Geneva, Switzerland What you'll do
As an Environmental Engineer, you will actively contribute to support CERN in limiting its impact on the environment, mainly in the domains of water protection and hazardous substances.
Your responsibilities
- Act as the organisation’s reference expert for environmental protection in the domain of water and in the domain of hazardous substances.
- Monitor, evaluate and address all existing and emerging issues related to effluent water quantity and quality and to hazardous substances.
- Analyse and propose mitigation measures on water-related issues and hazardous substances linked to the CERN campus, industrial facilities, accelerators and experiments.
- Propose common applicable environmental requirements for projects and existing activities.
- Develop CERN-specific environmental guidelines.
- Conduct site visits and environmental investigations and issue related reports. This includes the participation or coordination of environmental incidents/accidents follow-up.
- Share knowledge, inform and proactively raise awareness on environmental protection best practices.
- Build synergies and work with other CERN Departments in view of reducing CERN’s impact on environment and globally improve environmental protection.
- Interact with French speaking local technical authorities.
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Your profile
- Experience in providing technical expertise, in particular for environmental protection in the water domain and hazardous substances, within multi-disciplinary teams operating technical installations.
- Hands-on chemical pollutants (metals, organic or emerging pollutants), including monitoring, characterisation, and mitigation strategies.
- Experience in the technical application of environmental regulations.
- Hands-on experience with ecotoxicology subjects with the understanding of chemical and biological impacts on aquatic environments would be an asset.
- Knowledge of wastewater treatment and sanitation infrastructure, including operational processes and environmental constraints, or, water treatment technologies, such as physical, chemical, and biological treatment methods would be an asset.
- Master's degree or equivalent relevant experience in the field of Environmental Engineering or a related field.
Your skills
- Knowledge of EU regulations, in particular linked to water protection or hazardous substances (knowledge of French or Swiss Environmental regulations is an asset).
- Environmental protection, environmental evaluations and implementation of prevention measures.
- Stakeholder relationship management.
- Drafting and writing of official documents in both French and English.
- Ability to analyse complex environmental data and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
- Adopts a pragmatic approach; understands the value of adopting generic rather than gold -plated' technical solutions.
- Keeps up-to-date with developments in own field of expertise and readily absorbs new information.
- Expresses opinions, ideas and suggestions with conviction and in a logical/structured manner; keeps to the point.
- Works well autonomously; takes on activities and tasks without prompting.
- Spoken and written English or French, with a commitment to learn the other language.
Employment conditions
- A valid driving licence.
- Work during nights, Sundays and official holidays, when required by the needs of the Organisation.
- Stand-by duty, when required by the needs of the Organisation.
- Work in Radiation Areas.
- Interventions in underground installations.
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Be sure to meet the eligibility criteria
- You are a national of a CERN Member State or Associate Member State.
- 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
Your CERNDepartment
It provides expertise and support in radiological and conventional safety as well as environmental protection. The Department also manages emergency services, including the CERN Fire and Rescue Service and Medical Service.
Overview of CERN
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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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