Project Planning & Controls Analyst

CERN; Genf; Hybrid; CHF 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Job summary

CERN in Geneva seeks a proactive coordinator to support its Scheduling, Planning & Resources Office. You will gather requirements, help refine planning tools and ensure data quality across projects in an international environment.

Ideal start is 01/01/2027 with a 24-month contract and hybrid work. The role requires a degree and strong English, with a willingness to learn French and collaborate with diverse teams.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
• Experience gathering and documenting requirements for processes or systems.
• Strong analytical and collaborative mindset; attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Engage with teams to understand and document scheduling, planning and resource needs.
• Help develop tools and workflows for resource planning and tracking.
• Ensure project information is complete, consistent and up-to-date.
• Map and analyze processes to simplify workflows and improve collaboration.
• Work with structured project data to improve quality and usability.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Clear communication

Analytical thinking

Curiosity and initiative

English; learn French

Excel

Power BI (bonus)

Education

Degree in business, finance, economics, management, engineering, or related

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

What you\'ll do

Want to contribute to one of the world\'s most ambitious science projects while building your skills in planning, data and project coordination? Join the FCC\'s project\'s Scheduling, Planning & Resources Office and work with an international community of scientists, engineers and specialists. You will help us improve how we plan, organise and use project information, and gain hands‑on experience of how a project of this scale comes together. We are looking for someone curious, collaborative and eager to learn. You don\'t need to know everything from day one - we are interested in your potential, your ideas and your willingness to grow.

Your responsibilities

• Engage with teams across the FCC project to understand, gather and document their scheduling, planning and resource-management requirements.
• Help develop and improve the tools and workflows we use to plan resources.
• Support resource planning and tracking, helping ensure that project information is complete, consistent and up to date.
• Map and analyse processes, identifying opportunities to simplify workflows, improve efficiency and strengthen collaboration.
• Work with structured project data, helping improve its quality, consistency and usability.

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Your profile

• A degree in business, finance, economics, management, engineering, or something related, or equivalent experience.
• Experience with digital tools and quick to pick up new systems (Excel is a must; exposure to planning tools, ERPs, or dashboarding tools like Power BI is a bonus, not a requirement).
• Your studies focused on Business Administration, Finance.

Your skills

• Requirements gathering and analysis, with an ability to understand different needs and translate them into clear requirements.
• Clear communication and collaboration in an international and multidisciplinary environment.
• Analytical and structured thinking, with attention to detail.
• Curiosity, initiative and willingness to learn.
• Spoken and written English, with a commitment to learn French.

Ideal start date: 01/01/2027

Contract duration (in months): 24

Job flexibility: Hybrid