Medical Equipment Planner

Carle Health•Urbana, IL

About The Position

Provides medical equipment planning support across hospitals, ambulatory facilities, surgery centers, cancer centers, diagnostic and treatment areas, and other health system locations. The role supports healthcare construction and renovation projects by planning equipment needs, coordinating related infrastructure, and ensuring equipment is ready for patient care. The Medical Equipment Planner develops and maintains equipment inventories, budgets, cost estimates, forecasts, procurement plans, schedules, and systemwide equipment and clinical-space standards. The role works with clinical stakeholders and project partners to align equipment with workflows, project requirements, and safe, efficient patient-care environments.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Architecture.
Knowledge of healthcare facility planning, construction, renovation, capital project delivery, clinical workflows, and medical equipment requirements.
Ability to interpret architectural and engineering documents, coordinate equipment infrastructure needs, and apply relevant healthcare regulations, accreditation standards, and building codes.
Strong project management, budgeting, procurement, analytical, organizational, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office and applicable project, construction, and equipment-planning systems.
Experience with BlueBeam for creating, editing, marking up, collaborating on, and sharing PDF documents.

Nice To Haves

Autodesk AutoCAD experience.
Autodesk Revit experience.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain comprehensive medical equipment inventories for healthcare construction and renovation projects.
Participate in medical equipment planning with physicians, nurses, operational leaders, and departmental stakeholders to support clinical workflows and patient care needs.
Develop and manage medical equipment budgets, cost estimates, forecasts, and capital equipment purchases.
Identify opportunities for equipment reuse, replacement, standardization, and cost savings.
Coordinate medical equipment requirements with architects, engineers, contractors, information technology, clinical engineering, supply chain, and vendors.
Review architectural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, technology, and medical gas documents to identify and resolve equipment-related conflicts.
Manage equipment procurement activities, including specifications, vendor coordination, quotation review, and long-lead item tracking.
Develop and monitor equipment procurement, delivery, installation, and activation schedules aligned with project milestones.
Coordinate equipment delivery, staging, assembly, installation, testing, training, and turnover activities.
Support facility activation, operational readiness, and go-live efforts to ensure equipment is functional and ready for patient care.
Develop and maintain systemwide medical equipment and clinical space layout standards, room templates, and equipment placement guidelines.
Develop, maintain, and analyze systemwide medical equipment standards using Premier data and utilization trends to support design consistency and procurement efficiency.