Medical Equipment Planner

Location: Remote (Travel Required)

About the Role

Anchor Planning is seeking an experienced Medical Equipment Planner to join our growing healthcare consulting team. In this role, you will collaborate with healthcare providers, architects, engineers, contractors, and clinical stakeholders to plan and coordinate medical equipment for new hospitals, renovations, ambulatory care facilities, and expansion projects across the country.

As a Medical Equipment Planner, you will serve as a trusted advisor throughout the planning process, helping clients make informed equipment decisions while ensuring equipment requirements are fully coordinated with facility design, budgets, schedules, and operational workflows. You will play an integral role in delivering successful healthcare projects by balancing clinical needs, design coordination, cost management, and project execution.

This position is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex problems, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and making a meaningful impact on healthcare environments.

About Anchor Planning

Anchor Planning is a boutique, women-owned consulting firm specializing exclusively in Medical Equipment Planning and Transition & Activation Planning for healthcare facilities nationwide.

Our team partners with healthcare systems, architects, engineers, contractors, and clinical stakeholders to deliver thoughtful, data-driven planning solutions that improve project outcomes while reducing risk throughout the design and construction process.

We believe great projects begin with great relationships. Our philosophy centers around collaboration, transparency, responsiveness, and exceptional client service. We take pride in being approachable, flexible, and committed to doing what's right for our clients and each other.

Just as importantly, we value our employees. We foster a supportive, flexible, and engaging work environment where work-life balance matters. Professional development, mentorship, and team collaboration are priorities, and we believe the best projects happen when people genuinely enjoy the work they do.

Why Join Anchor Planning?

You'll have the opportunity to:

• Work on some of the nation's most complex healthcare projects
• Collaborate with experienced healthcare planners and industry experts
• Partner directly with leading healthcare systems, architects, and contractors
• Expand your expertise across diverse clinical departments and technologies
• Grow professionally within a collaborative and supportive team environment
• Make a tangible impact on facilities that improve patient care

Key Responsibilities

Project Planning & Management

• Manage medical equipment planning activities for multiple healthcare projects simultaneously.
• Coordinate room-by-room equipment planning for hospitals, ambulatory facilities, and specialty care environments.
• Develop and maintain medical equipment budgets, equipment inventories, planning reports, and project deliverables.
• Evaluate existing equipment to determine opportunities for reuse, replacement, or relocation.
• Monitor project schedules and proactively identify risks that could impact equipment planning activities.
• Support implementation of project delivery strategies established by the Project Manager or Planning Lead.

Client & Clinical Collaboration

• Serve as a trusted advisor to healthcare clients throughout the planning process.
• Lead planning meetings with clinical users to understand operational workflows and equipment requirements.
• Recommend medical equipment solutions that support clinical operations, patient care, and project objectives.
• Build strong relationships with clients, vendors, architects, engineers, contractors, and project stakeholders.
• Confidently represent Anchor Planning during client meetings and presentations.

Design Coordination

• Review architectural and engineering drawings throughout the design process.
• Coordinate equipment requirements with architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and technology disciplines.
• Identify equipment and design conflicts early to minimize redesign and construction impacts.
• Coordinate vendor utility drawings, equipment specifications, and infrastructure requirements.
• Participate in multidisciplinary design coordination meetings.
• Coordinate medical equipment information with BIM/Revit models and support model coordination reviews.

Procurement & Equipment Coordination

• Develop equipment lists and procurement documentation.
• Source equipment pricing and assist with comparative evaluations.
• Support procurement activities, purchase order tracking, and equipment coordination.
• Coordinate vendor activities throughout equipment delivery, installation, and operational readiness.
• Assist with equipment phasing, logistics planning, and final equipment verification.

Team Collaboration

• Coordinate with project team members and mentor junior planners as needed.
• Share lessons learned and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support proposal development, business development activities, and educational presentations.
• Contribute to the continued growth of Anchor Planning's standards, templates, and best practices.

Types of Projects

Our planners work on a wide variety of healthcare departments, including:

• Operating Rooms
• Hybrid ORs
• Emergency Departments
• Imaging
• Cath Labs
• Sterile Processing
• Labor & Delivery
• Intensive Care Units
• Medical/Surgical Units
• Pharmacy
• Laboratory
• Endoscopy
• Oncology
• Outpatient Clinics
• Specialty Care Centers

Qualifications

The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, highly organized, analytical, and enjoys collaborating with people across all levels of an organization. Successful planners are proactive problem-solvers who can effectively balance multiple priorities while maintaining exceptional client service.

• 5–8 years of experience in Medical Equipment Planning or a closely related healthcare planning field.
• Experience planning healthcare construction, renovation, or expansion projects.
• Strong understanding of hospital operations, clinical workflows, and departmental functions.
• Experience evaluating medical equipment for reuse, replacement, and new procurement.
• Ability to communicate effectively with physicians, clinicians, architects, engineers, contractors, and healthcare leadership.
• Ability to interpret architectural and engineering drawings.
• Understanding of healthcare design, construction sequencing, and project delivery.
• Strong project management, organizational, and time management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects while meeting deadlines.

• Experience in healthcare architecture, construction management, biomedical engineering, interior design, clinical operations, or project management.
• Experience coordinating large acute care hospital projects.
• Knowledge of healthcare design codes and regulatory requirements.
• Experience coordinating BIM or Revit-based workflows.

Technology Proficiencies

• Attainia (Required)
• Microsoft Excel (Advanced)
• Bluebeam Revu
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Microsoft Teams & SharePoint
• Smartsheet (Preferred)
• Autodesk Revit or BIM coordination experience (Preferred)
• Ability to quickly learn new software platforms and project technologies

Travel

• Ability to travel approximately 20–30% for client meetings, planning workshops, equipment assessments, and project milestones.