Project Coordination Officer (EN-ACE-OSS-2025-56-GRAP)

Job Description

Your responsibilities

As an Organization & Scheduling Support in the Engineering Department ( EN ), inside the Accelerators, Coordination and Engineering Group, within the Organization, Scheduling & Support Section, you are responsible for planning and coordination of installation of projects associated to the accelerators complex.

In collaboration with the different stakeholders, you will:

• Plan and coordinate installation and maintenance activities that will take place during the Long Shutdown 3, ensuring all activities are carried out within agreed overall schedule.
• Prepare all supporting documentation and liaise between the stakeholders.
• Identify and resolve conflicting co-activity issues with the stakeholders concerned and the Project Leaders.
• Collect and structure information, perform analysis of the data collected and ensure a proper follow-up with the different stakeholders.
• Work in close collaboration with projects, to ensure their follow up and implementation.

You will have the opportunity to integrate a dynamic team in charge of the Injectors programmed stops, with a large view of CERN infrastructures. This position allows learning and understanding the general organisation of CERN accelerators during a Long Shutdown, to support major projects, but also the opportunity to learn about CERN infrastructures. You will also have the opportunity to work with project management tools like MS Project and other planning tools, and increase your technical and behavioural skills in an international environment.

Your profile

Skills

• Project management and coordination;
• Organisation, planning and control processes;
• Working with project planning tools (MS project) and VBA;
• Communication skills.
• 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 Engineering, Physics (or a related field) and have either:
  • a Master's degree with 2 to 6 years of post-graduation professional experience;
  • or a PhD with no more than 3 years of post-graduation 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: 01-July-2025

This position involves:

• Work in Radiation Areas.
• Interventions in underground installations.
• A valid driving licence.

Job reference: EN-ACE-OSS-2025-56-GRAP

Field of work: Engineering

What we offer

• A monthly stipend ranging between 6287  and 6911  Swiss Francs per month (net of tax).
• Coverage by CERN's 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.
• On-the-job and formal training at CERN as well as in-house language courses for English and/or French.

About us

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