Shipping Officer (SCE-SSC-SC-2026-217-GRAE) — CERN
- Location
- Genève
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 4 days ago
Role overview
As a Shipping Officer in CERN's Shipping Unit, you will organise and coordinate the import and export transportation of goods worldwide by road, air, sea, and rail.
You will manage a wide range of shipments, including chemicals, radioactive materials, dual-use items, and other regulated goods, ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant transport operations.
You will coordinate transport requests, prepare documentation and quotations, advise CERN users, and ensure compliance with international regulations, contributing to the smooth and reliable movement of goods across CERN's global supply chain. of CERN
- As a Shipping Officer in CERN's Shipping Unit, you will organise and coordinate the import and export transportation of goods worldwide by road, air, sea, and rail.
- You will manage a wide range of shipments, including chemicals, radioactive materials, dual-use items, and other regulated goods, ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant transport operations.
- Your responsibilities:
- Review, correct, and validate transport requests, and organise import and export shipments by road, air, sea, and rail.
- Some experience in organising international transport operations, including customer service and coordination with various partners across the transport industry.
Main responsibilities
- Your responsibilities:
- Review, correct, and validate transport requests, and organise import and export shipments by road, air, sea, and rail.
- Ensure compliance with transport, customs, and dangerous goods regulations, and prepare and verify transport and customs documentation.
- Coordinate shipments with carriers, freight forwarders, and internal stakeholders, track shipments, and ensure timely delivery.
- Advise CERN users on transport and logistics solutions, prepare transport quotations, and recommend the most suitable shipping options.
- Verify and approve transport invoices, and resolve transport issues, claims, and delivery disputes.
- Provide excellent customer service and respond to users' transport-related enquiries.
- Support continuous improvement of shipping processes and logistics tools.
Key requirements
- Some experience in organising international transport operations, including customer service and coordination with various partners across the transport industry.
Application process
- Some initial exposure to Incoterms® and their application in international trade and transport.
- Some experience in writing clear and structured procedures and work instructions. Skills:
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a strong customer and service-oriented mindset.
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to effectively manage priorities and adapt to a dynamic working environment.
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, particularly Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word.
- Spoken and written both English and French. Eligibility criteria:
- You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State .
- By the application deadline, you have a maximum of two years of professional experience since graduation in Commercial Business Administration [...] (or a related field) and your highest educational qualification is a general secondary education diploma .
Company and context
- At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, we are pushing the frontiers of science and technology.
- Our groundbreaking work brings together not only physicists but also a diverse range of professionals from engineering, technical, scientific, and administrative fields.
- Together, we foster an environment where innovation and collaboration thrive.
- Every day, we face exciting new challenges and opportunities to contribute to cutting-edge research that shapes our understanding of the universe.
- We meet these challenges through the diverse perspectives within our teams, ensuring every contribution is valued and driving our shared sense of inclusion and purpose.
- Diversity is a core value of CERN since its foundation, and it remains central to our mission and continued success.
- If you are ready to be part of a dynamic, inclusive community pushing the boundaries of knowledge, CERN is the place where your curiosity and skills can thrive.
- Be part of our mission to uncover what lies at the heart of the universe!
- TAKE PART!
- More information about us, here: careers.cern
Additional details
- You will coordinate transport requests, prepare documentation and quotations, advise CERN users, and ensure compliance with international regulations, contributing to the smooth and reliable movement of goods across CERN's global supply chain.
- Some experience in writing clear and structured procedures and work instructions.
- Spoken and written both English and French. Eligibility criteria:
- Contract duration: 24 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum. Working hours: 40 hours per week Job flexibility: Hybrid Target start date: 01-January-2027 Job reference: SCE-SSC-SC-2026-217-GRAE Field of work: Logistics & Transport Benchmark job: 5B0010 Process/Services Assistant A monthly stipend of 4687 Swiss Francs per month (tax free).
Notes and original content
- Your profile:
- Spoken and written both English and French.
- Eligibility criteria:
- Contract duration: 24 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum.
- Working hours: 40 hours per week
- Job flexibility: Hybrid
- Target start date: 01-January-2027
- Job reference: SCE-SSC-SC-2026-217-GRAE
- Field of work: Logistics & Transport
- Benchmark job: 5B0010
Questions about this listing
What salary does CERN offer for this role?
CERN lists CHF 60'500 - 91'500 gross per year for this position in Genève. This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does CERN offer?
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