Authorisation and Regulatory Processes Specialist for FCC Project

Ideal start date: 01/11/2026 Contract duration (in months): 60 Grade range: 6 Benchmark job: 5A0020 - Communications/Public Relations /External Relations Professional Job flexibility: Fully Onsite

What you'll do: Reporting directly to the Territorial Integration Pillar Coordinator of the FCC Project, you will be responsible for the project's regulatory authorisations and permitting activities. In this role, you will contribute directly to the objective of ensuring that the FCC project is ready to obtain all necessary regulatory approvals in both France and Switzerland within the required timeframe.

Your responsibilities:

• Contribute to the definition and implementation of the FCC project's regulatory authorisation strategy in France and Switzerland, in close collaboration with the competent authorities.

• Coordinate cross-functional working groups on regulatory matters and identify issues requiring strategic decision-making.

• Lead the development of the land acquisition and property strategy in collaboration with the relevant stakeholders.

• Contribute to the preparation of the regulatory documentation required for the implementation of the FCC project, including permits, authorisations, exemptions and safety-related approvals, ensuring consistency in the positions presented to the authorities.

• Contribute to project reviews and monitor the project master schedule for regulatory activities, identifying coordination needs and issues requiring management decisions.

• Produce consolidated reporting on the progress of regulatory activities and contribute to the development of project monitoring tools, including indicators, risks and dashboards.

Your profile:

• Significant experience managing regulatory authorisation and permitting processes for major infrastructure projects in France and/or Switzerland, including land acquisition and property-related matters. Experience in cross-border projects or complex institutional environments would be an asset.

• Proven experience managing complex projects involving multiple institutional stakeholders in structured and demanding environments.

• Experience designing and implementing regulatory compliance frameworks in close collaboration with technical, legal and institutional teams.

• Experience as a project owner or providing project definition and governance support for complex projects, including risk and opportunity assessment, development of implementation approaches and coordination of multiple stakeholders.

• Master's degree or equivalent relevant experience in the field of Engineering, Law, Urban Planning, Spatial Planning (or Regional Planning) or a related field.

Your skills:

• Project management.
• Use of office software packages.
• Knowledge of regulatory frameworks applicable to major infrastructure projects.
• Has a structured and organised approach towards work; is able to set priorities and plan tasks with results in mind.
• Is willing to work on different projects simultaneously.
• Expresses opinions, ideas and suggestions with conviction and in a logical/structured manner; keeps to the point.
• Identifies, defines and assesses problems, takes action to address them.
• Spoken and written French, with a commitment to learn English.

For the full job description and application process please visit the following webstie: https://careers.cern/jobs/sr-se-2026-156-ld/