OneEQ Senior Medical Equipment Planner-Canada

Healthcare Building Solutions Holdings; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Healthcare Building Solutions Holdings is seeking an experienced Senior Medical Equipment Planner for Canada, with Toronto preferred and Vancouver/Edmonton considered. The role focuses on developing and delivering medical equipment plans for healthcare capital projects, ensuring client satisfaction and data accuracy.

The position requires strong communication, project coordination across teams, and the ability to manage equipment planning on mid-sized projects with supervision from senior staff.

Qualifications

• 25% travel required.
• Bachelor's Degree in related field.
• Approximately 3+ years of medical equipment planning experience or related field.
• Basic accounting principles a must.
• Ability to communicate with executive level management, internally & externally.
• Multitask and communicate in high pressure situations.
• Strong conflict resolution and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of healthcare industry practices including hospital and clinic procedures.

Responsibilities

• Understand and maintain client relationships; support the Project Manager throughout the project.
• Establish networks between project teams including facility managers, program managers, architects, engineers and consultants.
• Coordinate equipment planning support team and daily tasks.
• Maintain professional client interface and verify requirements with the project team and end users.
• Manage equipment planning activities within the project schedule and report status.
• Attend design meetings and lead the medical equipment planning component.
• Attend OAC meetings to deliver status on the equipment component.
• Conduct equipment inventory, valuation studies and reports on age, condition and reuse.
• Develop and distribute category responsibilities matrix to the project team.
• Compile and publish medical equipment cost estimates for the project duration.
• Assist in developing specifications and submittals for equipment.
• Support clinical staff with equipment decisions, evaluations and demonstrations.
• Present recommendations for current technology and best practices to align with project needs.
• Coordinate with BIM team for equipment locations and placement.
• Solicit vendor submittals, drawings and specs for incorporation into design documents.
• Coordinate/vendor visits and pricing negotiations at client request.
• Plan equipment room-by-room for each department using Attainia or 4Tower.
• Incorporate client standards and operational demands into planning and specification.
• Perform QA to identify design conflicts and resolve them.
• Maintain action item lists for medical equipment decisions.
• Obtain client approval and sign-off for equipment selections.
• Lead project transition to procurement phase with procurement manager.
• Conduct post-project surveys and closeout activities.

Skills

Verbal & written communication

Multitasking

Problem solving

Leadership awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Bluebeam Studio

Attainia

4Tower

SmartSheet

Revit

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: Vancouver, BC V6C 2X8

Salary Range: $90,000.00 - $140,000.00 Salary

EXPERIENCED SENIOR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT PLANNER- CANADA (Toronto preferred; however, Edmonton or Vancouver will also be considered)

Starting Salary Range: $90,000 to $130,000 CAD based on experience

The Medical Equipment Planner role is responsible for successfully developing and delivering the medical equipment plans as scoped for healthcare capital projects. This role ensures client satisfaction throughout the planning process in meeting clinical, operational and project objectives. This position ensures all planning activities are performed, with complete data accuracy, in a manner consistent with documented processes while adhering to design schedules and project expectations. The Medical Equipment Planner is expected to be able to independently manage the equipment needs for minor healthcare construction projects with the guidance from senior staff. The Medical Equipment Planner is expected to take over and manage portions of equipment planning projects, such as patient units, and non-clinical spaces to assist Senior Planners as part of a team for larger / complicated projects.

Functional Responsibilities

• Understand and maintain the value in client relationships, internally and externally. Support the Project Manager throughout the project process by providing equipment information and deliverables to deliver a successful project to the client
• Establish a communication network between project teams including facility managers, program managers, architects, engineers and third-party consultants
• Coordinate the activities of an equipment planning support team and the performance of all assigned day-to-day tasks
• Maintain professional customer interface and client relations while conducting meetings and interviews to verify medical equipment requirements with the project team and end users
• Manage Equipment Planning Activities within Project Schedule and regularly report project status via Dashboard
• Attend off-site, remote and/or virtual design meetings during all phases of the project while leading the medical equipment planning component
• Attend OAC meetings to deliver the status and updates on medical equipment component
• Conduct existing equipment inventory, valuation capital studies and/or survey to report age, condition, obsolescence and recommendations for reuse, if required by scope
• Develop and distribute category responsibilities matrix to the project team
• Compile, publish and maintain medical equipment cost estimates throughout the duration of the project
• Participate in the development of specifications and design submittals such as ASE files, vendor supplied cut sheets and drawings, and installation guides
• Assist the clinical staff with decisions, evaluations and demonstrations of medical equipment technology
• Compile and present recommendations for current technology and best practices to align project needs with service line expectations
• Coordinate with the BIM design team to coordinate medical equipment locations and placement
• Solicit vendor required submittals, drawings and specifications for incorporation into project design documents and MEP coordination
• Coordinate and participate in vendor presentations, vendor site visits and pricing negotiations at the client's request
• Plan equipment on a room by room level for each department, using proprietary software or industry shared software such as, Attainia or 4Tower
• Evaluate and incorporate client standards, clinical preferences and operational demands into the project during the planning and specification of equipment
• Conduct quality assurance efforts to identify design conflicts associated with medical equipment, and facilitate a resolution
• Compile, maintain and distribute an action item list associated with medical equipment decisions
• Obtain client approval and customer sign-off for selected medical equipment
• Lead the transition of the project into the procurement phase for kick-off with the procurement manager and field team
• Conduct, analyze, and respond to post project surveys
• Perform closeout activities after project ends

Qualifications

• 25% Travel expected
• Bachelor's Degree in related field
• Approximately 3+ years of medical equipment planning experience or related field
• Basic accounting principles a must
• Must demonstrate strong verbal and written communication with ability to communicate with executive level management, internally & externally
• Must be able to multitask and communicate in high pressure situations
• Demonstrate strong conflict resolution and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of healthcare industry practices including hospital and clinic procedures and departmental functions
• Knowledge of architectural design processes and documentation
• Ability to read and interpret architectural programming, design, scheduling and specification documentation
• Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook), Bluebeam Studio, Attainia, 4Tower, and SmartSheet
• Basic knowledge and understanding of Revit design criteria and industry database concepts
• Demonstrate basic leadership awareness, methods and techniques for mentoring and coaching