Biomedical Equipment Engineer

About the role

The Biomedical Equipment Engineer (BME) is responsible for the proper operation, repair, and Preventive Maintenance (PM) carried out on all assigned equipment in the laboratory, ensuring continuous, 24x7 operations.

Responsibilities

• Ensure instrumentation is up and functioning at all times to achieve production goals, work closely with the Lab Operations and Reliability Engineering teams in coordinating departmental priorities, budgeting, and evaluating progress toward achieving department objectives.
• Determine priority of equipment repair or maintenance.
• Requisition all parts and materials as necessary in a cost efficient manner.
• Train/lead Biomedical Equipment Technicians on equipment maintenance and repairs.
• Communicate with Facilities Dept. in equipment-related utility issues.
• Maintain accurate and detailed CMMS records on all laboratory instrumentation to include service/repair reports, calibrations and preventive maintenance.
• Adhere to all company and accepted industry electrical, electronic and biological safety procedures while performing job duties.
• Collaborate with other labs and/or vendors to identify and source available equipment/parts during short-term, outage/repair situations.
• Interact professionally and courteously with all levels of laboratory personnel when servicing and/or maintaining equipment.
• Inform Managers/Supervisors of equipment needs, impact on daily production and time parameters for completion of repair/service.
• Establish priorities and manage multiple projects.
• Provide timely responses to internal clients and management requests.

Qualifications

• Minimum three to five years of proven successful service experience on complex laboratory or hospital instrumentation
• Extensive knowledge of chemistry, hematology, or similar instrumentation
• Extensive knowledge of the PM and / or calibration requirements of centrifuges, electronic scales, pipettes, decappers, microscopes, shakers, rockers, and warmers
• Experienced with CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management Systems)
• Demonstrated ability to build and implement preventive maintenance programs to minimize equipment downtime / maximize lab instrument availability
• Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills, independent thinker
• Proficient in reading electrical schematics to isolate a problem and determine root cause
• Proficient in reading mechanical drawings to isolate a problem and determine root cause
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
• Strong project management skills
• Proficiency in MS Office products
• Proficient in one or more Asset Reliability processes (i.e. TPM, RCFA, RCM, FMEA)

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree BS, Majors: Medical Laboratory Science, Bio-Medical Engineering, Bio Engineering, Chemical Engineering and/or Life Science related degree
• Master’s Degree (Preferred)

Licenses and Certifications

• AB Sciex vendor training / certification (Preferred)
• Beckman Coulter vendor training / certification (Preferred)
• Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) (Preferred)
• Certified Reliability Leader (CRL) (Preferred)
• Yasakawa / Motoman robotic systems training (Preferred)