Project Engineer for the HL-LHC (ATS-DO-2025-104-GRAE)

Job Description

Your responsibilities

As a Project Engineer for the High-Luminosity LHC, you will join the Project Office (DO) within the Accelerators and Technology (ATS) Sector.

Your work will focus on the integration and preparation for the eventual de-installations for Work Package 15 for the HL-LHC installations during Long Shutdown 3 (scheduled to begin July 2026).

Your responsibilities will include:

• Following up with the integration modifications required for new underground caverns and LHC alcoves, validating the equipment integration to be used, and producing the required documentation.
• Producing and updating 3D models using CATIA V5.
• Preparing and uploading data derived from the integration to the HL-LHC layout database.
• Participating in the installation schedule preparation and analyzing the impact of ECR on the baseline schedule and budget.
• Following up on new small and medium projects that HL-WP15 will take over to ensure smooth preparation of de-installation and installation processes.
• Supporting WP15 in the preparation of de-installation and installation procedures and contributing to Installation Readiness Reviews for major installation phases.
• Participating in WP15 team activities such as organizing meetings, reporting, and updating SharePoint pages.

Your profile

Skills:

• Experience with project control and scheduling.
• Experience with multi-stakeholder negotiations.
• Experience working in the field.
• Familiarity with CATIA V5.
• Basic knowledge of 3D modelling.
• Fluent in English and French, both spoken and written.

Eligibility criteria:

• You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State.
• By the application deadline, you have a maximum of two years of professional experience since graduation in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering (or a related field) and your highest educational qualification is either a Bachelor's or Master's degree.
• You have never held a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.
• Applicants without a university degree are not eligible.
• Applicants with a PhD are not eligible.

Additional Information

Job closing date: 26.06.2025 at 23:59 CEST.

Contract duration: 24 months, with possible extension up to 36 months.

Working hours: 40 hours per week.

Target start date: 01-September-2025.

This position involves:

• Participation in regular stand-by duty, including nights, Sundays, and official holidays.
• Work in Radiation Areas.
• Interventions in underground installations.
• A valid driving license.
• Work during nights, Sundays, and holidays as required.

Job reference: ATS-DO-2025-104-GRAE

Field of work: Mechanical Engineering

What we offer

• A monthly stipend between 5196 and 5716 Swiss Francs (net of tax).
• Coverage by CERN's comprehensive health scheme for you, your spouse, and children, and membership of the CERN Pension Fund.
• Additional benefits based on individual circumstances, such as installation grants, family, child, and infant allowances, and travel expenses.
• 30 days of paid leave per year.
• On-the-job and formal training at CERN, including language courses for English and French.

About us

At CERN, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe using the world's largest scientific instruments. They study fundamental particles made to collide at near light speed, gaining insights into the laws of nature. More information at http://home.cern.

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