Cabling Project Manager

• Period: August 2026 – December 2027

Job Description

As a Cabling Project Manager within a large international research organisation, you are responsible for the preparation, coordination and supervision of power (high current) and signal (low current) cabling activities on large-scale infrastructures.

Main tasks:

• Analysis and client relations: Analyse cable installation requests and liaise with internal requesters to finalise technical requirements.

• Field studies: Conduct technical visits and site surveys to prepare, plan and optimise cabling activities.

• Costing and design: Define cable routes, establish measurements (price schedules) and produce quotes/budget estimates.

• Documentation and databases: Draft detailed technical files for the work to be carried out by the electrical installation contractor. Record and update new installations or modifications in the organisation’s cabling database.

• Supervision and site monitoring: Manage the execution of works carried out by the contractor, ensure daily progress monitoring and carry out inspections and final acceptance of the works.

• Safety: Act as the person responsible for supervising works and services on site, ensuring strict compliance with the institution’s safety rules.

• Professional expertise: Solid experience in electrical installations, including preparation, coordination of large-scale cabling projects and supervision of subcontractors.

• Technical knowledge: Thorough knowledge of power and signal cables (types of cables, connectors, standards and installation procedures).

• IT tools: Very good command of standard office tools (MS Excel, MS Word) and ease with technical databases.

• Professional skills: Proactive attitude, versatility and ability to effectively alternate between fieldwork and technical documentation writing.

• Infrastructures: Work at the heart of highly technical and complex infrastructures: underground machine tunnels, experimental zones, underground buildings, technical galleries and raised technical floors.

• Note: Work at height and interventions in controlled/radioactive environments.

• Degree: Secondary school diploma or equivalent qualification in a relevant technical field (electrical engineering, electrotechnics, etc.).

• Languages: French (Advanced) / English (Intermediate).