Emplois mechanical technician (Genève, GE)

Your responsibilities

As an Electro-Mechanical Technician in the Large Magnet Facility (LMF), you will join the team responsible for providing CERN-wide support in the engineering, manufacturing, and maintenance of superconducting accelerator magnets, particularly for the LHC during Long Shutdown 3 (LS3).

As a hands-on Electro-Mechanical Technician within the LMF section, you will:

• Prepare for the LS3 consolidation campaign, including drafting procedures for the interconnection of busbars and cold masses, producing CAD designs and 2D drawings.
• Contribute to the development and construction of tooling, jigs, and mock-ups related to LS3 magnet activities.
• Carry out acceptance tests on components and tooling, including visual inspections and standard dimensional controls.
• Place orders for consumables and other materials/tooling through CERN's central warehouse and/or external suppliers.
• Work alongside colleagues in the LHC tunnel during LS3 cryomagnet-related activities.

Your profile

Skills

Technical Skills

• 3D CAD design using CATIA (including reading and creating 2D technical drawings).
• Mechanical and electro-mechanical manufacturing (initial hands-on experience).
• Mechanical assembly and fitting.
• Use of mechanical metrology tools: dial gauges, micrometers, vernier callipers.
• Knowledge of manufacturing methods and work preparation.
• Soldering, brazing, and welding (basic experience considered an asset).
• Machining of metallic parts (considered an asset).

Soft Skills

• Effective teamwork and collaboration.
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing situations and priorities.
• Strong autonomy and self-organisation in daily tasks.
• Spoken and written English, with a commitment to learn French.

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 Electromechanics (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: 29.05.2025 at 23:59 CEST.

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

Working hours: 40 hours per week

Target start date: 01-September-2025

This position involves:

• Work in Radiation Areas.
• Interventions in underground installations.

Job reference: TE-MSC-LMF-2025-79-GRAE

Field of work: Mechanical Engineering

What we offer

• A monthly stipend of 4624 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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