Budget & schedule monitoring & control European Council for Nuclear Research Experience: 2 years of relevant work experience Geneva, Switzerland Apply By: 27-02-2025

Your responsibilities

The HL-LHC (HiLumi) Project is a major upgrade of the LHC accelerator, increasing the integrated luminosity over the first 10 years of collisions by a factor 10 with respect to the LHC design goal. Making use of cutting-edge technologies for the accelerator’s main elements, the project foresees also significant expansion of underground infrastructure. The project is structured in 20 work-packages (WP) of budget ranging from some millions to some hundreds million CHF, for a total budget above 1,150 millions of CHF. Collaborations with European and international institutes cover a considerable part of the scope, for an in-kind budget of 100MCHF.

As successful candidate for a ORIGIN position you will :

• Join the Monitoring & Control Office in the Planning section of HL-LHC.
• Act as the link-person to several HiLumi work-packages.
• Structure activities in EVM.
• Manage cost change processes and reprofile expenses.
• Project real cost vs. planned cost.
• Monitor WP schedule, collaboration, and purchasing plan.
• Assess cost, performance, and schedule risks.
• Implement financial and schedule changes.
• Prepare reports, minutes, and EVM metrics for Project Steering Meetings.
• Contribute to the annual Cost & Schedule review.
• Take and propagate minutes for relevant Project Steering Meetings.
• The position presents opportunities for learning and implementing Project management tools and processes in the exciting framework of one of the largest accelerator technologies projects on the scene, in a truly international environment.

Your profile

Skills

• With a technical-scientific background, you have a master in engineering, physics-chemistry, or life science. You have earned a positive experience in project management (both budget and schedule management), either in the framework of your projects in academic years, or in your initial work experience.
• The candidate should be rigorous, precise and eager to learn and innovate; have a passion for complexity; excellent self-management and self-organization and an acute sense of responsibility; strong interpersonal skills and accomplished written and oral communication in English.

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 engineering, physics, chemistry, science (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.

Source: https://www.smartrecruiters.com/CERN/744000041132237