Planning and Scheduling Engineer

What you'll do

The Engineering Department (EN) provides CERN with the Engineering expertise, Infrastructure Systems and Coordination necessary for the design, installation, operation, maintenance and dismantling phases of the CERN accelerator complex and its experimental facilities.

The position is within the Accelerator Coordination and Engineering (EN-ACE) group, which coordinates the activities for the interventions and changes to the accelerators complex. As a Planning and Scheduling Engineer in EN-ACE, you will plan and coordinate a wide range of equipment-related activities across CERN’s current and future accelerator complex.

You will collaborate closely with domain experts to develop practical solutions for the installation and maintenance of complex equipment, contributing to the Engineering Department’s mission of supporting the full lifecycle of CERN’s infrastructure and future projects.

Your responsibilities

Plan and coordinate all installation and maintenance activities for the different accelerators, ensuring all activities are carried out within agreed overall schedule.
Prepare all supporting documentation and liaise between the stakeholders.
Manage the impact of operational problems affecting the installation and maintenance work on the schedule, in order to minimise any delays.
Identify and resolve conflicting co-activity issues with the stakeholders concerned and/or the Project Leaders.
In collaboration with the relevant Safety Coordinator, ensure that all safety concerns related to the installation work are identified and that the relevant safety rules procedures are applied.
This job includes interventions in underground installations and requires a valid driving license.

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Experience in project management, coordination, and planning of workflow on large experimental and/or industrial facilities, preferably: maintenance, repairs, installations and upgrades projects.
Exposure to or understanding of risk management would be an asset.
Some experience with stakeholder relationships and/or negotiations would be an asset.
Your studies focused on Mechanical / Industrial Engineering.

Your skills

Competencies in Project Management, coordination, and planning.
Knowledge of project scheduling and management tools (e.g. MS Project, Oracle Primavera, MS PowerBI, VBA, Python, knowledge in database management).
Ability to communicate clearly and proactively with technical stakeholders and management.
Some technical knowledge of engineering systems would be an asset.
Spoken and written English or French, with a commitment to learn the other language.

Ideal start date: 01/07/2026

Contract duration (in months): 24

Job flexibility: Hybrid

Employment conditions

A valid driving licence.
Participation in a regular stand-by duty, including nights, Sundays and official holidays.
Work in Radiation Areas.
Interventions in underground installations.

Global Benefits at CERN

A monthly net stipend between 6372-7004 Swiss Francs per month depending on your degree.
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 and travel expenses) depending on your individual circumstances.
Possibility to extend your contract up to 36 months.
On-the-job and formal training including language classes.

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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 and Lithuanian nationals for positions with a 2026 start date, as the ceiling defined under Article II.5 of the Associate Membership Agreement has been reached.
By the application deadline, you have a master’s degree with 2 to 6 years of professional experience since graduation or a PhD with a maximum of 3 years of professional experience since graduation. You are not eligible with only a bachelor’s degree.
You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.
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)
A copy of your most relevant diploma or a certificate of achievement from your school (if you don't yet have your paper diploma)
Any document you consider relevant to your application

Your CERNDepartment

The EN department provides CERN with the engineering competences, infrastructure systems, and technical coordination required for the design, fabrication, installation, operation, maintenance, and dismantling of the accelerator complex and experimental facilities. Its mission is to deliver and sustain robust infrastructure systems, advanced engineering solutions, and technical coordination.

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Every day, we face exciting new challenges and opportunities to contribute to cutting-edge research that shapes our understanding of the universe. We meet these challenges through the diverse perspectives within our teams, ensuring every contribution is valued and driving our shared sense of inclusion and purpose. Diversity is a core value of CERN since its foundation, and it remains central to our mission and continued success.

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