The European Organization for Nuclear Research (also known as CERN) is the European research organization that operates the largest Particles Physics laboratory in the world. This 1954 established organization has 23 member countries. Using the world’s largest and most complex scientific instruments, scientists of CERN studies basic constituents of matter – fundamental particles that are made to collide together at close to the speed of light.

About Position

As an Electrical Engineer, you will join the Engineering Department (EN) of CERN that provides engineering competencies, infrastructure systems and technical coordination for the world’s largest particle accelerator complex and its experimental facilities. Furthermore, you will work with the Cooling and Ventilation Group (EN-CV), responsible for designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating cooling, ventilation, and air conditioning systems and large scale fluid distribution systems for the whole Laboratory, particularly in the underground areas of the accelerators and experiments.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Participation in installation projects as well as operation and maintenance activities for all aspects related to low voltage electrical equipment of the existing CV plants
• Provide high-level support to other members of the Group in different domains
• Support the preliminary or detailed technical electrical design studies for both new works and modification to existing installations.
• Take part in architectural design choices of cooling and ventilation plant electrical systems relating to major CERN projects.
• Contribute to writing technical specifications, market surveys, and call-for-tender documents.
• Follow-up on, coordinate and report to reference engineers on construction work on electrical systems
• Calculations and measurements of electrical industrial plants.
• Propose adequate technical solutions following the user’s requests on electrical equipment, take responsibility for all consequent actions to perform works.
• Monitor and follow up external contractors’ activities to ensure compliance with contractual agreements and technical standards.

Qualifications and requirements

• Technical certificate in the field of electricity or equivalent.
• Proven experience in carrying out design studies for electrical systems, in particular.
• Design of LV network and switchboard.
• Knowledge of electrical rotating machines.
• Design of electrical circuit layout.
• Thorough understanding of complex electrical drawings for control and power cubicles.
• Subcontracting, industrial support (contract supervision).
• Commissioning, maintenance and operation of electrical distribution systems in low voltage, controls, and process automation.
• Cooling process and regulation and HVAC would be an asset.
• load lists and short circuit, system protection and selectivity analysis.
• Knowledge of adhering to and applying safety rules for construction and maintenance work in electrical systems.
• Experience in the supervision of industrial work sites, test and commissioning.
• Experience in ventilation, compressed-air production or cooling plants would be an asset.
• Ability to communicate and work in English and French language.

Behavioral requirements

• strong teamwork
• able to work independently
• decision making and leadership
• managing high-level public relation