Didier Steyaert

Engineer / Material Standardisation Manager / Punch Out Contract Manager at CERN

Geneva Metropolitan Area

About

Technical Engineer - Material Referencing Supervisor at CERN Central Store, Overseeing the standardization of equipment for CERN's electromechanical infrastructure. Responsibilities include researching and updating items, managing technical groups, and participating in auditing and evaluation of firms. Initiate and monitor the procurement process, collaborate with the Procurement Service on market surveys and tenders, providing detailed technical specifications, analyze bids, and select products for contracts. Additionally, improving special equipment with bidding firms and explore new suppliers and alternatives. I handle special requests, advising on material compatibility and ensuring service level satisfaction.

Experience

  • Material Standardisation Manager - Punch Out Contract Manager at CERN
    Oct 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 10 mos

    Technical Engineer - Material Standardisation Manager in CERN Central Store - Punch Out Contract Manager Technical responsibility for the standardisation of equipment / material used in CERN electromechanical infrastructure: • Researching and studying new items to be standardised, as well as rationalising and updating existing items; • Organising and managing technical groups working on the standardisation of items (community management) with scientific and technical internal clients; • Auditing, evaluation and qualification of firms. Initiating and monitoring the procurement process for these materials: • Working closely with the Procurement Service on the launch of market survey and invitations to tender; • Drawing up detailed technical specifications for complex equipment, referring as much as possible to European or international standards; • Defining and checking the follow-up of test procedures for quality control; • Providing technical analysis of bids and selection of products in order to finalise contracts or orders with the firms concerned; • Working with bidding firms on the development and improvement of certain special equipment; • Prospecting for new potential suppliers and product alternatives on the market. Processing special requests for standard materials from the CERN Departments and user community: • Advising on and checking compatibility between the intended use and the material chosen; • Monitoring the service level and taking corrective measures if necessary.

  • CERN (Geneva, Switzerland)
    • Technical Engineer / Senior Designer
      May 2003 - Sep 2019 · 16 yrs 5 mos

      Technical Engineer in CERN's Engineering department involved in the whole lifecycle of mechanical design of components for CERN's particle accelerators. Specialized in the development of Ions and protons sources, beam instrumentation and warm magnets. Link between physics, engeneering, mechanical production and installation.

    • Atlas Technical Coordination
      May 2003 - Dec 2006 · 3 yrs 8 mos

      Responsible for the installation studies of detectors on the experiment as well as the design of specific tools related to them. Installation team leader --> https://videos.cern.ch/record/1095901 Studies with Catia and Euclid, follow-up of realization and assembly.

  • Mechanical Designer at Centre national de la recherche scientifique
    Jan 1998 - May 2003 · 5 yrs 5 mos

    In charge of the integration studies of ATLAS liquid Argon calorimeter in Hall 180 - CERN (Geneva). Integration procedures of cryostats elements, studies of ground locations for tools and assemblies, definition of test areas and associated clean rooms. Complete design of measurement equipment for electrical characteristics of electrodes of the ATLAS electromagnetic calorimeter and the studies of liquid argon Barrel detector insertion tooling. CAD Support (Catia V5).

  • Mechanical Designer at Groupe Renault
    Aug 1995 - Dec 1997 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    Vehicle architecture (Renault Master Architecture Department) in charge of database management, digital mock-up and problems between the various design offices and departments. Process simulation studies with Robcad.