Specialist in Fault Diagnosis and Maintenance of Rail Vehicles

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Specialist in Fault Diagnosis and Maintenance of Rail Vehicles

Zurich

01.01.2027 or by arrangement

60-100%

104580

What you can look forward to.

You have experience in the maintenance of multiple units and want to make a difference in an innovative and developing team that makes sense? Then you are exactly right with us. At SBB, you have the chance to contribute your skills and at the same time acquire new abilities that will advance your career. You are not exaggerating when you say that Switzerland comes to a standstill without you. As a repair specialist, you ensure that our 62 long-distance double-decker trains are in top condition. Attractive working conditions are important to us, even with irregular working hours. Night and weekend work are additionally compensated, which can amount to between 500 - 700 francs per month depending on deployment. You also receive time allowances. This means you have more free time than others without night and weekend shifts. Our other benefits such as child allowances, free 2nd class GA and discounted travel abroad - also for the family - can be found on our website under Benefits .

What you can achieve.

• As an industrial technician, you carry out maintenance and inspection work on our state-of-the-art long-distance double-decker trains, making an important contribution to ensuring that our customers travel with the highest possible comfort.
• You diagnose complex faults on our long-distance trains in control technology, electrical and electronic units as well as pneumatic and electromechanical systems using technical descriptions, schematics, operating and deployment data, measuring and testing devices, and experience.
• You assess the functionality of vehicles, determine maintenance measures and carry out some of these yourself.
• You replace components of varying complexity, test them and perform important functional checks on systems and components. Change orders such as conversions or modifications are also part of your tasks.
• With the help of modern IT tools, diagnostic tools, software and control technology systems, you contribute to ensuring that rail vehicles are safe and punctual.

What you bring with you.

• You are physically resilient for the partly physically demanding tasks. But don’t worry, you can always rely on help and support. Team spirit and community are important to us.
• You enjoy working in shift operations with irregular working hours and weekend shifts.
• With a completed apprenticeship EFZ as an electrician or automation technician, automotive mechatronics technician, polymechanic with understanding in the electrical field, you are ideally equipped for the new task. Proven experience in the maintenance of multiple units is mandatory for this position.
• A further qualification as (electrical/electronics) technician HF (or willingness to complete it) is an advantage for your development. You can find out about the development opportunities in maintenance with us here in detail.
• You have very good German language skills both orally and in writing at level C1.

Your salary and benefits.

We have a fair and progressive salary system and actively promote pay equality. Therefore, further and detailed information about the salary system at SBB is transparently available. This position is at requirement level F, regional allowance level 2. More about salary and benefits .

How to succeed in starting.

Your desire to move Switzerland with us is our greatest motivation. Therefore, we waive a cover letter for this position. If you still want to share your motivation with us, you can still do so in our application tool. Achieving great things is easier on a first-name basis. This already starts with your application.

We do not accept applications from recruitment agencies for this position.

About the position

Daniel Bienek, Team Leader Phone +41 79 948 83 38