Employee Drilling Operations & Workover & Employee Logistics & Maintenance Drilling Operations
Pratteln
Key information
- Publication date:30 August 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Place of work:Pratteln
Job summary
Swiss Salt Works ensures reliable salt supply to Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Join our dynamic team for rewarding work in a vital industry.
Tasks
- Perform drilling and workover tasks with precision and safety.
- Operate drilling equipment while adhering to safety standards.
- Maintain and service equipment, ensuring optimal functionality.
Skills
- Vocational training in technical fields; hydraulic knowledge preferred.
- Hands-on, reliable, and a team player with fluent German skills.
- Valid driver's license required; additional qualifications for logistics.
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The Swiss saltworks ensure the salt supply for Switzerland on behalf of the cantons and the Principality of Liechtenstein. The saltworks currently operate 3 saltworks with the associated mining areas. In Schweizerhalle and Riburg, extraction takes place using the leaching process in various brine fields, and in Bex underground also using the leaching process. The safe extraction of the approved salt deposits is of essential importance to all of us. As part of further expansion, we are looking for the following employees for the drilling and brine field operations in the Riburg/Möhlin and Pratteln area for our 2-shift operation: 1x Skilled Worker Drilling Operations & Workover & 1x Skilled Worker Logistics & Maintenance Drilling Operations
What you can achieve with us
- Carrying out drilling and workover operations, independently and safely performing mechanical interventions on wells, e.g. pipe changes, pipe installation, pipeline modification work, backflushing, milling and cutting work, fishing (retrieval work), etc.
- Operation and monitoring of drilling rigs and equipment, responsible for the correct handling, inspection, and maintenance of the machines and tools used. Safe handling of suspended loads, hydraulic tongs, winches, rotary heads, turntables, pumps, circulation systems, and various measuring devices
- Support in compliance with safety and environmental standards
- Wellhead security, active participation in daily safety meetings (Toolbox Talks), use of PPE, implementation of HSE requirements, and immediate reporting of deviations or near misses
- Maintenance and servicing of equipment, performing regular functional tests, cleaning, and minor maintenance on tools and systems.
Your know-how and background
- Technical training (locksmith, metal construction, drilling technology, construction, etc.)
- Car driving license and for the logistics & maintenance position only with truck license
- Knowledge in hydraulics, pressure and control technology, construction machinery, etc.
- Understanding and operation of fluids under pressure
- Hands-on, reliable, open team player, fluent German skills
What we offer you
- You work outdoors in a close-knit team and are responsible for a wide range of technical/handicraft tasks
- Interesting, sustainable, and meaningful tasks with a future
- Collegial working environment and modern employment conditions
- Work in early and late shift system with weekly rotation
You are an important link in the team with us. Short decision-making paths make this role an exciting challenge. Don’t miss the chance to get to know us! We look forward not only to your resume but to you as a personality and person!
Ready to secure the future with us?
Then we look forward to your application!
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