Electrician Public Lighting (100%)

Publication date:16 August 2025
Workload:100%
Contract type:Unlimited employment
Place of work:Winterthur

Job summary

Join our team in Winterthur, delivering quality public lighting services. Enjoy a supportive work environment with great benefits.

Tasks

Create and maintain public lighting installations and systems.
Perform height work for streetlights and related structures.
Install and document various lighting controls and systems.

Skills

Completed vocational training as an electrician (EFZ) required.
Strong teamwork and safety awareness essential.
Good physical condition and ability to handle various tasks.

Is this helpful?

About the job

Customer-oriented, reliable, and quality-conscious: We owe our success to these strengths. As a cross-sector company, we take care of all our customers' concerns regarding electricity, telecommunications, gas, water, district heating, waste disposal, wastewater treatment, and energy contracting; according to our promise: «We offer comfort». Help shape the cityscape of Winterthur with us! In our Public Lighting department within the Electricity and Telecommunications sector, we ensure on behalf of the city of Winterthur that streets, squares, and paths are safe and well-lit. Become part of a dedicated team and apply your craftsmanship as an electrician in the installation, maintenance, and upkeep of public lighting.

Your Tasks

Creation, maintenance, and repair of public lighting systems, clocks, bus shelters, arcades, and ticket machines

Working at heights for lighting suspensions, street lamps, flagpoles, advertising banners, temporary installations, overhead lines, and underpasses

Installation, maintenance, replacement, and documentation of various lighting controls (ripple control / esave / KNX / DALI etc.)

Periodic condition checks and data collection on public lighting systems (network diagrams, geodata, surveys, luxData master data)

Your Profile

Basic training as an electrician EFZ

Experience in the construction and maintenance of lighting systems including handling of truck-mounted lifts and ladders

Very good German skills (spoken and written)

Good physical condition, resilience, teamwork skills, as well as high safety and risk awareness

Driver's license category B and C (truck) or willingness to obtain category C license

Willingness for on-call duty

What We Offer

5 weeks of vacation, an additional week from age 55

Vacation purchase of up to two weeks for full-time employment

Driver's license upgrade to category C (truck) and participation in external training

15 days paid paternity leave (100% salary)

A team that is passionately committed daily to the lighting network. With us, you can take responsibility and benefit from regular working hours.

Contact

Your questions about the position will be gladly answered by Christian Widmer, Chief Electrician Public Lighting, +41 52 267 60 65.
Learn more? https://stadt.winterthur.ch/ and https://stadtwerk.winterthur.ch/

We look forward to your online application.

Categories:

Construction / Architecture / Engineer, Electricity Engineering / Installation