Simon Mataguez

Experienced machine supervisor and facility coordinator at CERN

Switzerland

About

Experience

  • Technical Engineer (Accelerator Operation) at CERN
    Apr 2005 - Present · 21 yrs 3 mos

    2017-Today ISOLDE Machine Supervisor – Beams Department, Operations Group (BE/OP) • Responsible for the day-to-day operation of the ISOLDE facility, overseeing its functioning one week out of five. • Project Safety Officer and Planning Officer for the ISOLDE Beam Dumps project (IBDRS). • Safety Link Person (SLP) for activities within the BE-OP-ISO section. • Project Safety Officer for the PUMA project. • Configuration Manager for the ISOLDE post-accelerator and EDMS Local Administrator, managing documentation and technical configurations. • Website Administrator for the BE-OP section (www.cern.ch/isop). • Territorial Safety Officer (TSO) for the ISOLDE building. • Led the Consolidation of the REX Beam Line by installing three beam diagnostic boxes and one steerer in REX/HIE-ISOLDE during LS2. LS2 period 2019-2020: Activity Coordinator for the connection of the Linac4 to the Booster (PSB). Member of the LHC DISCO-QC DISMAC project. 2012-2017 PS Facility Coordinator - Engineering Dpt. Alignments, Coordination & Engineering Group (EN/ACE) PS Shutdown and Installation Coordinator • 2013-2014 in charge of LS1 First long shutdown for PS machine • Technical activities planning and coordination, HW tests, upgrade, general maintenance in PS ring and TT2 beam line during shutdown and all technical stops. • Section webmaster www.cern.ch/LS12LS2 Territorial Safety Officer (TSO), for PS buildings 2010-2012 Technical Engineer Assistant - Engineering Dpt. Machines & Experimental Facilities Group (EN/MEF) Beam Line Supervisor in the SPS North Area 2005-2009 Technical Engineer - Beams Dpt. Operation Group (BE/OP) Accelerators Operator/Deputy of the PS Superintendent

  • Clean Operation Engineer – Interferometer Operations Dpt. at European Gravitational Observatory, VIRGO Project
    Feb 2000 - Feb 2005 · 5 yrs 1 mo

    Responsible for Mechanical Assembly in Clean Rooms for VIRGO Project • Shutdowns schedule. • Coordination of the assembling operations performed on site by the collaboration laboratories • Design, procurement and manufacturing of components for the project facility • Development of assembly tools, creation of procedures • Research on the adaptation and improvement of dry-ice cleaning technique, as well as other methods for the in-situ cleaning. Cleaning of mechanical and optical components under high vacuum • Definition of procedures and development of tools for the assembly of opto-mechanical systems in ultra-clean conditions (class 10 clean room). • Definition and purchasing / implementation of a washing / drying prototype machine, oven (153 K€), operating with ultra-pure water. • 4 weeks training on project LIGO at Hanford Observatory, WA USA. http://www.ligo-wa.caltech.edu/ From 2004 : member of the Commissioning Team

  • Engineer Assistant at CNRS
    Jun 1999 - Feb 2000 · 9 mos

    S.M.A., Service of Advanced Material Laboratory of IN2P3 Integration of the vacuum coating facilities in clean room class 1 for the development and production of the mirrors of the VIRGO interferometer (silica coating according to plasma process)