Jalal Ismail Maher, Senior Biomedical Engineer / Medical Equipment Planner

Jalal Ismail Maher

Senior Biomedical Engineer / Medical Equipment Planner

KFMC (King Fahd Medical City)

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Master's degree, M.Sc. pre-requisite in biomedical engineering
Experience
20 years, 3 Months

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Total years of experience :20 years, 3 Months

Senior Biomedical Engineer / Medical Equipment Planner at KFMC (King Fahd Medical City)
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since November 2009

 Involved in consulting, programming, planning and coordinating the medical equipment requirements of healthcare projects.
 Technology assessment of medical equipment systems by working collaboratively with medical staff to evaluate market offerings.
 Works collaboratively with the procurement staff to procure medical equipment that best meets clinical needs on balance with competitive processes and value considerations.
 Coordinates implementation of medical technology including assessing site preparation requirements, managing project activities and timelines, monitoring installations, and facilitating training of equipment operators and maintainers.
 Involved in developing and implementing policies and procedures that guide and support functions of biomedical engineering administration.
 Review and rank all medical equipment purchasing requests, assess and prioritize it.
 Provide medical equipment planning for construction projects involving medical equipment.
 Conduct pre-purchasing evaluation, research vendors, assess costs, and other activities in support medical equipment acquisitions.
 Participate in the investigation and reporting of medical equipment devices related incidents using DATTEX.
 Participate in new medical equipment acquisition purchase planning, development of bid specifications, analysis of vendors’ proposals, installation planning, acceptance testing, renovation, equipment upgrades, and equipment disposal.
 Conduct medical equipment utilization rate analysis as required.
 Resolution of project conflicts and issues.
 Participate in tendering selection based on previously established selection criteria.
 Coordinates with numerous team members every aspect of the medical equipment identification, acquisition, delivery, and installation process.
 Monitoring and tracking all medical equipment for projects from procurement through installation.
 Participate in creating and implementing Medical Equipment Management plan.
 Analyzing the customer needs, design medical equipping plans (equipment selections, department by department, room by room, BOQ, Specs)
 Identifies medical equipment requirements working with healthcare professionals through user group meetings and planning work sessions.
 Attend construction meetings to understand the timeline and orders equipment to meet timelines.
 Evaluates, locates and recommends equipment to be purchased for new medical facilities, major renovations and expansions of existing medical facilities.
 Participate and lead client meetings and direct CAD group for appropriate placement of equipment.
 Develop medical equipment and medical furnish preliminary budget (ROM).
 Contribute to optimize the hospital architectural designs by providing “second opinion” on the architectural layout.
 Manage, support and direct the day-to-day project management medical equipment planning activates.
 Ensures compliance with the relevant codes and standard related to medical equipment.
 Develop technical specification of state-of-the-art medical equipment following international standards and local regulations and prepare procurement documents.
 Facilitates meetings with medical staff to establish appropriate placement and use of medical equipment and assists them with the selection of medical equipment and related systems.
 Heavily involved in the transition planning process. Play an important role in the planning, delivery, phasing, installation and operational verification of all medical equipment
 Obtain customer approval and customer sign-off for selected medical equipment
 Review and analyse bids for recommendation and award.

Biomedical Engineer / Medical Equipment Planner at Ministry Of Health
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • June 2008 to September 2009

 Analyzing domestic market and develop preliminary tender budget.
 Participate in new medical equipment acquisition purchase planning, development of bid specifications, analysis of vendors’ proposals, installation planning, acceptance testing, renovation, equipment upgrades, and equipment disposal.
 Develop technical specification of state-of-the-art medical equipment following international standards and local regulations and prepare procurement’s documents.
 Conduct inspection, commissioning and acceptance tests for acquisition of medical equipment.
 Monitoring and controlling projects progress and write status report.
 Monitoring and tracking all medical equipment for projects from procurement through installation.
 Contribute to optimize the architectural designs by providing “second opinion” on the architectural layout.
 Ensures compliance with the relevant codes and standard related to medical equipment.
 Involved in consulting, programming, planning and coordinating the medical equipment requirements of healthcare projects.
 Heavily involved in the transition planning process. Play an important role in the planning, delivery, phasing, installation and operational verification of all medical equipment.
 Technology assessment of medical equipment systems by working collaboratively with medical staff to evaluate market offerings.
 Works collaboratively with the procurement staff to procure medical equipment that best meets clinical needs on balance with competitive processes and value considerations.

Director, Medical & Lab. Equipment Maintenance Administration at VACSERA Holding Company
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • February 2006 to June 2008

 Supervise maintenance and calibration of medical equipment following manufacturers’ recommendations.
 Develop documentation system for PPM and CM procedures and policies.
 Provide training courses on devices operation, PPM, and CM procedures and policies.
 Develop technical specification of state-of-the-art medical equipment following international standards and local regulations and prepare procurement’s documents.
 Participate in tendering selection and identifying selection criteria.
 Technical member of EGY-BLOOD Company’s General Inspection Committee.
 Conduct inspection, commissioning and acceptance tests for acquisition of medical equipment.
 Participate in new medical equipment acquisition purchase planning, development of bid specifications, analysis of vendors’ proposals, installation planning, acceptance testing, renovation, equipment upgrades, and equipment disposal.

Technical Support Engineer at CASBEC, Faculty of Engineering
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • August 2004 to February 2006

 Develop technical requirements and specifications for medical equipment following international standards and local regulations.
 Collect and consolidate data for the development of tender documentation.
 Participate in new medical equipment acquisition purchase planning, development of bid specifications, analysis of vendors’ proposals, installation planning, acceptance testing, renovation, equipment upgrades, and equipment disposal.
 Monitoring the technical status of medical equipment in hospital and write technical reports.
 Identify documentation system to ensure of stability, improve the performance of medical equipment, and Increase its life-time.
 Responsible for conducting medical equipment inventories, determining medical equipment requirements and is heavily involved in the procurement process of medical equipment.
 Conduct inspection, commissioning and acceptance tests for acquisition of medical equipment.
 Communicating with suppliers regarding service problems in hospitals and supervising of maintenance actions.
 Technology assessment of medical equipment systems by working collaboratively with medical staff to evaluate market offerings.

Biomedical Engineer at VACSERA Holding Company
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2004 to August 2004

 Coordinate the pre-installation, installation and commissioning medical equipment and systems in new POLIO projects e.g. (Water Treatment Station, Sterilizers, packing machines, etc.).
 Follow-up site progress and report project status to project manager.
 Review technical specifications of medical equipment.
 Review project layouts regarding location of medical equipment and its requirements.

Education

Master's degree, M.Sc. pre-requisite in biomedical engineering
  • at Faculty of engineering, Cairo University, Egypt
  • May 2005
Bachelor's degree, Biomedical engineering
  • at Faculty of engineering and technology, Helwan University,
  • May 2003

Very Good honor degree , 9th of BME department,

Specialties & Skills

Technical Support
Project Management
Medical Equipment Planning
Healthcare Design
Management
Leadership & Management
Project Management

Languages

English
Intermediate
Arabic
Expert

Memberships

IPEM
  • Member
  • March 2014
PMI
  • Member
  • April 2012

Training and Certifications

Code Red response in healthcare facilities (Training)
Training Institute:
King Fahad Medical City
Medical equipment planning using ATTAINIA PLAN MODULE. (Training)
Training Institute:
ATTAINIA

Hobbies

  • Physical Fitness