Michael Ramberg

Ramberg joined Mason Health in the spring of 2018. Along with one other employee, Ramberg maintains and repairs medical equipment throughout the Hospital District. He grew up in Montana and after serving in the U.S. Army from 1988 to 2010, working on electronics and fire control for armored vehicles, he decided to use his GI bill to return to school.

“I originally wanted to get into Diagnostic Imaging, but after talking to some people, I realized at the time that it was a saturated field,” Ramberg recalled. “I’ve always been in the repair and maintenance field, and I’ve worked as a mechanic most of my life, in the Army. I decided to enter the biomedical technician field.”

Ramberg attended Spokane Community College and then went to work for Kootenai Health in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, for two years, commuting throughout that time from Shelton. He had moved to Shelton in 2000 with his significant other, Mary Robillard, who also works at Mason Health in the Environmental Services department. After hearing Robillard describe her positive work experience, Ramberg knew he wanted to transfer jobs, and he even volunteered his time at Mason Health in the biomedical room.

“I like my job because it’s a different day every day when I come to work,” he said. “Mason Health is a good environment and the people are a big reason why I enjoy it here.”

Ramberg enjoys the variety of equipment he gets to work on and seeing the evolution of equipment (“Everything is getting smaller,” he said). Working on hospital beds is similar to working on cars, and part of his job is keeping his knowledge base up and completing a monthly quota of maintenance.