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Sursee
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Official Veterinarian (a)
- 10 February 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- Sursee
Job summary
Join the Kanton Luzern team to shape the future for all. Enjoy diverse roles and excellent work-life balance.
Tasks
- Ensure food safety, animal health, and animal welfare in slaughterhouses.
- Conduct inspections of slaughtered animals and meat products independently.
- Support the veterinary team during outbreaks of infectious animal diseases.
Skills
- Degree in veterinary medicine; willingness to obtain official certification.
- Strong affinity for animal welfare and food safety issues.
- Team-oriented, proactive, and efficient with new IT tools.
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About the job
Working for the Canton of Lucerne means shaping the future - that of the canton, its residents, and not least your own. More than 6,500 employees in 200 different professions contribute daily to the excellent quality of life in our canton.
The Veterinary Service enforces legislation concerning animal health, food of animal origin, veterinary medicines, animal welfare, and dangerous dogs. In these areas, it is also the licensing, information, and advisory authority. It works together with other cantonal offices, the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office, veterinarians, and other professional circles and organizations.
The "a" in the job title stands for "all." The Canton of Lucerne stands for diversity and variety.
The Veterinary Service enforces legislation concerning animal health, food of animal origin, veterinary medicines, animal welfare, and dangerous dogs. In these areas, it is also the licensing, information, and advisory authority. It works together with other cantonal offices, the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office, veterinarians, and other professional circles and organizations.
The "a" in the job title stands for "all." The Canton of Lucerne stands for diversity and variety.
Official Veterinarian (a)
60% - 100% | Sursee
Are you looking for a meaningful task with responsibility in the areas of food safety, animal health, and animal welfare? We offer a versatile and flexible activity in a well-coordinated team – choose your workload freely between 60-100%.
Your tasks
- The combination of food safety, animal welfare, and animal health is at the center of your work in variously sized slaughterhouses (Sursee and others).
- For this, you independently and with a great deal of responsibility and decision-making scope conduct the ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection of pigs and cattle as well as other animal species.
- Monitoring and ensuring animal welfare during slaughter, on-farm killings, and slaughter and operational hygiene in slaughter and processing plants is as important to you as it is to our entire team. With your precise working method, you ensure clear documentation, meaningful reports, and legally secure objections in the area of meat inspection.
- In the event of highly contagious animal diseases, you support the entire Veterinary Service team. You acquire the necessary skills through our regular animal disease exercises.
- With a solution-oriented, forward-looking working style, you regularly contribute your ideas to effect change.
Your profile
- Completed studies in veterinary medicine, ideally further training as an official veterinarian (certificate of competence) or willingness to complete this training.
- High affinity for socially relevant topics such as animal welfare, animal health, and food safety.
- Enjoyment of teamwork with both young and very experienced colleagues.
- Forward-looking and networked thinking as well as an independent, efficient, service- and solution-oriented working style.
- Willingness to familiarize yourself with new IT tools, to work external and early shifts, and to be active throughout the Canton of Lucerne (you will receive a mileage allowance).
Department of Health and Social Affairs
Veterinary Service
Dr. Carmen Läubli
Head of Food Safety
+41 41 228 61 35
https://veterinaerdienst.lu.ch
Veterinary Service
Dr. Carmen Läubli
Head of Food Safety
+41 41 228 61 35
https://veterinaerdienst.lu.ch
