Electrician: Public Lighting (100%)

Stadt Winterthur

Winterthur

Key information

Publication date:16 August 2025
Workload:100%
Contract type:Unlimited employment
Place of work:Winterthur

Job summary

Join our team at Stadtwerk Winterthur, a reliable utility company. Enjoy a supportive work environment and great benefits!

Tasks

Manage public lighting installations, maintenance, and repairs.
Perform height work for streetlights, banners, and power lines.
Conduct inspections and data collection for lighting assets.

Skills

Completed training as an EFZ electrician required.
Experience in lighting system maintenance and construction.
Excellent German communication skills (written and spoken).

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Customer-oriented, reliable, and quality-conscious: We owe our success to these strengths. As a multi-utility company, we take care of all concerns of our customers regarding electricity, telecommunications, gas, water, district heating, waste disposal, wastewater treatment, and energy contracting; according to our promise: «We offer comfort». Help us shape the cityscape of Winterthur! In our Public Lighting department in the field of electricity and telecommunications, we ensure, on behalf of the city of Winterthur, that streets, squares, and paths are safely and well-lit. Become part of a dedicated team and bring your craftsmanship as an electrician to installations, maintenance, and upkeep of public lighting.

Your Tasks

Creation, maintenance, and upkeep of public lighting systems, clocks, bus shelters, arcades, and ticket machines

Working at heights for lighting suspensions, street lamps, flags, advertising banners, temporary installations, overhead lines, and underpasses

Installation, maintenance, replacement, and documentation of various lighting controls (round control / esave / KNX / DALI etc.)

Periodic condition checks and data collection on public lighting systems (network schematics, geodata, measurements, luxData master data)

Your Profile

Basic training as an electrician EFZ

Experience in the construction and maintenance of lighting systems including handling of truck-mounted lifts and ladders

Very good German language skills (spoken and written)

Good physical constitution, resilience, teamwork ability, and high safety and risk awareness

Driving license category B and C (truck) or willingness to obtain a category C driving license

Willingness for on-call duty

What We Offer

5 weeks of vacation, an additional week from age 55

Vacation purchase of up to two weeks for full-time positions

Driving license extension to category C (truck) and participation in external training

15 days of paid paternity leave (100% salary)

A team that is passionately engaged in the lighting network every day. With us, you can take on responsibility and benefit from regulated working hours.

Contact

Your questions about the position will be gladly answered by Christian Widmer, Chief Installer Public Lighting, +41 52 267 60 65.
Want to know more? https://stadt.winterthur.ch/ and https://stadtwerk.winterthur.ch/

We look forward to your online application.

Categories:

Construction / Architecture / Engineer, Electricity Engineering / Installation