Head of Real Estate Unit M/F at 80%-100%

Head of Real Estate Unit M/F at 80%-100%

The Riviera-Chablais Hospital, Vaud-Valais (HRC), is an inter-cantonal reference hospital, bringing together more than 2,200 employees. The Rennaz Hospital Centre has more than 350 acute care beds. It is complemented by two Geriatrics and Rehabilitation Clinics as well as two medical on-call services.

All employees are committed daily to providing quality care to patients, embodying the institution's values: authenticity, exemplary conduct, and innovation.

At the heart of the Riviera-Chablais Hospital's operations, the Hospital Logistics Department (DLOH) brings together 5 services with complementary expertise: Biomedical, Technical & Infrastructure, Facility Management, Purchasing & Supply, Hospitality & Catering.

Together, they ensure the availability, safety, and quality of essential support services for the care mission.

Committed to a process of operational excellence, we cultivate a culture of kindness, transparency, and cross-functional collaboration, serving patients and medical-care teams.

Anticipating an upcoming retirement and keen to strengthen its real estate strategy and infrastructure project management, the Hospital Logistics Department is recruiting its:

Head of Real Estate Unit (M/F) at 80% - 100%

The main responsibilities of this position are

Management of the Real Estate Unit

• Manage the Real Estate Unit staff: setting objectives, annual evaluations, skills management, team leadership, and development support.
• Recruit, integrate, and develop Unit employees in accordance with institutional guidelines, HRC's HR strategy, and service evolution needs.
• Ensure planning, prioritisation, and distribution of project workload within the Unit, ensuring alignment between available resources and project criticality.
• Guarantee the quality, coherence, and reliability of deliverables produced by the Unit: studies, plans, permit files, tender documents, site monitoring, reporting.
• Structure project management practices within the Unit, promoting common methods, clear validation milestones, and effective coordination.
• Promote a culture of high standards, rigour, and cross-functional collaboration.

Real estate strategy and multi-year planning

• Propose to General Management a real estate vision consistent with the institution's medical-care, operational, and financial orientations.
• Develop, update, and manage the multi-year Infrastructure Investment Plan (PPI), ensuring prioritisation and presentation for validation before governance bodies.
• Advise General Management and operational directors on construction, renovation, transformation, and optimisation projects of premises.
• Provide architectural and technical expertise on complex projects: hospital engineering, flows, critical environments, regulatory requirements.
• Optimise space utilisation and sustainably harmonise materials, finishes, and technical standards to support efficient operation.

Management of real estate projects and technical documentation

• Manage all real estate projects of the establishment.
• Act as Project Manager for the institution's strategic real estate projects, from opportunity study phase to reception and commissioning.
• Define, contract, and manage mandates entrusted to external agents (architects, engineers, surveyors, etc.) according to SIA standards and public procurement rules.
• Ensure compliance with the cost / schedule / quality triptych across the entire project portfolio.
• Establish the annual and multi-year CAPEX budget related to the Unit's activity.
• Monitor project execution, optimise investment expenditure through a total cost of ownership (TCO) approach, and alert management in case of deviation.
• Define and maintain the technical document management policy for the built heritage (plans, executed works files, technical archives).

We require

• Higher education in architecture, civil engineering, building services engineering (CVSE) or related field (ETH, HES level) or equivalent recognised qualification in Switzerland.
• Proven experience in project ownership and/or project management on complex real estate projects, ideally in hospital, biopharmaceutical, or complex technical environments.
• Confirmed managerial experience, ideally at least 3 years.
• Good knowledge of the legal and regulatory framework for construction in Switzerland: SIA standards, LATC, RLATC, OAT, AEAI, building permit procedures and relations with authorities.
• REG A or B registration desired, or willingness to register.
• Proficiency in CAD/BIM tools and project management software; knowledge of AutoCAD, Revit, MS Project, Archicad or equivalent appreciated.
• Excellent command of spoken and written French; technical English appreciated.

We offer

HRC offers excellent employment and career development opportunities across all its activity areas: medical, nursing, medico-technical, hospitality, administrative, technical, logistics. With a commitment to continuous improvement, skills development is at the heart of HRC's concerns. The institution provides its employees access to both internal and external training.

In 2021, HRC was twice ranked among the best employers in French-speaking Switzerland by Bilan magazine and Le Temps newspaper, positioning it as a leading institution.

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For further information, please contact: 

• Mr Menad ADJAOUD, Deputy Director of Hospital Logistics :
  • Phone number: +41 79 502 29 76
  • Email at: menad.adjaoud@hopitalrivierachablais.ch

Or

• Mr Philipp DÜRR, Director of Hospital Logistics at:
  • Phone number: +41 58 773 79 98
  • Email: philipp.duerr@hopitalrivierachablais.ch

Application deadline: 31 July 2026