Electrical Engineer (Planning) (EN-EL-2025-66-GRAE)

Job Description

Your responsibilities

Join CERN's Electrical Engineering Group, within the Engineering Department (EN), as a Electrical Engineer you will contribute to the coordination of Long Shutdown 3 (LS3) installation projects. With over 3,000 km of cables and 100 MCHF of electrical equipment to be installed on a tight schedule, you will optimize resource leveling, streamline planning, and ensure seamless execution. Collaborating with engineers, technicians, and contractors, you will play a key role in delivering CERN's world-class infrastructure efficiently and on time.

As an Electrical Engineer, you will:

• Assist in detailed LS3 planning, ensuring the integration of installation schedules using EL Planner. • Support high-level LS3 planning, collaborating with EL Coordinators to maintain and update schedules.
• Support project and maintenance teams in structuring and inserting tasks within the planning tool.
• Ensure data consistency and quality, proactively monitoring and proposing corrections when needed.
• Prepare reports and dashboards, tracking project progress, manpower allocation, and work status.
• Contribute to manpower planning and monitoring, tracking hiring needs and workforce availability.
• Monitor contracts and procurement, tracking invitations to tender and risk assessments.

Your profile

Skills

• Experience in project scheduling and resource planning. If within electrical engineering projects, this would be an advantage.
• Proficiency in planning tools (e.g. MS Project, or equivalent).
• Ability to analyse constraints, manage risks, and optimize planning strategies.
• Strong organizational, communication, and reporting skills to coordinate across teams.
• 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.
• By the application deadline, you have a maximum of two years of professional experience since graduation in Electrical Engineering (or a related field) and your highest educational qualification is either a Bachelor's or Master's degree.
• You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.
• Applicants without University degree are not eligible.
• Applicants with a PhD are not eligible.

Additional Information

Job closing date: 01.05.2025 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-August-2025

This position involves:

• Work in Radiation Areas.
• Interventions in underground installations.
• A valid driving licence.
• Operations on electrical installations or in their vicinity (over 1000 Volt AC or 1500 Volt DC) requiring a specific authorization.
• Exposure to electromagnetic fields under certain exposure conditions.

Given the occupational health risks associated with this position, the selected candidate must obtain medical clearance before a contract offer is confirmed.

Job reference: EN-EL-2025-66-GRAE

Field of work: Electrical or Electronics Engineering

What we offer

• A monthly stipend ranging between 5196 and 5716 Swiss Francs (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

At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. Using the world's largest and most complex scientific instruments, they study the basic constituents of matter - fundamental particles that are made to collide together at close to the speed of light. The process gives physicists clues about how particles interact, and provides insights into the fundamental laws of nature. Find out more on http://home.cern.

Diversity has been an integral part of CERN's mission since its foundation and is an established value of the Organization. Employing a diverse workforce is central to our success.

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