UNIV - Maintenance Supervisor - College of Dental Medicine

Medical University of South Carolina•Charleston, SC

About The Position

The Biomedical Equipment Maintenance Manager leads the comprehensive repair initiatives, replacement and maintenance for equipment for the Medical University of South Carolina James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine. This role oversees preventive maintenance, complex repairs, installation, compliance, and lifecycle planning for clinical, research, and simulation technologies across multiple facilities. The Manager supervises technicians, manages regulatory programs, and ensures adherence to standards from agencies including the The Joint Commission and the Food and Drug Administration. Serving as the primary liaison between clinicians, vendors, and leadership, the position ensures safe, reliable, and compliant equipment that supports patient care, education, and research.

Requirements

A high school diploma and three years experience or training within the specific work area.
Computer literacy.
Ability to work rotating shifts.
Ability to work overtime as required.
Ability to learn and use new processes, tools, equipment as required.

Responsibilities

Manages overall maintenance programs, responsible for maintaining, repairing and testing of all medical and dental equipment with a focused client-driven attitude.
Monitors regulatory compliance measures for the organization's medical and dental devices according to the Joint Commission, Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA), American Dental Association (ADA), South Carolina Department of Health & Environment Control (SCDHEC), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Center for Disease Control (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Provides technical guidance to assigned staff, doctors, college professors, medical researchers, and other healthcare staff.
Manages other technicians within the CDM, maintains services schedules, provides preventive maintenance on medical and dental devices.
Tracks and reports all maintenance and repairs to share with Assistant Dean of Finance and Administration and other leadership as requested.
Responsible for providing guidance on equipment sustainment, lifecycle, and replacement planning.
Liaison with staff and faculty to help facilitate the installation of new equipment.
Manages all medical, dental and laboratory devices including but not limited to dental unit waterline testing programs, the amalgam filters hazmat waste program, contract maintenance, medical device alerts and shop operations for medical maintenance program.
Manages and assigns work duties to other CDM technicians to ensure repairs and preventive maintenance are completed timely.
Provides maintenance and repairs on all dental and medical devices including teaching dental simulators in the main simulation’s lab, wet labs, and 3D digital laboratories, clinics, and other CDM areas on a planned service schedule.
Responsible for maintaining and managing of all manuals and specifications for dental and medical devices to ensure all product specifications are met.
Manages equipment replacement programs, power, air, water, vacuum requirements, and modifications.
Coordinate with all internal, external support agencies to manage specification and requirements.
Maintain preventive maintenance program for all CDM medical/ dental equipment to preclude failure impacting patient care or student training.
Provides management with requested reports including list of all dental and medical equipment, maintenance schedules, last repairs, useful life and other critical data.
Serves as CDM liaison between staff, vendors, and clinicians for all medical equipment requirements.
Advise leadership on equipment replacement and or problematic devices that require extensive repairs and or repair parts for department to order.
Establish a Life cycle management process for medical and dental devices that exceed and or need replacement.