Project Coordination Engineer EN-ACE-OSSGRAP
Project Coordination Engineer EN-ACE-OSSGRAP
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Job Description
Your responsibilities
As a member of the Infrastructure Integration and Installation team within the AWAKE project you will support the team both with your technical engineering skills and your communication and organisational skills. You will also contribute to the CNGS target area dismantling project (CTD) whose deliverables are prerequisites to the start of AWAKE installation.
Within the AWAKE and CTD projects you will be part of a dynamic multidisciplinary team of young competent and enthusiastic physicists engineers and technicians.
You will familiarise yourself with the environment and processes of the AWAKE and CTD projects and their equipment service and infrastructure experts. This includes onsite visits in the underground AWAKE and CNGS tunnels. Work in the tunnel will continue to be a part of your work 10 as you will follow up on and participate in the dismantling and installation works onsite.
Engineering & Integration:
- You will be a driving force for the integration installation and infrastructure studies and works for AWAKE.
- You will collect information from AWAKE equipment experts (laser electron source magnets plasma cells etc. regarding their future installation in the dismantled CNGS target area as well as the infrastructure and installation requirements.
- You will discuss the requirements with infrastructure experts (HVAC cabling access system shielding etc. to ensure they can design the infrastructure needed.
- You will perform integration installation and infrastructure studies with the help of a dedicated design office and the relevant experts.
- With the support of CERN safety experts you will assess safety (general and radiological) already in the design and integration steps and ensure that CERNs safety rules are respected both during the installation and operation of AWAKE.
- With the SPS integration team you will actively participate in dedicated integration meetings for AWAKE and follow up with the AWAKE experts to ensure that the installation phase (early 2027 will be well prepared.
Planning & Coordination:
- For the CTD works 2026 you will update the existing planning where relevant and be the link person between the CTD onsite coordinator and the SPS facility coordinator.
- For the AWAKE installation works you will collect input from AWAKE stakeholders to develop follow up on and document the AWAKE installation planning.
- Furthermore you will follow up on the onsite activitiesin line with the planning and address coactivity where necessary all while ensuring CERNs general and radiological safety rules are respected.
Your profile:
Skills:
- Effective problem solving;
- Working in complex environments and situations;
- Stakeholder management across disciplines;
- Accountability and ownership of tasks;
- Selfmanagement and organization;
- Excellent verbal and written communication;
- Experience with 3D CAD software (e.g. CATIA) and planning tools (e.g. MS Project) would be an asset;
- Spoken and written English or French with a commitment to learn the other language.
Eligibility criteria:
- You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State.
- You have a professional background in Mechanical Engineering (or a related field) and have either:
- a Masters degree with 2 to 6 years of postgraduation professional experience
- or a PhD with no more than 3 years of postgraduation professional experience.
- You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.
Additional Information :
Job closing date: 05.05.2025 at 23:59 CEST.
Contract duration: 24 months with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum.
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Target start date: 01June2025
This position involves:
- Work in Radiation Areas.
- Interventions in underground installations.
- Work during nights Sundays and official holidays when required by the needs of the Organization.
Job reference: ENACEOSS202559GRAP
Field of work: Mechanical Engineering
What we offer
- A monthly stipend ranging between 6287 and 6911 Swiss Francs per month (net of tax).
- Coverage by CERNs comprehensive health scheme (for yourself your spouse and children) and membership of the CERN Pension Fund.
- Depending on your individual circumstances: installation grant; family child and infant allowances; payment of travel expenses at the beginning and end of contract.
- 30 days of paid leave per year.
- Onthejob and formal training at CERN as well as inhouse language courses for English and/or French.
About us
At CERN the European Organization for Nuclear Research physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. Using the worlds largest and most complex scientific instruments they study the basic constituents of matter fundamental particles that are made to collide together at close to the speed of light. The process gives physicists clues about how particles interact and provides insights into the fundamental laws of nature. Find out more on .
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