Why Choose Us? 
Joining The American Red Cross is like nothing else – it’s as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the world’s largest humanitarian network. Joining a team of welcoming individuals who are exceptional, yet unassuming. Diverse, yet uncompromising in unity. You grow your career within a movement that matters, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better.

When you choose to be a force for good, you’ll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your life’s work with an ongoing mission that’s bigger than all of us. As you care for others, you’re cared for with competitive compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work.

Where Your Career is a Force for Good!

What You Need to Know:

Under moderate supervision, repair, calibrate, and maintain all types of biomedical equipment, devices, instruments, and systems with basic to moderate complexity. Inspect, install, and provide preventive maintenance of general and complex biomedical equipment. Provide support, development and/or leadership guidance to all volunteers.
As a Red Cross Team member, you will take care of your team members – show up for every shift and give 100% while you’re there. Interact in a positive, proactive, and customer-focused manner with both internal and external customers, demonstrating care and compassion at all times 

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform a variety of routine and complex tasks associated with the installation, service and calibration of a diverse range of biomedical equipment and instrumentation.  Install, qualify, maintain service, modify, troubleshoot, safety test, and calibrate a variety of biomedical equipment and instrumentation by interpreting engineering and vendor information, schematic diagrams and graphic illustrations. 

• Diagnose and correct system or equipment malfunctions by repairing or replacing parts to ensure that biomedical equipment and internal circuitry meets specified requirements. 

• Make necessary calculations for computing circuit elements necessary to adjust circuitry to specified requirements as instructed.

• Assist in the support of a systematic preventive maintenance program for biomedical equipment and instrumentation which may include entry into Computerized Maintenance Management System.

• Provide technical assistance and instruction to personnel in the operation and maintenance of equipment.  Provide recommendations regarding purchase of biomedical equipment and instrumentation.

• Meets departmental performance indicator standards on a consistent basis. Maintain a clean and safe work place.

• Maintain accurate and timely documentation.

Standard Schedule: Monday- Friday, 8:00 - 4:30 pm but can be flexible. Some weekends may be needed.

Please Note: Driving is required for this position specifically to the Red Cross Chicago facility to assist with equipment maintenance.

Note that American Red Cross salaries are aligned to the specific geographic location in which the work is primarily performed. Other factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. 

What You Need to Succeed:

• Education: High School or equivalent required. 

• Associates Degree in Electronics or Biomedical Equipment Technology is a plus

• Experience: Minimum 3 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and related experience required. 

• Skills & Abilities: Ability to read color codes on wiring and electrical components. Ability to comprehend and follow both written and oral instructions; keep neat and accurate records. 

• A valid Driver’s license with a good driving record. 

• Ability to establish and maintain working relationships with co-workers, biomedical and medical staff, and the general public. Must be willing to be multi-task trained. 

• A basic knowledge of e-mail, database management, spreadsheet, and word processor applications. 

• Ability to take support call, and work on a team. Call may involve the need to work nights, weekends, and holidays if necessary, and potentially travel to sites throughout the Red Cross organization.

What will give you the competitive edge:

• Technical Repair Skills

• Troubleshooting

• strong comfort level with equipment maintenance and repair

Physical Requirements: Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.  Regularly lift and/or move objects 10-50 lbs frequently and unassisted; Frequently required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.  Occasionally required to sit and climb or balance.  Specific vision abilities required for this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust and focus.  Ability to use a variety of hand and power tools and work with a variety of chemicals and solvents. The work environment will consist of moderate noise (i.e. business office with computers, phones and printers, light traffic).  The employee must have the ability to work in a small cubicle and can sit at a computer terminal for an extended period of time.  Work in extreme temperatures for short duration.

BENEFITS FOR YOU:

As a mission-based organization, we believe our team needs great support to do great work. Our comprehensive package includes:

• Medical, Dental Vision plans

• Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts

• PTO: Starting at 15 days a year; based on type of job and tenure

• Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays

• 401K with up to 6% match

• Paid Family Leave

• Employee Assistance

• Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term

• Service Awards and recognition