Lead Fabrication Technician - AV, Broadcast & Media Systems

About Diversified

Diversified is a global leader in audio visual and media innovation recognized for designing and building the worlds most experiential environments. Our award-winning team specializes in delivering solutions for the most complex large-scale and immersive installations. Serving a global clientele that includes major media organizations and retailers, sports and live performance venues, corporate enterprises, and government agencies, Diversified partners with clients to create spaces that bring people together and keep them coming back.

What to Expect

At Diversified, we were on a mission to create a world without boundaries where technology enables all people to connect and experience the moments that matter wherever they choose to be. With clients spanning the globe and an exciting pipeline of projects across industries, Diversified offers more than just a job. We offer a career path with the flexibility to grow personally and professionally wherever your ambitions take you.

As a Diversified associate, youll dive headfirst into big, complex, and rewarding projects that push the boundaries of whats possible. Plus, youll enjoy a flexible work environment, competitive compensation, and benefits, and a culture that celebrates diversity and inclusion.

IF YOU CAN DREAM IT, YOU CAN DO IT AT DIVERSIFIED

What Part Will You Play

The Lead Fabrication Technician (Level 4) is the senior-most technician and operational leader of Diversifieds Advanced Technology Center (ATC) fabrication floor. This position serves as the primary point of coordination for all fabrication activities, overseeing daily workload distribution, assigning projects to fabrication technicians, and ensuring every system produced meets Diversifieds uncompromising standards for precision craftsmanship and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Manage and prioritize daily fabrication tasks and project workloads across the technician team
• Serve as lead technician on complex, multi-rack, or high-visibility fabrication projects
• Review, interpret, comment on, and update CAD-based engineering drawings
• Provide project status updates, schedule impacts, and milestone reporting to fabrication and field services leadership, project managers, and engineers
• Review and approve fabrication technician timecards weekly
• Coordinate with Operations Logistics & Compliance on materials inventory, tooling, supplies, and commissioning readiness
• Ensure every completed project undergoes a full Quality Assurance inspection prior to release
• Partner with Quality Assurance to resolve deficiencies, confirm test results, and verify adherence to the zero-defect build standard
• Ensure each technician properly kits their project after QA approval, including all hardware, materials, labeling, cable sets, consumables, and installation-ready components
• Verify completeness and accuracy of all documentation included in the project kit, such as drawings, schematics, as-builts, test reports, commissioning forms, and client deliverables
• Authorize and oversee final handoff of completed and kitted projects to Operations & Logistics and coordinate with the Supply Chain team for client delivery
• Fabricate, integrate, and validate systems involving fiber infrastructure, SMPTE 2110 networking, PTP timing, multicast flow alignment, and cloud-connected workflows
• Lead daily production meetings, reassigning priorities as required to support project timelines
• Build wire test and validate complex system assemblies to exact engineering and quality standards
• Mentor and guide fabrication technicians at all levels, driving skill development and operational consistency
• Maintain fabrication floor organization, tool readiness, safety compliance, and client-ready presentation standards
• Represent the ATC professionally during client tours, demonstrations, OEM visits, and partner engagements
• Provide operational metrics, quality trends, and process improvement recommendations to ATC leadership

Physical Working Environment

Primarily shop-based role with extensive time spent on the fabrication floor. Frequent lifting up to 40 lbs, standing, bending, and use of hand and power tools. Must maintain strict adherence to EHS, OSHA, and facility safety standards. Travel primarily based on the Fabrication workspace with occasional travel to Tier 2 or Tier 3 facilities as required or client sites for final system commissioning or support.

Requirements

• 8-10 years of AV or broadcast fabrication and integration experience
• Proven leadership and mentoring skills with experience directing and supporting multi-level technician teams
• Advanced proficiency in reading, interpreting, and updating CAD-based engineering drawings
• Strong communication skills for interacting with engineers, project managers, field services, and clients
• Outgoing professional demeanor suitable for representing the ATC during customer and partner engagements
• Expert experience with system assembly, wiring, testing, and validation
• Advanced knowledge of fiber fabrication, termination, inspection, testing, and channel organization
• Deep understanding of SMPTE 2110, AES67, PTP timing, multicast routing, and IP media transport standards
• Ability to validate and troubleshoot IP media fabrics, high-density fiber systems, and hybrid cloud-connected architectures
• Familiarity with cloud media infrastructures, such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, including encoded/decode workflows, contribution paths, and edge-to-cloud integration
• Strong planning, organization, and prioritization skills with a focus on quality and efficiency
• Commitment to precision, accountability, and zero-defect performance

Education & Minimum Qualifications

• Associate degree or equivalent technical certification required
• Bachelors degree preferred
• AVIXA CTS-D or CTS-I certification required
• OSHA 30 certification required
• Dante Level 3 SMPTE or IPMX certification preferred

What We Offer

Along with competitive compensation, youll be eligible for the following benefits:

• Multiple medical plan options to suit your familys needs
• Dental, including orthodontic coverage and vision plans
• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, Short-Term, and Long-Term Disability Insurance, and Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• 401(k) with Employer Match
• Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• Voluntary Benefits, including Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Pet Insurance, Homeowners and Auto Insurance, Supplemental Term and Dependent Life and AD&D, and Legal Services
• Commuter Benefits

To learn more about becoming part of the Diversified team, visit our career site or email us at careers@diversified.com. Diversified is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. All aspects of employment will be based on job requirements, individual qualifications, merit, performance, and business need. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.