Planning Engineer
CERN · Tills vidare · Deadline 2026-11-02
CERN is recruiting a **Planning Engineer** on a 48-month contract with an intended start date in January 2027. Working within ATLAS Technical Coordination in a hybrid setting, the role focuses on monitoring ATLAS activities and maintaining installation schedules during Long Shutdown 3 (LS3). Responsibilities include identifying schedule baseline changes, reporting delays with proposed recovery mitigations, contributing to scheduling tools, and leading quarterly status reporting for Phase-2 Upgrade projects. The position also involves supervising a small team of software engineers maintaining the interface with the ATLAS Oracle database. Employment conditions include **work in radiation areas** and interventions in underground installations. Applicants must hold a **Master's degree or equivalent relevant experience** in engineering, preferably mechanical, industrial, civil, systems engineering, or a related discipline. Required qualifications include demonstrated experience in planning, forecasting, and resource coordination—preferably in engineering—with strong knowledge of relevant planning software such as MS Project, alongside experience coordinating technical activities and liaising with stakeholders. Experience with databases, interfacing tools, and team supervision is considered advantageous. Candidates must have spoken and written English, with a commitment to learn French.
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.
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.
For more information about the position and the application process, please visit: https://careers.cern/jobs/ep-atl-po-2026-200-ld-2/