Planning Engineer

Planning Engineer

Geneva, Switzerland EP-ATL-PO-2026-200-LD Ideal start date: 01/01/2027

Before 02/11/2026 at 23:59 (Geneva Time)

What you'll do

As a Planning Engineer within the ATLAS Technical Coordination, you will play a key role in monitoring ATLAS activities during Long Shutdown 3 (LS3). You will be responsible for keeping the installation schedule up to date, reporting any delays, and proposing mitigation measures to recover lost time. The ATLAS schedule is a complex construction programme encompassing several sub-projects. You will collaborate closely with the various Project Engineers and Project Leaders to understand their constraints and support them in implementing any necessary changes to the schedule baseline. You will also join the Project Management Office (PMO) and play a leading role in the preparation of the quarterly status report, assisting the Upgrade Project Leaders in updating the schedule and reporting on progress.

Your responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the ATLAS installation schedules for Long Shutdown 3 (LS3), and actively participate in all schedule baseline changes resulting from the evolution of the LS3 programme.
• Monitor and review the progress of activities during planning meetings and in close collaboration with Project Engineers.
• Report any delays to the Technical Coordination Management and propose mitigation measures to recover lost time.
• Contribute to the maintenance and continuous improvement of the scheduling tools.
• Play a leading role in the quarterly status reporting process for the Phase-2 Upgrade projects, and assist the Upgrade Project Leaders in preparing updated schedules, progress reports, and schedule baseline changes.
• Supervise the ATLAS team responsible for developing and maintaining the interface with the ATLAS Oracle database. Collect requirements for the evolution of the existing ATLAS information-management tools and establish priorities for the maintenance and development activities of the small team of software engineers.

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Your profile

• Demonstrated experience in planning, forecasting, and resource coordination, preferably in an engineering environment, together with strong knowledge of relevant planning software (e.g. MS Project).
• Experience liaising with internal and external stakeholders.
• Initial experience in coordinating technical activities.
• Experience with databases and interfacing tools is an asset.
• Experience in team supervision is considered an advantage.
• Master's degree or equivalent relevant experience in the field of Engineering, preferably in Mechanical, Industrial, Civil, or Systems Engineering, or a related field.

Your skills

• Organisation, planning and control.
• Project management.
• Assembly and integration of infrastructure for detectors or experimental facilities.
• Implementation of vision and strategic agility.
• Delivers high quality work on time and fulfils expectations.
• Builds and maintains constructive and effective work relationships.
• Works well autonomously; takes on activities and tasks without prompting.
• Recognises what is essential; discriminates between important and peripheral information and is able to see the whole picture.
• Spoken and written English, with a commitment to learn French.

Ideal start date: 01/01/2027

Contract duration (in months): 48

Grade range: 6

Benchmark job: 200090 - Mechanical Engineer

Job flexibility: Hybrid

Team supervision

Employment conditions

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

Global Benefits at CERN

• A minimum net entry-salary of 9236 Swiss Francs per month, increasing in line with your years of relevant experience.
• 30 days of paid leave per year plus 2 weeks annual closure.
• Coverage by CERN’s comprehensive health insurance scheme (for yourself, your spouse and children), and membership of the CERN Pension Fund.
• Family, child and infant monthly allowances depending on your individual circumstances.
• A relocation package (installation grant, removal, travel expenses) depending on your individual circumstances.
• Possibility to extend your contract up to 8 years + eligibility for indefinite contract tenure.

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Be sure to meet the eligibility criteria

• You are a national of a CERN Member State or Associate Member State. Currently, we cannot consider applications from Pakistani, Lithuanian, Latvian, Cypriot, Croatian and Turkish nationals, as the ceiling defined under Article II.5 of the Associate Membership Agreement has been reached.
• You have relevant qualifications and professional experience.
• If you have previously held a Staff contract at CERN, you will not be eligible for these positions.
• Please pay attention to the additional criteria and requirements for this specific position and mentioned above.

You will need these documents to complete your application

• Your CV (English or French)
• Any document you consider relevant to your application

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