Survey Technician

Your responsibilities

As a Survey Technician, you will be part of the team in charge of the metrology and the alignment of the Accelerator components.

In this role you will:

• Align all types of magnets in the CERN accelerator complex, write the corresponding survey reports, and update the relevant documentation;
• Perform metrology measurements at all stages of the assembly of accelerator components using the laser tracker technology;
• Take on the calibration and periodic validation of the instrumentation;
• Perform "as built" measurements of tunnels and buildings using the laser scanner technology;
• Give feedback to improve the survey field procedures, methods and software.

Your profile

Skills and/or knowledge

• Experience using high accuracy survey instruments such as theodolites, total stations, optical levels;
• Experience performing Laser Scanning;
• Initial experience using standard compensation software;
• Knowledge of laser tracker measurements and how to use them;
• Knowledge of office software packages; (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• 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 Survey, Geodesy or Topography (or a related field) and your highest educational qualification is a general secondary education diploma.
• You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.
• Applicants with a Bachelor's, Master's or PhD degree are not eligible.

Job closing date: at 23:59h (midnight) CEST.

Job reference: BE-GM-ASG GRAE

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 licence.
• Work during nights, Sundays and official holidays, when required by the needs of the Organization.

What we offer

• A monthly stipend of 4569 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

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