Bio-Medical/Maintenance - Manager at Afriglobal Group

Location: Initially Lagos, Nigeria, anywhere in Nigeria or Global
Reporting to: CEO

Job Profile
Head, Bio-Medical/Maintenance Deliverables:

• Manages equipment operations & technical facility maintenance at designated dept. & Centres.
• Team building and routine supervision apropos equipment, policies, processes & procedures.
• Quality Assurance cum Procurement & Inventory management – Plan, structure and execute quality delivery.
• New Project Initiative & Support
• Statutory Knowledge & Compliance

Position Objectives

• Business understanding of healthcare
• Technical facility Mgt. Support
• IT Support.
• Team Leading & Co-ordination
• Quality Assurance maintenance
• Inventory & Procurement
• New Projects.
• Statutory knowledge & Compliance

Reporting into:
Other Linkages:

• Staff, Vendors, Partners, Agencies, Doctors, Patients and other stakeholders of the Company, Govt. agencies.

Detailed Tasks & Responsibilities
Business understanding of healthcare:

• Study and support understanding on Nigeria healthcare market, trends, new opportunities.
• Support project ideas implementation and operation of same.
• Identify key vendors, source quotation & information
• Provides input to management on projected labour cost, contractor cost, budget requirement & identifies energy management & other cost savings.
• Prepare competition & intelligence report for market & customer

Understanding:

• Find and keep a data base of key partners for technical support.
• Technical Facility Management Support.
• Support vendor management & equipment selection.
• Co-ordinate utility outages and other construction/renovation requirements with contractors & service providers as needed.
• Supervise use of tools, equipment & chemicals within acceptable SHE norms & policy for safety & appropriateness.
• Provide complete support and coordination in projects & maintenance.

IT Support:

• Synergise with IT for effective system software run on LIMS, PACS & internal corporate servers, user desktops, etc. incl. install and improve computer software and network equipment:
• Carries out basic troubleshooting, backup, and archiving
• Co-ordinate inventory management of licenses, software, hardware, and other IT supplies.
• Promotes responsible usage and care of corporate equipment

Team leading:

• Lead team of not <10 staff members
• Enhance productivity by organizing continuous training programs
• Coordinate team appraisal and guide to company goal alignment for team members.

Quality Assurance Maintenance:

• Undertake quality inspection of high end medical equipment.
• Set up and maintain preventive and predictive maintenance standards.
• Develop safety and other standards and procedures on services.
• Develop quality control methods and standards for medical equipment.
• Strengthen planned preventive maintenance and strategies.
• Established standards for equipment downtime and ensure compliance
• Develop and complete facility SOPs, completion of all required inspections, test & maintenance requirements.

Procurement & Inventory control:

• Co-ordinate procurement and maintain inventory of ERC and other related stocks.
• Co-ordinate selection and SLA for all ERC and MEP vendors.
• Negotiate priorities with customers, develop work schedules, assures needed material and parts are available as needed and recommends specialty contractors as circumstances indicate:
  • Monitor the stock of spares and consumables of medical equipment.
  • Coordinate and undertake procurement planning and replacement of spares & consumables.
  • Maintain inventory and records of installed medical equipment.

New Projects:

• Develop detailed equipment list and costing for new projects
• Obtain vendor quotes and negotiate best rates
• Handle and manage implementation of new medical equipment project.
• Maintain and record inventory for consumables require for equipment.

Statutory Knowledge & Compliance:

• Maintain compliance of all regulatory/accreditation requirements within the norm of best standard practice.
• Understand & develop policies and procedures that support the provision of services regulatory guidelines.
• Ensure designated Centres are fully compliant with HEFEMAA, NNRA, RRBN, MLSCN etc. for life safety & utilities management.

Career Path:

• Growth path will be to position of responsibility & eventually Head of Operations, Healthcare Projects.

Search Criteria

• Any nationality, preferable if African
• Proficient in English Language
• Qualification- Diploma/Bsc./Degree in Biomedical Engineer/Electronics with minimum of 7yr experience.
• Candidate- Local (preferred), fluent in English
• Age- not less 30 Years.
• Experience with reputed hospitals / laboratories (SRL, Metropolis, Dr. Lal Pathlabs, NM Medicals, Apollo, etc.)
• Dealing with medical and laboratory equipment companies (Roche, Beckman Coulter, Diasys, Abbott, BD, Biomeuriex, Siemens, GE, Toshiba, Phillips, Kodak, etc) may be an added advantage.

Personal Set Skill

• Additional education and qualification (e.g. specialization, management) is an added advantage.
• Top-level network in the medical and diagnostics industry and, especially with various equipment suppliers
• Advance skills of MS Office, Internet and computer.
• International exposure will be an added advantage, especially experience in Nigeria.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Punctual and reliable
• Leadership & analytical skills to steer the team and able to work independently with high dynamism and drive. Key focus on details and quality of business developed.

Salary, Savings and Perks

• Depending on the candidate & as per company policy
• Will not be a limitation for deserving candidate