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About Siemens

Siemens is one of the largest and most successful electrical engineering and electronics organisations in the world. Operating across many different industry sectors, their technology products and services touch almost all their lives in some way every day of the year. Join them and discover how you can make a difference.

Your role

They have an opportunity for an Intern Biomedical Engineer to join their Managed Equipment Services (MES) team based at Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH) in Perth, reporting to the Biomedical Team Lead. This limited contract role provides an on-the-job training opportunity for a university student looking for an internship placement.

This position requires a highly motivated and team-oriented candidate to deliver a high-quality Managed Equipment Service which includes planned and reactive maintenance of medical equipment. You are required to prioritise patient outcomes, generate the best value for WA Health service at FSH and demonstrate the core values of Siemens Healthineers.

Responsibilities:

• Complying with all Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) policies, site-specific policies, service escalation procedures and customer requests
• Satisfying the customer's needs for medical equipment: Preventative maintenance, updates/upgrades, corrective/reactive service, and installations.
• Liaising with Clinical staff, the Facilities Manager and Vendors to ensure that Siemens MES service meets or exceeds expectations
• Timely completion of service reporting in line with contractually defined limits and the ability to communicate these outcomes effectively
• Maintaining personal knowledge of safety instructions and operational procedures and participation in training courses including 'self-learning', computer-based and on-the-job training, and external training courses as required throughout the course of normal employment; 
• Ensuring that all tools and test equipment issued to you as a job holder are properly maintained and calibrated and that all company assets are kept safe and secure at all times. Inspect and check issued safety equipment on a monthly basis

Training & development

What makes Siemens graduate programs worth two years of your career? Other than the opportunity to excel in a giant industry that is? The professional attributes you'll acquire are worth it alone. As a graduate, you'll take part in their Graduate Development Programme (GDP) - a solid program of modules they've designed to enhance your core and soft skills. They'll also provide world-class mentoring and useful networking opportunities throughout, to aid your personal and professional development. Here's what you'll learn as part of the GDP:

• Project management fundamentals
• Career planning
• Team building
• Business influencing skills
• Customer communications
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Benefits

Siemens values the contributions you make to its success and want to reward you accordingly. They also understand that everyone's lifestyle is different. That's why they've put together a comprehensive package of benefits that meet the needs of you and your family. Here's what they offer:

• Pensions
• Perks at work
• Health and wellbeing
• Shares
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Career progression

As a world leader in developing and producing the most advanced technologies, Siemens improves lives and further human achievements worldwide, while also protecting the climate - all thanks to their employees. Working with them, you have the foundation to develop personally and professionally. They give you the chance to do something significant, that benefits society and human progress. They give you the chance to create a difference.

To learn more about careers at Siemens, watch this video.

Work life balance

Siemens's family leave and flexible working policies support working parents and go a long way to creating a diverse workforce. They currently offer 21 weeks’ full pay for maternity/adoption leave, 2 weeks of full pay for paternity leave, and 10 weeks of full pay for shared parental leave. They also want you to have a healthy balance between work and your non-work commitments. So you can look forward to 26 days’ annual leave, which increases with service. Within most of their businesses, there’s also the option to buy and sell up to 5 days of holiday each year. Read more.

Culture & vibe

Diversity at Siemens is their source of creativity and innovation. Having different types of talent and experiences makes them more ambitious and better prepared to respond successfully to the demands of Society. Therefore, they value candidates that reflect the Diversity that they enjoy in their Company. 

About you

Your Qualifications and Experience:

• Studying towards a Biomedical, Healthcare, Electrical, Mechanical or Computer Engineering degree/diploma or equivalent;
• Have some clinical and operational experience in a tertiary Public or Private hospital environment and/or experience in customer service, maintenance or installation activities;
• Preferably have experience in medical systems and their integration;
• Need to demonstrate communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team;
• Possess a driver’s license; and
• Be available for rostered “on-call” participation that may require out-of-hours work
• Have Covid-19 Vaccination (at least 2 doses)
• Have Australian working rights (Permanent Residency or Australian Citizenship)
• Ability to work a minimum of 3 days including late shifts (ideally 4)
• You must be able to provide evidence of your eligibility to work in Australia.

How to apply

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