Biomedical Lead Engineer

The Biomedical Lead Engineer leads the technical strategy and implementation of the full value chain of medical equipment and supplies for UNOPS health projects in Madagascar. This role supports project management, partnerships, and procurement teams to ensure technical compliance, budget feasibility, and quality assurance from needs assessment through commissioning, training, and maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Lead all tasks related to the assessment of needs for medical equipment, supplies, and medical furniture and contribute to the development of multiple health projects in the Madagascar office.
• Review complete specifications of equipment, health infrastructure works, and other services (installation, training, commissioning, assembly, testing) and propose alternatives if necessary.
• Develop and propose technical specifications and quotations for medical equipment, furniture, and other health devices to be procured by projects when technical specifications do not exist.
• Examine, advise, and assist in consolidating equipment lists by service type; review operational performance and make recommendations to partnerships teams and relevant partners and institutions on specifications and other technical/fundamental elements needed to develop, plan, launch, and implement projects effectively.
• Advise management and partnerships teams on project scope, overall technical/substantive requirements based on partner and beneficiary needs, and national and international certification standards for equipment, associated services, and works including relevant best practices.
• Coordinate with health stakeholders and institutions on needs definition and ensure solutions align with national strategies.
• Support budget development and operational resource planning for health procurement projects; verify budgets align with identified needs and service levels.
• Coordinate with various UNOPS technical experts.
• Support procurement teams in preparing quotations and identifying delivery timelines for all health project equipment purchases.
• Prepare technical specifications and bills of quantities for medical equipment to be included in tender documents.
• Prepare technical requirements for equipment installation including all relevant infrastructure works.
• Develop schedules of requirements, conditions, evaluation criteria, and exact submissions required from bidders before tendering.
• Develop a quality assurance plan and integrate strategic approach into all project documents to ensure biomedical equipment compliance with specifications before installation and handover.
• Identify adjacent needs and services required for purchased equipment types and develop a comprehensive UNOPS intervention offer including infrastructure works, installation, assembly, and training.
• Plan site evaluation missions and other missions as required by partners (pre-shipment and post-shipment inspections).
• Develop a strategy to ensure medical staff training on operation and maintenance tasks.
• Provide advisory support on logistics planning for delivery and installation in coordination with project teams and field logistics staff.
• Prepare reports analyzing needs for equipment, works/installations, and services for each type of facility.
• Promote and monitor the development of medical equipment-related projects in the country including identifying synergies and expansion opportunities as applicable.
• Conduct detailed evaluation missions on project sites.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the supervisor.

Requirements

• A Master's degree or equivalent in biomedical engineering with a minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience OR a Bachelor's degree or equivalent in biomedical engineering with a minimum of seven (7) years of relevant experience.
• A minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience in biomedical engineering is required.
• Certification or training in healthcare management is an asset.
• Progressive experience in procurement of medical equipment is an asset.
• Experience collaborating successfully with various health sector stakeholders, including governments, development partners, and UN organizations, is an asset.
• Experience working on projects funded by major global donors such as the World Bank is an asset.
• Expertise in infrastructure works related to biomedical equipment installation is desirable.
• Fluent proficiency in French is required.
• Intermediate proficiency in English is required.

Skills

• Biomedical Engineering
• Healthcare Management
• Medical Equipment Procurement
• Stakeholder Collaboration
• Project Management
• Technical Compliance Management
• Budget Feasibility
• Quality Assurance
• Needs Assessment
• System Commissioning
• Training Delivery
• Maintenance Management
• Infrastructure Works
• Medical Equipment Installation

Languages

French, English