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Schedule:
Monday - Friday (40 hrs/wk)
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Department: Bioengineering - 242

Primary Purpose:

Manages the daily operation of the Biomedical Service Engineering department during all hours of operation. Ensures that procedures are performed according to section protocol. Provides technical expertise on improving the quality of testing through improved performance of instrumentation and reduction in downtime. 

About ARUP:

ARUP Laboratories is a national clinical and anatomic pathology reference laboratory and an enterprise of the University of Utah and its Department of Pathology. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

ARUP proudly hires top talent to create a work environment of diversity, professional growth and continuous development. Our workforce is committed to the important service we provide to over one million patients each month. We always strive for excellence and have a strong desire to have involvement with the advances in medicine and the role laboratory services plays within each patient’s life. We never forget that there is a patient behind every specimen we receive.

We are looking for individuals who want to contribute to ARUP's culture of accountability, integrity, service, and excellence. Consider joining our dynamic team.

Essential Functions:

Provides technical expertise for calibration, maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, validation, installation, and evaluation of laboratory equipment and instrumentation. 

Oversees maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, and preventive-maintenance planning for large-scale automation systems. 

Maintains current technical knowledge through training, professional networking, continuing education, and review of relevant technical resources. 

Develops and maintains compliant procedures for equipment maintenance, repair, and support that meet laboratory needs and minimize downtime. 

Maintains accurate, accessible service records, including labor, materials, repair history, and documentation required for regulatory compliance. 

Maintains accurate inventory databases and maintenance schedules for laboratory equipment and instrumentation. 

Maintains critical spare-parts inventory to support timely repair of laboratory equipment and instrumentation. 

Serves as the liaison between Biomedical Service Engineering, Automation, IT, laboratory operations, and instrument vendors as needed. 

Manages and supports department personnel through regular communication, coaching, performance feedback, staff meetings, and appropriate documentation of employee development, counseling, or corrective action needs. 

Assesses staffing needs and supports recruitment, interviewing, selection, and hiring of qualified personnel. 

Directs department training, safety education, competency monitoring, and performance oversight to ensure work is performed according to established policies, procedures, and accreditation requirements. 

Manages staffing schedules, coverage, timekeeping review, and related reporting in alignment with service needs and ARUP policies. 

Supports management with strategic planning, budgeting, workload analysis, performance standards, merit recommendations, and timely reporting. 

Evaluates equipment lifecycle costs, service needs, and replacement options to support purchasing and standardization decisions. 

Supports evaluation, negotiation, and management of service contracts and future equipment purchases. 

Other duties as assigned. 

Physical and Other Requirements:

Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. 

Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction. 

Mobility: The person in this position needs to occasionally move between work sites and inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc. 

Communicate: Frequently communicate with others. 

PPE: Biohazard laboratory environment that requires use of personal protective equipment in accordance with CDC and OSHA regulations and company policies.  

ARUP Policies and Procedures: To conduct self in compliance with all ARUP Policies and Procedures. 

Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.   

Vision: Having close, far, and peripheral visual acuity to perform a variety of tasks such as make general observations of depth and distance. 

Fine Motor Control: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.