Instrument & Control (I&C) Technician for Radiation Protection

The European Spallation Source, ESS, a partnership of European countries, is hiring motivated and inspired people to plan, design, and construct the world’s most powerful neutron source. We seek ambitious, talented people in different fields who are excited about playing a part in the future of science in Europe.

ESS can offer a variety of things, such as passionate and international colleagues, a vibrant melting pot of diversity, and a challenging, exciting and high paced work environment. We value and need expertise, innovative minds and great ways of leading and interacting with people from all over the world.

Come and change the world with us!

ESS is now looking for an Instrument & Control (I&C) Technician for the Radiation Protection (RP) group as part of the Environment, Safety, Health & Security (ESH&Q) unit.

At ESS the Radiation Protection group consists of radiation protection experts, the operational radiation protection team and radiation protection services including radioactive waste management. The radiation protection services team has as one of its responsibilities, the Radiological and Environmental Monitoring System (REMS).

Job description

As part of the RP group, you main task will be maintenance of the Radiological and Environmental Monitoring System (REMS). In addition to this, you will also support the operational RP group by performing surveys and interventions.

As an I&C Technician, you will:


• Use the ESS maintenance management tool (EAM), establish preventative maintenance schedules for all new equipment along with maintenance & operations documentation and user guides.
• Manage the maintenance & operations of existing systems, carrying out preventive and corrective maintenance on them, suggesting improvements and ensuring all documentation is up to date.
• Make necessary risk assessments for the maintenance tasks.
• Assist with the installation and commissioning of new monitoring systems.
• Assist the operational radiation protection team with surveys and interventions.

Qualifications & Competencies

You have a well-developed ability to listen, consult others and to communicate proactively with a high level of integrity.


• Higher technical diploma in one of the following fields; instrumentation, control systems, electro-mechanical or electro-technical engineering and maintenance.
• Proven experience in maintenance and operations, in one of the previous fields, with a fundamental understanding of Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) or similar tools.
• Knowledge of radiation protection, radiation monitoring instrumentation and use of radioactive sources would be an advantage
• Knowledge of installation and commissioning or project environments would be an asset.

We truly believe that you are a team player with the ability to listen to others as well as share your own expertise and communicate in a proactive manner. That you have the ability to be assertive in the field with a service-oriented mindset. We are looking for someone with problem solving experience, bringing a can do attitude to providing solutions. You must be a hands-on person, used to working in a flexible manner with a variety of tasks and of course be an advocate for a safe working environment and share our values in creating an organisation wide safety culture.

Duration & Location
The position is a permanent position. Your work place will be situated in Lund, Sweden. 

Start date
The position is to be filled as soon as possible.

Application & Contact

Please provide your curriculum vitae in English by clicking on “apply” and follow the instructions. 

Please note that we only accept applications via the ESS website.

For some roles at ESS health check-ups and security clearance are required, and this might be applicable in the final parts of the recruitment process. The applicant is expected to be fit to perform the applicable tasks of this recruitment. 

The deadline for applications is 16 February 2023. 

For more information regarding the ESS recruitment process, please follow this link https://europeanspallationsource.se/ess-recruitment-process. 

For further information regarding the position, please contact the Recruiting Manager, Per Roos, Group Leader Radiation Protection, per.roos@ess.eu

For further information regarding the recruitment process, please contact Kathryn Quaak, HR Officer, kathryn.quaak@ess.eu  

For trade union information please contact Unionen / Conny Wendt at +46 72 179 24 63.  or SACO / Swedish Association of Graduate Engineers/ Yngve Levinson at +46 72 179 23 04

We look forward to receiving your application!