Painter and Facility Maintenance Specialist at Thorberg Prison 80 to 100%

About the job

Start date:

from 1 March 2027 or by arrangement

Workplace:

Krauchthal

"Tailored enforcement" is our motto at the Thorberg Correctional Facility. We enforce sanctions on 170 men from over 40 nations in closed custody. Our 140 employees dedicate themselves daily to the reintegration of inmates into society, thereby making an important contribution to public safety. In eleven workshops, we lead and support inmates according to work-educational principles. Our programmes in the areas of work, therapy, education, sport and leisure are consistently aimed at risk reduction and social integration.

Your tasks

Painting and work education

• You organise and jointly manage the painting department with your colleague according to the team management’s specifications and ensure efficient, high-quality and timely execution of the tasks.
• You plan and coordinate the employment of eight inmates in collaboration with the responsible departments for workplaces and work education and provide work-educational guidance during painting, renovation and minor maintenance tasks.
• You impart craft skills, promote the work competencies of the inmates and create a structured, productive working day.
• You consistently enforce applicable safety regulations (including occupational safety) and operational rules and ensure order, cleanliness, quality and responsible handling of materials and tools.

• You carry out minor repair, maintenance and restoration work on buildings, facilities and operational infrastructure – depending on the assignment, together with EP.
• You identify defects and damages, assess the need for action and recommend necessary measures to the team management.
• You support the technical service, especially with maintenance work in the specialist area and collaborate with internal departments as well as external specialists.
• You participate in seasonal work, especially winter services, and support other operational tasks if required, for example in the shipping department.
• You provide technical on-call duty and respond to malfunctions and urgent operational matters within your professional responsibility.

Your profile

• You have completed vocational training as a painter with a Federal VET Diploma or possess a comparable craft-technical qualification.
• You have professional experience in a painting department and ideally practical knowledge in facility maintenance or upkeep.
• Further training as a facility maintenance specialist, maintenance technician or in a comparable technical field is an advantage. Alternatively, you are willing to undertake targeted further training.
• You work independently, in a structured and solution-oriented manner and know how to plan and implement craft work efficiently.
• You enjoy guiding people work-educationally, promoting their skills and consistently enforcing binding rules.
• You act responsibly, remain calm even in demanding situations and interact professionally and respectfully with diverse people.
• You hold driving licences or are willing to obtain them (at least category B as well as SUVA-recognised forklift licences R1/R4, other categories advantageous).
• You have good digital skills and are familiar with common IT application programmes, especially MS365. Ideally, you already have knowledge of CAFM or are willing to develop in this area.
• You have good oral and written German skills (additional language skills advantageous) and work reliably, flexibly and as a team player.
• You are willing to regularly provide technical on-call duty for one week at a time.

We offer you

You can expect an unusual, independent role in a correctional facility where you help shape the future. The necessary enforcement knowledge is acquired at the Swiss Competence Centre for Correctional Services. The targeted acquisition of specific expertise through suitable educational institutions is supported. Your modern workplace is located in a historically significant building in a unique natural landscape.

Contact

Interested? We look forward to meeting you. Please send your application documents online by 4 December 2026 at the latest. For further information, please contact Mr Mathias Denier, Deputy Director / Head of Central Services, +41 31 635 64 22.

About the Office for Correctional Services

The Office for Correctional Services (AJV) employs around 1000 staff within the Security Directorate of the Canton of Bern (SID) and is responsible for open and closed penal and measure enforcement for adults and juveniles. To fulfil this task, the office has four concordat correctional facilities, four regional prisons, the surveillance station at Inselspital, the detention control centre as well as probation and enforcement services at its disposal.

https://www.ajv.sid.be.ch/de/start.html