Job Description

Your responsibilities

The candidate will join the Safety Office team within the Physics department (EP-DI) as Assistant of the DSO (Department Safety Officer). Among others, the DSO Safety Office team is in charge of proposing and monitoring the implementation of appropriate safety measures to ensure the compliance of installations, activities and projects under the responsibility of the department with the CERN Safety Rules and best practices. In particular, as Assistant of the DSO, the candidate will support the Safety Office in: 

• carrying on technical risk assessments for EP activities/installations (in experimental areas, laboratories, and workshops) and following up the implementation of the related control measures.
• performing safety inspections for EP activities/installations and coordinating specific technical inspections with experts from various safety domains.
• supporting the activities supervisors in the creation of the safety documentation (as operation and maintenance procedures or descriptive files) and in keeping up to date the related Safety Files.
• performing the incident analysis studies and following up the resolution of the related technical action plan.

Your profile

Skills and/or knowledge

• Engineering degree in one of the following fields: Fire, Chemical, Cryogenics, Radiation, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering.
• A specialization in general safety would be a plus.
• Experience in performing risk assessments, incident analysis reports, safety inspections would be an advantage.
• Ability to work in a team.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Fluent in English, the ability to work in French would be an advantage.

Eligibility criteria:

• You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State.
• You have a professional background in Engineering degree (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: June 12 at 23:59 PM CEST.

Job reference: EP-DI-2024-106-GRAP

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

Target start date: 01-September-2024

This position requires:

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

What we offer

• A monthly stipend ranging between 6212 and 6828 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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