About the company
At CERN, the European Organization 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.
Responsibilities
- Define control system requirements and produce functional specifications for cooling and ventilation installations.
- Select and apply appropriate control and automation strategies to meet operational, reliability, and energy efficiency objectives.
- Design, develop, test, and validate PLC application software for cooling and ventilation installations, ensuring compliance with applicable EN-CV-CL standard solutions and CERN UNICOS framework.
- Configure, test, commission, maintain, and upgrade industrial control systems throughout their lifecycle.
- Collaborate with project leaders, process engineers, operators, and other stakeholders throughout all project phases.
- Coordinate technicians and junior engineers and supervise contractors during implementation and commissioning activities.
- Manage technical procurements, service contracts, and interactions with industrial suppliers.
- Provide expert operational support and troubleshooting for cooling and ventilation control systems.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and engineering methodologies, and contribute to technical studies internal EN-CV-CL standards improvement.
- Produce and ensure that technical documentation is complete, structured and up to date, in line with quality standards.
Requirements
- Master's Degree or equivalent relevant experience in the field of Industrial Automation, Process Control or a related field.
- Proficiency in designing, implementing, and commissioning PLC-based industrial control systems using IEC 61131-3 programming languages.
- Experience in specifying industrial control systems, including hardware architectures and control strategies.
- Experience in testing, validation, and troubleshooting of industrial control systems.
- Experience in SCADA/HMI configuration and deployment.
- Nice to have: Experience operating and maintaining industrial control systems.
- Nice to have: Experience providing support to control system users.
- Nice to have: Experience with Siemens and/or Schneider PLC platforms.
- Nice to have: Knowledge in high-level programming languages (C++, Python, Java) and AI technologies.
- Nice to have: Knowledge of advanced control techniques (adaptive).