Operations Manager Construction (100%)

About the job

Our goal is to equip young people with skills so they can independently find their way in life. For this, social pedagogy, school, therapy, and vocational training work closely together with us. In our enterprises, young people learn a profession – accompanied by professionals who not only understand their craft but also people.

Are you a cool character, capable, and want to combine your craft with real responsibility? We are looking as soon as possible in Hausen am Albis for a

Operations Manager Construction (100%)

This excites you

• You keep the threads together: You organise our construction operation with 3–4 employees and around 5 apprentices, plan orders and assignments, and ensure everyone knows what to do and when
• You are skilled and hands-on: Whether bricklaying, plastering, conversion or renovation work – you are right in the thick of it, not just on the sidelines
• You lead with head and heart: You have your team under control, can delegate responsibility, and find the right tone even in the sometimes somewhat turbulent daily routine with young people
• You make craftsmen of tomorrow: You support our apprentices professionally and personally, prepare them for the final apprenticeship exam, and take on vocational school teaching as part of our training
• You have a good touch with customers: You present yourself professionally, find solutions, and ensure our orders are completed cleanly, reliably, and to the satisfaction of our customers
• You don’t just want to manage: You contribute ideas, develop the operation further, and make Albisbrunn as a training location a little better every day

This is what you bring

• You have training in the construction trade, ideally as a foreman, and bring several years of professional experience in the Swiss construction industry
• Leadership experience, organisational talent, and entrepreneurial thinking are among your strengths
• You have costs, budgets, deadlines, and quality under control and work independently and reliably
• You are a vocational trainer or keen to undertake this training and enjoy passing on your expertise clearly and with enthusiasm
• You are open, a team player, appreciative, and eager to support young people with different strengths, challenges, and development speeds
• You speak and understand Swiss German and can communicate clearly, appropriately, and straightforwardly with young people, employees, and customers

This awaits you

• a wonderfully beautiful workplace
• a lively team, perhaps the best in the world
• flat hierarchies
• 5 weeks’ holiday
• an unusual, interesting environment of a youth home
• staff restaurant, private use of fitness room, swimming pond, sports hall with climbing wall, and much more

Fancy more information? Tony Fuchs, Head of Education, is happy to assist you at 044 764 81 81.

Think we’re a good match? Then send your application to Nicole Brun – preferably with an indication of where you found our advertisement – at bewerbung@albisbrunn.ch.