Safety Engineer (SCE-2025-237-LD)

Introduction:

Join us and contribute ensuring CERN’s safety Policy compliance in a unique environment, fostering a proactive safety culture across diverse domains from construction to campus operations in both France and Switzerland.

This is your opportunity to make a meaningful impact maintaining a safe and sustainable environment for groundbreaking science as Safety Engineer and future Departmental Safety Officer (DSO) and Radiation Safety Officer (RSO).

Functions:

• Support the Department Head in fulfilling safety-related obligations and in implementing CERN's Safety Policy and related objectives.
• Monitor and report on safety and environmental performance, ensuring that departmental activities comply with host-state regulations, CERN Safety Policy and best practices.
• Coordinate and contribute to risk assessments, inspections, audits, and incident investigations, ensuring that risks are identified, lessons learned are captures, and corrective actions are implemented.
• Ensure radiological protection within the department, coordinating with RP experts and contractors on radiation-area interventions, participating in safety reviews and approval workflows, and overseeing optimisation and radioactive material storage.
• Oversee the establishment, maintenance, and consistency of safety documentation (Prevention Plans, Safety Files, Joint Inspection Visits) across SCE activities and projects.
• Coordinate the work of safety officers and safety support officers within the department and liaising with HSE services and DSOs from other departments to ensure coherence and cross-departmental consistency in safety measures and practices.
• Represent the department in internal and external safety advisory bodies, acting as the main contact for safety-related matters with host authorities and contractors.
• Promote awareness, training, and continuous improvement in safety performance across all SCE activities.