Project Manager Infrastructure with Overall Responsibility (m/f/d)
Forch
Key information
- Publication date:05 August 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Place of work:Forch
Job summary
Join Forchbahn AG as a Project Manager Infrastructure (m/f/d)! Lead complex rail projects in a collaborative environment.
Tasks
- Plan and manage maintenance projects in track construction.
- Coordinate internal and external stakeholders throughout project phases.
- Ensure compliance and manage costs, deadlines, and quality.
Skills
- Bachelor's or Master's in Civil Engineering or related fields.
- Experience in railway or civil engineering projects.
- Excellent communication skills in German.
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Project Manager Infrastructure with Overall Responsibility (m/f/d)
Are you excited about leading challenging track projects? Do you enjoy collaborating with internal departments such as maintenance and production of the Forchbahn as well as with authorities, offices, property owners, and residents? We offer thematic breadth and professional depth with lived collegiality.
The Forchbahn AG is a locally anchored railway company providing services that are essential for the Pfannenstiel region. We safely transport people from the countryside to the city of Zurich and back every fifteen minutes – day in and day out, almost around the clock. Join our team and ensure that the Forchbahn trains are ready for operation 365 days a year.
We are looking for you as
Project Manager Infrastructure with Overall Responsibility (m/f/d)
Workload: 80-100%, Start: From October/by agreement
Your tasks are:
- In a team, you plan and lead maintenance projects in the area of the track. Your areas of expertise include civil engineering and railway construction. Depending on the project focus, you take on overall or partial project management
- You coordinate and manage internal and external specialists and project participants throughout all project phases from the preliminary project to commissioning and handle communication with the BAV, municipalities, canton, affected third parties, and other stakeholders
- You are responsible for ensuring that the work is carried out in accordance with contracts and safety regulations, and you ensure that costs, deadlines, and quality are adhered to. You also take on the tasks of safety management according to RTE 20100
- You conduct procurements for the necessary internal and external service and construction services
- Additionally, you take on the representation and co-reports of other project managers
You need:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree at the FH/ETH level in civil engineering or a related field such as transportation systems, spatial planning, geomatics, or environmental engineering
- Professional experience in railway construction, road construction, or civil engineering
- Experience in project management
- Independent, precise, and structured working style, critical thinking, initiative, as well as a solution-oriented mindset and good communication skills
- Knowledge of SIA standards 103 and 118 as well as AB-EBV, knowledge of public procurement law (IVöB or BöB) and MS Project is an advantage
- Excellent oral and written German skills
- Willingness to contribute to the maintenance of our railway infrastructure
We offer:
- Diverse and exciting activities in a small and agile team, opportunities for professional and personal development
- Thematic breadth and professional depth
- Interesting track projects (BehiG renovation of public facilities, civil engineering customer information system, track renewals, etc.) in built-up areas and along the route, with interfaces to cantonal and municipal projects
- Processing of overarching topics such as risk management, project portfolio management, fundamentals and further development of project management, etc. to support the management of project management infrastructure track.
- Attractive employment conditions, flexible working time models, training in safety management, free 2nd class GA, public transport discounts, job sharing possible.
What you need to do
We prefer it uncomplicated, even when applying. Simply send us your CV and your work references by email to bewerbung@forchbahn.ch. You can skip a cover letter. We prefer to get to know you personally.
Contact
Jean-Luc Imhof, Head of Project Management Track, knows the details of the position and is happy to assist you with any questions. You can reach him at +41 79 659 13 77
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