UNIV - Maintenance Supervisor - College of Dental Medicine

Job Description Summary

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.

35%: The Biomedical Equipment Maintenance Manager manages overall maintenance programs, responsible for maintaining, repairing and testing of all medical and dental equipment with a focused client‑driven attitude. Provides technical equipment guidance according to state and national regulatory compliance measures, and ensures medical and dental equipment is readily available for The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) James

B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine (CDM), Dental College Simulations Lab, CDM Research Facilities, Dental Clinics Building, CDM areas in Basic Science Building, Hospital Oral Surgery Clinic, West Ashley Medical Pavilion Dental Clinic, Nexton Clinic and all other operational facilities. 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. The manager performs digital troubleshooting utilizing digital multimeters, air‑water schematics for maintenance on dental chairs, dental units, digital x‑ray film digitizers, cone‑beam computed tomography (CBCT) 3D medical imaging systems such as Intraoral, panoramic, and cephalometric x‑ray digital systems, tabletop digital cassette autoclaves, industrial large steam sterilizers and all other equipment items related to dental medicine.

Manages other technicians within the CDM, maintains service 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.

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30%: 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.

This includes maintaining adequate stocks and spare parts. Help manage the building medical gasses program, repair all medical gases inlet/outlets and the monitor alarms for piped oxygen systems, anesthesia machines, dental chairs and treatment units, dental simulators, coned beam computed digital tomography systems, vital signs monitors, sterilizers / autoclaves and surgical equipment. Trains and develops other technicians on the CDM staff.

With leadership approval, provides training and SOPs for the use of medical and dental equipment to staff, faculty,…