Lausanne
Operations Project Manager
- 10 November 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- Lausanne
About the job
EPFL, the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, is one of the most dynamic university campuses in Europe and ranks in the top 20 worldwide in numerous academic rankings. EPFL has more than 6,500 staff members who bring to life the School's three main missions: education, research, and innovation. The EPFL campus offers an exceptional working environment at the heart of a community of over 17,000 people, including nearly 12,500 students and 4,000 researchers from more than 120 different nationalities.
The Operations department manages and operates the infrastructure of the real estate assets and user services at EPFL. It consists of around 80 employees active in HVAC-MCR technologies, Building Maintenance, as well as concierge and housekeeping services.
Your tasks and responsibilities as Operations Project Manager:
- Develop calls for tenders in collaboration with EPFL's purchasing department for the acquisition of services, equipment, or supplies for operations, as well as for the execution of studies or works.
- Conduct or participate, in collaboration with internal or external project managers, in studies to define or develop the technical infrastructure of the domain.
- Manage and carry out transformation and renovation projects of the domain's technical infrastructure.
- Participate in coordinating the commissioning of technical infrastructure within large-scale projects.
- Implement active technological monitoring on technology, standards, and methodologies impacting operations, proposing improvements.
- Create or modify technical documentation to standardise infrastructure and ensure effective interaction between project and operations.
- Provide technical support to unit heads and operations group leaders.
University of Applied Sciences engineer, ET technician, or equivalent training and experience in the relevant fields.
- Proven experience in project management in the relevant fields
- Strong social and communication skills to interact effectively internally and externally
- Keen sense of service, cross-functional collaboration, ability to find solutions and manage multiple priorities under pressure with a range of stakeholders
- Excellent organisational skills, logical mind, rigorous and methodical
- Very good command of French; English at B1 level is an asset
- A friendly and stimulating working atmosphere
- A quality working environment
- The opportunity to be involved in demanding and varied projects on one of the most dynamic campuses in Europe, where the missions of education, research, and innovation require
- an exceptional diversity and complexity of technical installations
- All the social benefits of a large company
Start date: 01/01/2027
Work rate: 100%
Contract type: Permanent
Reference: 2584
