Admin Director- Clinical Engineering

CoxHealth•Springfield, MO

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Administrative Director, Clinical Engineering provides strategic and operational leadership for biomedical services, clinical engineering, medical equipment support, and technology lifecycle management across the organization. This role oversees the teams, processes, vendors, and systems that ensure medical equipment is safe, reliable, available, and aligned with the needs of patient care. This position serves as the senior operational leader for clinical engineering services, uniting biomedical operations, equipment support, service delivery, capital asset planning, regulatory readiness, and vendor performance under one strategy. The Director is responsible for developing and executing plans that align with organizational priorities, improve equipment reliability, strengthen service responsiveness, support capital planning, and optimize the lifecycle management of clinical technology assets. This role is first and foremost a leadership position. While biomedical services, clinical engineering, healthcare technology management, and capital asset management experience are strongly preferred, the successful candidate will bring strong operational discipline, financial stewardship, communication skills, and the ability to lead technical teams through change. This position requires a leader who can build trusted partnerships with clinical, operational, supply chain, finance, facilities, and technology stakeholders to ensure clinical engineering services support safe, efficient, and high-quality patient care. This position plays a critical leadership role within the Technology Division and collaborates extensively with peers across clinical, business, and operational areas to ensure the stability, safety, and success of clinical engineering services supporting patient care and organizational operations.

Requirements

Minimum of 5 years of progressive leadership or operational experience, preferably in a complex healthcare, technical services, clinical engineering, biomedical services, facilities, supply chain, or technology environment.
Demonstrated experience leading teams, managing operational performance, overseeing budgets, improving service delivery, and partnering with clinical and administrative leaders.
Strong operational discipline.
Strong financial stewardship.
Strong communication skills.
Ability to lead technical teams through change.

Nice To Haves

Biomedical services, clinical engineering, healthcare technology management, and capital asset management experience.
Experience in biomedical services, clinical engineering, healthcare technology management, medical equipment planning, capital asset management, regulatory readiness, or vendor-managed service models.
Experience supporting medical equipment lifecycle planning, preventive maintenance programs, equipment replacement planning, clinical technology standardization, and capital planning.

Responsibilities

Provides strategic and operational leadership for biomedical services, clinical engineering, medical equipment support, and technology lifecycle management.
Oversees teams, processes, vendors, and systems to ensure medical equipment is safe, reliable, and available.
Serves as the senior operational leader for clinical engineering services, integrating biomedical operations, equipment support, service delivery, capital asset planning, regulatory readiness, and vendor performance.
Develops and executes plans to align with organizational priorities, improve equipment reliability, strengthen service responsiveness, support capital planning, and optimize the lifecycle management of clinical technology assets.
Builds trusted partnerships with clinical, operational, supply chain, finance, facilities, and technology stakeholders.
Collaborates with peers across clinical, business, and operational areas to ensure the stability, safety, and success of clinical engineering services.