Maintenance Support Technician, TE Dept

Big Science Sweden; Genf; Hybrid; CHF 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

CERN’s cryogenics maintenance team within the Technology Department seeks motivated individuals to contribute to the preparation of the next maintenance shutdown and integration of new major assets. You will work autonomously on large and complex cryogenic systems including compressors, valves, instrumentation, and vacuum pumps to guarantee reliable operation.

Eligible candidates are nationals of CERN member/associate states with up to 2 years post-graduation experience in

Qualifications

• You are a national of a CERN Member State or Associate Member State.
• By the application deadline, you have a maximum of 2 years of professional experience since graduation in a technical or administrative field.
• Your highest educational qualification is a general secondary education diploma or a shorter non-university degree.
• You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.

Responsibilities

• Work autonomously and address maintenance solutions for large and complex cryogenic systems.
• Contribute to the preparation of the next maintenance technical shutdown and integration of new major assets in the cryogenics infrastructure.

Education

General secondary education diploma

Job description

Come and join the cryogenics maintenance team within the Technology Department (TE), specifically within the Maintenance Methods and Logistics section. We’re offering a unique opportunity to work and contribute to the preparation of the next maintenance technical shutdown and integration of new major assets in the maintenance systems.

CERN is the world’s largest particle physics laboratory and its flagship accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, depends on having an unrivalled set of cryogenic systems on hand to guarantee reliable operation.

Typical cryogenic systems comprise compressors, heat exchangers, valves, instrumentation, vacuum pumps, controls and various test benches for cables, magnets and RF cavities. Process gas purity is essential.

The experience you will gain as a member of the cryogenics maintenance team could not be acquired anywhere else, teaching you to work autonomously and address maintenance solution to large and complex systems. Be part of a team overseeing the organisation of Long Shutdown 3 for the cryogenics infrastructure and provide your input.

Be sure to meet the eligibility criteria

• You are a national of aCERN Member State or Associate Member State. Currently, we cannot consider applications from Pakistani, Lithuanian, Latvian, Cypriot and Croatian nationals, as the ceiling defined under Article II.5 of the Associate Membership Agreement has been reached.
• By the application deadline, you have a maximum of 2 years of professional experience since graduation in a technical or administrative field and your highest educational qualification is a general secondary education diploma or a shorter non-university degree. You can’t hold a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree or PhD.
• You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.
• Please pay attention to the additional criteria and requirements for this specific position and mentioned above.