Systems maintenance technician
Ref. COL-INF-25-1

Application Deadline:  May 21^st 2025

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General information

Offer title: Systems maintenance technician

Reference: COL-INF-25-1

Number of positions: 1

Workplace: via E.Amaldi 5/7, Loc. S.Stefano a Macerata – Cascina (Pisa)

Date of publication: April 22^nd, 2025

Type of Contract: “Collaboratore tecnico” (Technical collaborator)

Contract Period: 12 months, with the perspective of a permanent contract upon expiry

Expected date of employment: The earliest possible

Proportion of work: Full time

Remuneration: 35.635,60€ annual gross (Lev IV, Fascia 0 CCL EGO 2023-2025)

Desired level of education: High school diploma in technical field

Experience required: Knowledge in MS Office and Autocad

Sections: Infrastructures Department

 

Missions

The European Gravitational Observatory (EGO) is seeking a Plant maintenance technician to join its Infrastructures Department.

 

Activities

The selected candidate will work a technician in the Infrastructures operation team of the EGO Infrastructures Department and will have to:

• Collaborate in the execution of ordinary and straordinary maintenance of the electrical and thermo-mechanical systems of EGO site;
• Capability of explanation of electrical or thermo-mechanical scheme;
• Good manual skills to work on electrical and air conditioning systems.

To perform this job, it is necessary to move all over the Virgo site.

The role may require working outside of normal working hours and participation in a regular on-call rotation.

 

Essential Skills

• High school diploma in technical field;
• Knowledge of MS Office;
• Knowledge Autocad;
• Knowledge of the English language;
• No criminal convictions.

Other Skills

One or more of the following will be an asset:

• At least two years of experience in electrical and thermo-hydraulic systems;
• Knowledge of the Italian and French languages;
• Ability to comprehend technical information, manuals, reports;
• Capacity to work in team but also in autonomy following the agreed guidelines and operational procedures;
• Experience and knowledge for access to premises with medium voltage equipment;
• Good ability to use electrical and environmental measuring instruments.

Work context

The European Gravitational Observatory (EGO) is seeking a Technician to join the Virgo Infrastructures Department.

EGO is a French-Italian consortium, founded by INFN and CNRS to foster European collaboration in gravitational-wave research. EGO is located in Cascina, near Pisa – Italy, and hosts and operates the gravitational-wave detector Virgo, a 3 km-long laser interferometer (ITF). The Virgo project involves the participation of about 130 institutions with more than 800 scientists, engineers and technicians from France, Italy, the Netherlands and other 13 European countries.

EGO welcomes applications from all suitably-qualified candidates, irrespective of gender, disability, marital or parental status, racial, ethnic or social origin, color, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

 

Selection procedure

Only candidates who meet the above essential required qualifications and experience are admitted to the selection procedure. The evaluation of the candidates admitted to the procedure is assigned to a Selection Board appointed by the Director of EGO. The Selection Board will determine the evaluation criteria in the first meeting. The first phase of the selection will be based on a review of the Application Forms and other documents received in line with the above-mentioned essential and desired requirements. Only candidates who have obtained the minimum score established by the Selection Board in the first meeting will be able to access to the second phase of the selection, which will consist of an interview. During the interview the Selection Board will verify the knowledge of the English language, the knowledge in MS Office and Autocad, and the other desired qualifications and experience. At the end of the interviews the Selection Board will draw up a ranking of the candidates who obtained at least the minimum score established during the first meeting.

The completion of the hiring is subject to Italian law D.Lgs. 81/08 art.41 “Sorveglianza Sanitaria”. The EGO Consortium has the free right not to proceed with the recruitment.

 

Privacy policy

Controller: European Gravitational Observatory – email: ego-gw@pec.it

Responsible for data – email: privacy@ego-gw.it

Under Article 13 of UE Regulation (EU) 2016/79 of the European Parliament and of the Council, required personal data will be exclusively collected and treated for purposes strictly connected to the selection procedure also with the use of computerized procedures, according to current law and regulations concerning the implementation of this kind of activity.

Providing such data to EGO is necessary for the evaluation of participation requirements and of the holding of titles; failure to provide these data may compromise such evaluation.

Data will be kept only for the period required by the selection, evaluation and audit procedures. EGO guarantees each person the right of access to personal data, as well as the rectification, or erasure or restriction of them, as well as the right to object to their processing; such requests shall be addressed to privacy@ego-gw.it.

 Applicants have to:

Candidates can send their CV and the EGO Application Form (to be found here) together with a cover letter and eventual reference letters, to jobs@ego-gw.it quoting the reference number of this vacancy notice.

 

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