Target Station Mechanical Engineer (SY-STI-TCD-2024-123-GRAE)

Your responsibilities

Join our team at CERN's SY-STI-TCD section and play a critical role in the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of beam-intercepting devices essential to our accelerator complex.

• As a dedicated and skilled production engineer, you will work within a multidisciplinary team to develop, assemble, install, and maintain these precision mechanical systems in challenging environments.
• Your expertise will be crucial in designing devices that withstand high radiation levels during operation, focusing on optimizing both intervention procedures and reliability.
• You will lead mechanical design efforts, perform structural calculations, and manage project progress to ensure the durability and efficiency of our North Area beam intercepting devices at CERN.
• Your responsibilities will include coordinating the production, assembly, and validation of equipment, as well as participating in commissioning activities before installation.
• You will also oversee procuring components, writing technical specifications, and following up on contractors' work to ensure quality and compliance with CERN standards.

If you excel in a dynamic setting and are passionate about overcoming the challenges of advanced production engineering within a world-renowned scientific institution, we invite you to join us in advancing the future of particle physics at CERN.

More information here: https://cerncourier.com/a/intercepting-the-beams/

Your profile

Skills and/or knowledge

• CAD systems, 3D and 2D drawing.
• Manufacturing processes.
• Assembling, and testing precision mechanics.
• Good communication, well-organized with accountability.
• Working in a team, as well as independently.
• 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.
• By the application deadline, you have a maximum of two years of professional experience since graduation in Mechanical 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.

Job closing date: 10th August 2024 at 23.59 am (midnight) CET

Job reference: SY-STI-TCD-2024-123-GRAE

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

Target start date: 01-October-2024

This position requires:

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

What we offer

• A monthly stipend ranging between 5134 and 5647 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.

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