Automation Technician

• Full-time

Your responsibilities

The Environment Group (HSE-ENV) ensures, in collaboration with all the other groups of the HSE Unit, that the impact of the Organization's activities on the public and the environment is monitored, and that CERN's environmental concerns and related actions are communicated to the personnel, the Host States Authorities and the public. The HSE-ENV Group also ensures in collaboration with the CERN Departments that pollution prevention, noise and waste minimisation and conservation of resources are integrated into projects and existing activities to limit their environmental impact.

The Environment Monitoring Section (HSE-ENV-EM) ensures the maintenance and operation of the network of monitors dedicated to CERN environmental online monitoring program. The Environment Monitoring Section carries out projects to consolidate, replace and extend the network of monitors used to assess the impact of the CERN activities on the environment.

The Environmental Monitoring Section maintains over 100 environmental monitoring systems: Physico-chemical measurement, radioactivity measurement monitor, water or aerosol sampling systems. Contribute to the design, development, maintenance and operation of the extensive network of monitors linked to CERN's environmental monitoring program.

Your responsibilities will include the following:

• Operate, maintain and upgrade industrial data acquisition and control systems related to instrumentation dedicated to monitoring stray radiation, air and water;
• Install, commission and investigate failures of programmable controller-based control systems;
• Implement and maintain telecommunications systems via cellular telephone networks;
• On-site integration projects, including coordination of activities with other CERN departments;
• Monitoring network maintenance activities.

Your profile

Skills

• Knowledge of the definition of technical specifications and the development of PLCs and touch screens;
• Knowledge of low voltage electrical circuit design for PLC controls;
• Knowledge of selection, integration and commissioning of electromechanical parts (e.g. air/water pumps, valves, flow meters, physicochemical sensors);
• Knowledge of the operation and maintenance of electromechanical equipment and control systems based on programmable logic controllers;
• Knowledge of CAD electrical design software for modifying electrical drawings;
• Organized and structured approach;
• Ability to work within a team;
• Good communication skills and ability to comprehend technical English (i.e. documentation);
• Fluent in English or French, the ability to work in the other language would be an advantage.
• By the application deadline, you have a maximum of two years of professional experience since graduation in Automation Technology (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.

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

Working hours: 40 hours per week

This position involves:

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

Job reference: HSE-ENV-EM-2025-3-GRAE

Field of work: Health, Safety and Environment

What we offer

• A monthly stipend of4624 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.