAP 21%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Python, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
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In This Role You'll
Paramount Tech is hiring a 403g Maintenance Technician responsible for maintenance and support of production and broadcast systems for the CBS Network and affiliated production units, providing critical 24x7 support for on-air and production infrastructure. This role covers hands-on troubleshooting and repair of routing systems, audio/video transport and IP media infrastructure (SDI and SMPTE 2110), production switchers, audio consoles, media file transfer and storage systems, video acquisition and playback servers, non-linear postproduction systems, production intercom, cameras, prompters, and other studio production systems, working to mitigate impact to production and on-air deadlines. This is a shift-based role covering rotating shifts including nights, weekends, and holidays, with on-call/callback
responsibilities
per the applicable collective bargaining agreement.
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403(g) Maintenance Technician
46188
New York, NY, US, 10019
Technology
New York
Full-Time
On-Site
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- •In-depth knowledge in of the following: Video, Audio, Cameras, Control/Data Systems, RF, Fiber-Optics, and IP media distribution (SMPTE 2110/2059).
- •Working knowledge of IP networking fundamentals — VLANs, subnetting, multicast, and basic switch/router configuration — sufficient to troubleshoot IP-based media infrastructure.
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