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Introduction

Are you interested in joining a dynamic multi-national team of radiation protection specialists? Contribute your skills to our radiation protection work at the world's largest particle accelerator complex and its experimental facilities. CERN, Take Part!

You will join, the Occupational Health and Safety and Environmental Protection (HSE) Unit, which acts in matters of safety and the protection of personnel and the environment. The Radiation Protection Group protects workers and public against the risks of exposure to ionising radiation, ensuring that exposure is kept as low as reasonably achievable. The duties of CERN's Radiation Protection Group include the assessment of radiation hazards of CERN's activities, including new accelerators and experiments, the definition of protective measures as well as the legally required monitoring of the exposure of radiation workers to ionising radiation.

Functions

As a Radiation Protection Technician, you will contribute to operational radiation protection in radiation areas, and notably, you will:

• Assess radiological risks at work places in accelerator tunnels, experimental areas, laboratories, storage areas and workshops in CERN.
• Perform radiation measurements in various, static and dynamic high energy, multi-particle radiation fields.
• Perform work and dose planning, elaborate safety measures and working procedures.
• Evaluate, analyse and follow up operational dosimetry data.
• Prepare and supervise radiation protection aspects of dismantling projects.
• Prepare written reports on a regular basis.
• Perform spectroscopy measurements.

Technical certificate or general secondary education in the field of radiation protection, or a related field.

Experience:

• Demonstrated experience in operational radiation protection, radiation protection instrumentation and legislation.
• Proven skills in documenting radiological risk assessments and measurements.
• Experience with radiation-generating instruments, eg X-ray generators.

Technical competencies:

• Knowledge of regulatory framework and best practice in radiation protection.
• Knowledge of dosimetry in mixed radiation fields.
• Knowledge of personal dosimetry.
• Extensive knowledge of measurement techniques for ionizing radiation.

Behavioural competencies:

• Working in teams: working well in groups and readily fitting into a team; participating fully and taking an active role in team activities
• Communicating effectively: ensuring that information, procedures and decisions are appropriately documented; providing others with timely information; selecting the appropriate medium and forum to communicate.
• Achieving results: delivering prompt and efficient service, taking into account customer needs; having a structured and organised approach towards work; being able to set priorities and plan tasks with results in mind.
• Learning and sharing knowledge: keeping up-to-date with developments in own field of expertise and readily absorbing new information; sharing knowledge and expertise freely and willingly with others; coaching others to ensure knowledge transfer

Language skills:

• Spoken and written English or French: ability to draw up technical texts in one of the two languages, as well as ability to understand and speak the other language in professional contexts.

Eligibility and closing date:

Diversity has been an integral part of CERN's mission since its foundation and is an established value of the Organization. Employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We welcome applications from all Member States and Associate Member States. (https://careers.cern/content/member-states)

This vacancy will be filled as soon as possible, and applications should normally reach us no later than 09.09.2018.

Employment Conditions

Contract type: Limited duration contract (5 years). Subject to certain conditions, holders of limited-duration contracts may apply for an indefinite position.

These functions require:

• Participation in a regular stand-by duty, including nights, Sundays and official holidays.
• Work in radiation areas.
• Interventions in underground installations.
• A valid driving licence is required.
• Work during nights, Sundays and official holidays, when required by the needs of the Organization.

Job grade: 3-4

Job reference: HSE-RP-AS-2018-87-LD

Benchmark Job Title: Radiation Protection Technician

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