Altdorf
Specialist EOD II / Plant Operator
- 12 November 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- German (Fluent)
About the job
About 3000 employees of RUAG and RUAG Real Estate make a significant contribution to the security of Switzerland every day. They ensure that the Swiss Army as well as other operational and security organisations can fully perform their tasks at all times.
Specialist EOD II / Plant Operator
100%
Altdorf
What you can achieve
- Operating and monitoring complex plants as a plant operator (e.g. plant for thermal disposal of explosives and ammunition components, water jet cutting plant)
- Delaborating ammunition components
- Responsible for cleaning, maintenance and servicing of the assigned plants
- Ensuring internal logistics (e.g. transporting materials with industrial trucks/forklifts, packaging, labelling and palletising materials)
- Ensuring quality within your own area of responsibility (e.g. performing quantity checks and documenting production volumes)
- Technical leadership of EOD specialists assigned to the plants or your own work process
What you bring with you
- Craft background and technical understanding
- Experience in handling explosives and ammunition components (e.g. several years of experience as an EOD specialist in a comparable role, training as an ammunition specialist or ordnance specialist)
- A flair for modern IT infrastructure (e.g. plant control and monitoring)
- Explosives licence and forklift certificate are advantageous
- Willingness to work shifts
- Driving licence category B required
- Impeccable reputation (a prerequisite for security clearance)
Do you not meet all the requirements one hundred percent? Apply anyway. We are always looking for talented and motivated people who want to enrich our team. We place great value on diversity and equal opportunities and our goal is to build a diverse team in which everyone can fully develop their personal strengths. We especially encourage all people, regardless of gender, who may have concerns about taking a position in a military-related environment, to apply.
About the department
The Altdorf site specialises in the delaboration of ammunition as well as the thermal disposal of ammunition and explosives and represents an industrial core competence of RUAG. Both fully automated and semi-automated processes are used, complemented by manual delaboration and sorting processes to ensure safe and efficient processing.
A dynamic, highly qualified team ensures the professional handling and processing of ammunition. The work at the site is highly specialised and specifically tailored to the special requirements of ammunition disposal.
Your benefits
Salary and benefits
We offer you a performance-oriented and market-appropriate salary, 13 monthly salaries as well as generous bonuses and allowances. Together with other benefits, this results in an attractive overall package.
We place great importance on our employees finding a healthy balance between work and private life. Therefore, among other things, we offer flexible working hours and home office options.
Flexible working
Discounts
At RUAG you benefit from discounts in the areas of mobility and catering. In addition, you benefit from attractive offers on our benefit portal and have fleet discounts with various renowned car brands.
Advancement and training opportunities
It is important to us to promote and develop the potential of our employees. Through training, courses and further education, we support them in continuously expanding their skills to achieve their professional goals.
Leisure activities
Our employees are close to our hearts. That is why we give them a day off on their birthday, offer a diverse range of sports and the possibility to take additional days off with a salary deduction in addition to the annual holiday entitlement.
Your contact person
Pujetha Rathakrishnan
Talent Acquisition Specialist
+41 58 488 69 15