Associate Technical Director, Gordon Browne Proton Therapy Center

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversee the engineering and technical staff assigned to GBPTC. Approves staff hiring, work allocation, training, performance management, as well as other supervisory functions. Have regular contact with all team members and ensure work is adequately distributed.
• Oversee or delegate technical operations, maintenance, and technical projects.
• Participating in or delegate the analysis of equipment malfunctions of highly sophisticated accelerator equipment including accelerator and beam transport systems, rotating gantry structures, beam delivery, patient positioning, imaging, registration, computer control, and safety systems.
• Participates in the design, e.g. treatment room layout, machine placement, installation scale drawings, and electrical and mechanical interface and control schematics (sometimes in 3D CAD detail) sufficient for all final drawings to be created and submitted to architects and construction engineers.
• Work with outside contractors, manufacturer's installers, and field service personnel to achieve installation and acceptance of radiation therapy equipment.
• Identify appropriate staffing levels and schedules, create and maintain budgets, develop and manage project plans. Record rationale for expenditures and identify areas for efficiencies.
• Organize special projects, e.g. major repairs, upgrades, and new development initiatives. Special projects may involve measurements, design and installation of new equipment, and coordination with personnel outside the technical team.
• Together with the Technical Director, Proton Therapy, optimize the structure of the technical group, determine and implement improvements, communicate needs to hospital executives, participate in the capital and operating budget process, improve processes and documentation, and adhere, administer, maintain, and improve the quality management system.
• Interact and communicate with the physics and therapist staff on the maintenance of the machine and its calibration.
• May be involved in upgrades and other projects related to clinical innovation and research within the Department of Radiation Oncology.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• BS Degree or equivalent
• 5 years hands-on accelerator experience with proton therapy accelerators and/or with beamlines and gantries.
• A sound basic knowledge of accelerator operations.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements for medical devices
• Experience managing a technical group
• A knowledge of building engineering systems is preferred

SKILLS/ ABILITIES/ COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:

A highly skilled individual who demonstrates ingenuity in design, construction, operation and maintenance of a highly technical apparatus. Maintains a good working knowledge of the fundamental equipment subsystems. A detailed knowledge of instruments and test equipment is required to ensure the Hospital acquires the most useful, versatile equipment.

Other Skills

Accelerator Operations; Facility Operations; Accelerator Physics and beam optics; Electronic and mechanical systems; Software and controls; Instrumentation; Calibration and alignment; Management; Communication and interdisciplinary teamwork

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Most work performed in a clinical or experimental environment. Night and Weekend work often required.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:

Oversees the proton engineering team- 10 to 15 FTEs.

FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY:

Managing budgets- both capital and operating- for engineering projects.