Biomed Technician

About the role of biomedical technician

The biomedical technician is responsible for maintaining biomedical equipment used in Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)‘s medical facilities. This includes verifying the installation and start-up of medical equipment, maintaining, monitoring and repairing biomedical equipment, supervising, training and supporting users, updating maintenance records and technical documentation and ensuring computerized maintenance management software is effective.

Requirements

• Compliance with Essential Criteria
• A diploma in biomedical mechanics
• Experience in maintaining automated/electromechanical/electronic systems are mandatory
• Supervisory and/or training expertise is a definite plus
• Available to work in-field for 6+ months

Assets

• Arabic or French speaking

All Biomed technicians are hired as logisticians. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) logisticians come from a range of skill sets and backgrounds: they are engineers, fleet managers, construction managers, architects, farm managers, project managers, and more.