Alpnach
Team Lead Mechanics Super Puma
- 19 October 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- German (Fluent), English (Intermediate)
- Alpnach
About the job
Around 3000 employees at RUAG make a significant contribution to Switzerland's safety every day. As Team Lead Mechanics Super Puma, you are responsible for the technical and personnel management of the mechanic team in the Base Maintenance area. You ensure that all maintenance, inspection, and modification work is carried out efficiently, on time, and in full compliance with EASA Part-145 as well as internal MOE regulations. In close collaboration with Avionic, Sheet Metal, CAMO, and Quality, you ensure a smooth, safe, and high-performance maintenance process.Team Lead Mechanics Super Puma
100%
Alpnach
What you can achieve
- Team leadership: Management, deployment planning, and work distribution of the Super Puma mechanic team
- Maintenance & Compliance: Ensuring timely, safe, and regulation-compliant maintenance and modification work
- Coordination: Interface management with Avionic, Sheet Metal, CAMO, Quality, customers, and management
- Process & Performance: Optimising workflows, resource planning, capacity control, and reporting
- Safety & Quality: Promoting an active safety and quality culture within the team
- Development & Capacity: Planning further developments, ratings, and sustainable team and resource strategies
What you bring with you
- Several years of professional experience in helicopter maintenance or continuing airworthiness; project management experience in a technical or flight operations environment is a plus
- Proven leadership experience in a technical or flight operations environment with at least 5 employees, ideally with further training in CAS or Human Factors
- Practical knowledge of EASA Part-145 regulations, EASA Part-66 licence B1/B2 (helicopter), and Type Rating H215 (AS332 Super Puma) is advantageous
- Very good German and English skills, both spoken and written
- Structured, responsible, and safety-oriented working style; personality with high resilience and decisiveness in stressful maintenance situations
- Strong communication and social skills, e.g. successful coordination of interdisciplinary teams
Do you not meet all the requirements one hundred percent? Apply anyway. We are always looking for talented and motivated individuals who want to enrich our team. We place great value on diversity and equal opportunities, and our goal is to build a diverse team where everyone can fully develop their personal strengths. We especially encourage all individuals, regardless of gender, who may have concerns about accepting a position in a military-related environment, to apply.
About the department
As a helicopter competence centre and certified service centre of Airbus Helicopters, we service military and civilian helicopters with the highest precision. Our claim: to return helicopters safe, inspected, and ready for operation to our customers after every inspection. Additionally, we efficiently resolve malfunctions – both in our competence centre and directly on site with the customer. Safety, quality, and operational readiness are our top priorities.
Your benefits
Salary and benefits
We offer you a performance-oriented and market-appropriate salary, 13 monthly salaries, as well as generous bonuses and allowances. Together with other benefits, this results in an attractive overall package.
We place great importance on our employees finding a healthy balance between work and private life. Therefore, we offer flexible working hours and home office options, among other things.
Flexible working
Discounts
At RUAG, you benefit from discounts in the areas of mobility and catering. Additionally, you can take advantage of attractive offers on our benefit portal and enjoy fleet discounts on various renowned car brands.
Advancement and training opportunities
It is important to us to promote and develop the potential of our employees. Through training, courses, and further education, we support them in continuously expanding their skills to achieve their professional goals.
Leisure activities
Our employees are close to our hearts. That is why we give them a day off on their birthday, offer a diverse range of sports activities, and the possibility to take additional days off with salary deduction in addition to the annual holiday entitlement.
Your contact person
Verena Mathis
Talent Acquisition Specialist
+41 58 461 20 63