CERN Mechanical Safety Engineer Job in Geneva, , Switzerland

At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. They use the world's largest and most complex scientific instruments to study the basic constituents of matter, the fundamental particles. The particles are made to collide together at close to the speed of light. The process gives the physicists clues about how the particles interact, and provides insights into the fundamental laws of nature.

CERN Mechanical Safety Engineer Job Description

As a Mechanical Safety Engineer in the Prevention & Safety Engineering Expertise Section of HSE-OHS, you will take up the role of CERN specialist for mechanical safety, covering several subdomains of mechanical engineering and joining a multidisciplinary team of safety experts.

In particular, mechanical safety comprises subdomains such as cryogenics, pressure equipment, handling and lifting equipment, welding, machinery, metallic structures, machine-tools, and lifts.

For each of these fields, you will be the responsible for the definition and monitoring of the implementation of CERN's Safety Policy.

As a mechanical safety expert, you will:

• Support, verify, and validate the mechanical design calculations prepared by different CERN technical departments. This activity can relate to highly specialised equipment, not fully covered by common standards.
• Contribute to the projects/experiments safety support activity of the HSE-OHS group for CERN projects follow-up, internally coordinating different safety specialists in defining exhaustive safety requirements for experimental facilities, installations and equipment.
• Check the conformity of engineering and tendering specifications and fabricated equipment with state of the art mechanical safety requirements.
• Design and deliver safety training related to all mechanical domains, if required by the Organization.
• Provide support in safety risk assessment and risk control, equipment integrity, audits, and technical reviews.
• Write CERN safety documentation including rules, instructions, and guidelines

CERN Mechanical Safety Engineer Job Requirements

Experience:

The experience required for this post is:

• Proven experience in analytical design and validation in accordance with harmonised European standards of mechanical equipment and installations, such as pressure equipment and metallic structures.
• Proven experience in the application of standards and directives related to handling and lifting equipment, welding, machinery, and machine-tools or cryogenics.
• Proven experience in developing solutions in fields where mechanical standards and directives cannot be applied.
• Demonstrated experience in the use of Finite Elements-based software packages (familiarity with ANSYS workbench is particularly appreciated): ability to assess the resistance and the performance of pressure vessels in order to verify their compliance to the applicable safety requirements.
• Experience with the supervision of the construction and commissioning of mechanical systems and components would be an advantage.

• Occupational safety and risk management: knowledge of safety risk assessment methodologies/tools and risk management.
• Knowledge of design codes and compliance verification of mechanical equipment: capability to design mechanical equipment or installations from the study phase to operation.
• Design and analysis of mechanical structures: knowledge of Finite Element methods and capability to carry out and assess FE analyses.
• Assembly of mechanical structures and equipment: knowledge of manufacturing methods, processes, preparation, planning, drawing, and control and related safety certification.
• Knowledge and understanding of health and safety legal issues: good knowledge of the European regulatory framework (directives and standards), in particular related to pressure equipment and machinery.

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