Environmental Engineer (Environmental Impact Assessment) (HSE-ENV-EC-2026-59-LD)

Introduction

You will contribute to the Future Circular Collider (FCC)—the organisation’s next flagship project—by overseeing and coordinating the environmental evaluation studies required for the authorisation process, including the environmental impact assessments for a new cross-border particle accelerator project, in accordance with French and Swiss regulatory requirements. This includes managing and monitoring contracts with consulting firms.

Functions

• Ensure technical and administrative coordination between the appointed consulting firms and guarantee the overall consistency of the environmental evaluation for both France and Switzerland.
• Ensure regulatory compliance of the environmental evaluation study in accordance with the French Environmental Code and Swiss legislation on environmental impact assessments (EIE).
• Organise and chair follow-up technical committees with experts and ensure the traceability of decisions.
• Contribute to the multi-criteria impact analysis, as well as the integration of avoidance, reduction and compensation measures.
• Seek and integrate the feedback of the French and Swiss authorities technically involved on the project.
• Monitor the schedule, budget and deliverables, ensuring the quality of the produced documents.
• Share knowledge, inform and proactively raise awareness among the Project Office and CERN management on the public concerns.