Environmental Engineer; HSE-ENV-PM--LD

Company Description

At CERN, the European Organisation 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.

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.

• 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.

Master's degree or equivalent relevant experience in the field of Environmental Engineering or a related field.

• 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 withecotoxicology 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.

• 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.

• Solving Problems: adopting a pragmatic approach; understanding the value of adopting generic rather than ‘gold‑plated' technical solutions.
• Learning and Sharing Knowledge: keeping up‑to‑date with developments in own field of expertise and readily absorbing new information.
• Communicating Effectively: expressing opinions, ideas and suggestions with conviction and in a logical/structured manner; keeping to the point.
• Managing Self: working well autonomously; taking on activities and tasks without prompting.

Spoken and written English or French, with a commitment to learn the other language.

Diversity has been an integral part of CERN's mission since its foundation and is an established value of the Organisation. Employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We welcome applications from all Member States and Associate Member States.

This vacancy will be filled as soon as possible, and…