Waste Disposal Yard Attendant with Machine Operation

About the job

Become Part of Our Team

Your work makes an impact – for Bern and for the people who live and work here. Help shape the community and the future of this city with us: visible, tangible, sustainable.

The Directorate for Civil Engineering, Transport and Urban Green Spaces ensures an attractive public space. Disposal + Recycling collects, recycles or disposes of municipal and special waste.

What You Will Achieve

• Advise and assist customers at the Schermen and Fellerstrasse disposal yards when delivering special waste, recyclable materials, combustible waste and landfill material
• Pre-sort, separate and prepare various materials by hand or machine for transport
• Ensure order and cleanliness on the yard
• Perform tasks in the chipping service (seasonal)
• Take on Saturday work and regular late shifts (until 18:45)

What You Bring

• Completed apprenticeship in a craft-technical profession, preferably as a recycler
• Driving licence category B/BE, forklift and construction machinery licences are an advantage
• Strong service orientation with enjoyment of direct customer contact and teamwork
• Initiative and precise, independent working style as well as manual dexterity
• Good physical condition and very good German language skills, spoken and written

Your Benefits in Bern

For Meaning & City Life

With us, you make a difference. You help shape city life, take responsibility and make Bern a more liveable place.

Security & Stability

We offer fair pay, clear structures, regulated working hours and long-term prospects.

Space for Your Whole Life

Our working model adapts to your life wherever possible. With us, you can balance all areas of life.

Growing with Bern

We give you room for development, further training and independent action.

Healthy in Everyday Life

With sport, exercise and advice, you stay fit: physically, mentally, socially – and not just at work.

Everyday Advantages

We offer practical extras that make your everyday life easier and more enjoyable.

Contact

If you have questions about the application process or the employer City of Bern, I am happy to help.

Andrea König

Personnel Manager

031 321 79 75

Would you like to learn more about this position and our team at the City of Bern? I look forward to meeting you and am happy to assist!

Adrian Raemy

Disposal Yard Manager

031 321 79 47

Unsure if You Meet All Requirements?

Even if you (still) do not meet all the requirements – we are curious, want to get to know you and look forward to your application!

Your Application Process

This is how the application process works with us:

Step 1: Online Application

Submit your application documents online via our job portal. To allow us to process your documents, you must create a login. After submitting your application, you will receive a confirmation. We assess each application individually based on the criteria in the job advertisement. This sometimes takes a little time. If your application fits, we will contact you for a first interview.

Step 2: Interviews

In the interview – by phone, on site or online – we want to get to know you. We check whether your expectations of the position match ours, what experience and skills you bring, whether you like our culture and how you fit into the team. If there is mutual interest and depending on the position, several interviews may take place. All your questions about the position, the team or the employment conditions are always welcome.

Step 3: Further Steps in the Process

Depending on the position, we arrange a trial or taster day, give you a professional task, organise a meeting with the team or invite you to an assessment. References are usually also part of our application process. You will be transparently informed about all steps in the process.

Step 4: Application Decision

Are you convinced by us and we by you? After a verbal offer, you will receive a confirmation, the contract documents and information on what happens until you start the job. It didn’t work out? We look forward to you applying for other exciting positions despite a rejection.

For Bern. With Heart. With Impact.

More than 4,500 people work together in the City of Bern, spread across five directorates and more than 80 professions. We are committed with passion and conviction to the people who live and work here. Together we shape the community and the future of this city – visible, tangible, sustainable. For our city. For Bern.