Mechanical Technician (SY-STI-TCD-2024-156-GRAE)

Job Description

Your responsibilities

The SY-STI-TCD section oversees the conceptual design, construction, operation, and maintenance of beam-intercepting devices across the CERN's accelerator complex.

The beam intercepting devices are precision mechanical equipment working in harsh environments that must be reliable for the operation of CERN accelerators.

You are multitasking, autonomous, inventive and passionate about mechanical engineering? Take part! As a mechanical technician, you will contribute to the SY-STI group's activities and your functions will include :

• You will be part of multidisciplinary team in charge of the conception, manufacturing, assembly, installation, maintenance and project follow-up for the future experiments and SPS & LHC Beam Dumps and absorbers.
• You will work for the design, realization, installation and dismantling of a prototype target / absorber, which will be tested with proton beam to validate a design for the HIECN3 Project;
• You will also coordinate the production of the equipment, schedule the assembly as well as all required mechanical tests before installation for various components of the North Area and Accelerator Consolidation Projects.
• You will also contribute to mechanical support activities carried in the accelerators complex and you could mill / turn mechanical components in our mechanical workshop, equipped with both CNC and conventional machines.

You will have access to state-of-the-art CAD, engineering tools, and manufacturing facilities (e.g. mechanical workshops and rapid prototyping), and will work under the close supervision of experienced CERN staff, interacting daily with the group's technical team and collaborating with institutes and industrial partners.

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Skills and / or knowledge

Specific skills required for this job :

• Comprehensive use of conventional milling machines with some basic knowledge of numerical controlled machines (CNC);
• Precision assembly of mechanical components and structures;
• Knowledge of CAD software;
• Good communication.
• Fluent in English, the ability to work in French would be an advantage.

Eligibility criteria :

• You are a national of a .
• By the application deadline, you have a maximum of two years of professional experience since graduation in Mechanics (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, Master or PhD degree are not eligible.

Additional Information

Job closing date : 30th October 2024 at 23 : 59 (midnight) CET.

Job reference : SY-STI-TCD-2024-156-GRAE

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

Target start date : 01-December-2024

This position involves :

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

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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Employing a diverse workforce is central to our success.