Job Description

Your responsibilities

As member of the Safety Office of the SY Department, you will:

• Perform safety risk assessments, including workplace risk assessments
• Perform safety visits in facilities under the responsability of the Department
• Provide advice and support to the groups of the Department in matters of Safety
• Carry out safety awareness campaigns within the Department
• Conduct accident analyses, propose corrective and preventive measures, ensure the follow-up of defined actions
• Write safety reports

Your profile

Skills

Technical competencies:

• Strong academic knowledge of occupational health and safety, professional risks, and strategies for mitigating these risks.
• Solid academic foundation in hazard identification and risk assessment techniques, along with the tools applicable to these processes.
• Ability to produce Safety documentation

Behavioural competencies:

• Working in teams and cooperate constructively with others in the pursuit of team goals
• Communicating effectively with multiple stakeholders
• Producing workable and timely solutions that meet requirements
• Identifying, defining and assessing problems, taking action to address them
• Fluent in both English and 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 Safety engineering or a related field (or a related field) and your highest educational qualification is either a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree.
• You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.
• Applicants without University degree are not eligible.
• Applicants with a PhD are not eligible.

Additional Information

Job closing date: 12th January 2025 at 23:59 PM (midnight) CET.

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

Working hours: 40 hours per week

Target start date: 01-April-2025

This position involves:

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

Job reference: SY-HDO-2024-229-GRAE

Field of work: Health, Safety and Environment

What we offer

• A monthly stipend ranging between 5134 and 5647 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.