Operations Manager

About the job

Operations Manager

Graubünden Civil Engineering Office, District 2 Mesocco | 80-100 % | Mesocco

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The only trilingual canton in Switzerland is economically, culturally and politically diverse. Graubünden, with 7106 km², is the largest canton in Switzerland and offers a high quality of life with 150 valleys, 615 lakes, 140 holiday resorts and countless sunny days per year. The Cantonal Administration of Graubünden is as versatile as our landscape.
Bring your unique skills and help shape the future of the Cantonal Administration of Graubünden with us. The Civil Engineering Office is responsible for the planning, construction, maintenance and operation of the cantonal roads as well as water engineering and slow traffic in Graubünden. We also take care of the operational maintenance of the national roads within the canton. The canton’s road infrastructure includes over 1,450 civil engineering structures, including bridges at dizzying heights of up to 90 metres and tunnels up to 3 kilometres long. The challenges posed by the nature of our mountainous canton in summer and winter make our work demanding and varied. As a Friendly Work Space certified office, the health and satisfaction of our approximately 480 employees are particularly important to us. For this reason, we are committed to systematic occupational health management (OHM).
We are looking for the Road Maintenance Department in District 2 Mesocco from 1 January 2027 or by arrangement an Operations Manager

Your area of responsibility

• Technical and personnel management of the operational maintenance team
• Planning and execution of the operational maintenance of cantonal and national roads
• Deployment planning of the four maintenance groups with a total of around 30 employees, vehicles and equipment in cooperation with your four directly subordinate foremen
• Support of the Construction Department with construction management tasks for the structural maintenance of cantonal roads
• Providing on-call service as operations manager

What we expect from you

• Qualification as foreman or construction supervisor
• Several years of experience in road construction or road maintenance
• Leadership experience and entrepreneurial thinking
• Assertiveness and initiative
• High degree of independence and sense of responsibility
• Good IT user skills
• The general working language is Italian; good knowledge of German is required

Our benefits

Flexible working time models and, where possible, including home office and mobile working Work-life balance with at least 5 weeks’ holiday and seniority leave Special social allowance in addition to child allowance and support for third-party childcare Attractive salary and social benefits Diverse training and further education opportunities Opportunity to help shape the future of the canton Learn more about our benefits

Workplace

Graubünden Civil Engineering Office, District 2 Mesocco
Stradón 117
6563 Mesocco For questions, please contact Andrea Peduzzi, Head of District 2 Mesocco, at telephone number 091 822 81 15.
Application deadline: 8 November 2026
Workplace: Civil Engineering Office, District 2 Mesocco, Stradón 117, 6563 Mesocco
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