Architect

26 August 2025
100%
Permanent position
Langenthal

Job summary

Join our team as an Architect to shape the future together! Enjoy a collaborative and motivating work environment with great benefits.

Tasks

Lead independent project development focused on private clients.
Manage all planning phases from initial consultation to execution.
Consult and acquire clients, including cost estimation and offer creation.

Skills

Architect degree ETH/FH or Technician diploma, plus project management experience.
Knowledge of Swiss building codes and legislation is essential.
Strong communication skills for effective collaboration with stakeholders.

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About the job

Are you motivated, talented, and want to help shape our shared future? Then you are exactly right with us! Our crew consists of individual personalities who actively participate in the company's affairs and thus create an attractive and motivating working atmosphere. Because satisfied customers also need enthusiastic employees, great benefits and personal talent development await you to specifically advance your career.

Architect

m/f/d | 80% - 100% | GLB Oberaargau

Are you interested in independent project development focusing on private owners? Do you wish for closer collaboration of all players in construction planning? Do you appreciate variety and a collegial team that supports each other? Curious? Then get in touch with US!

Here is what you will do

Independent creation of design drafts as well as planning and technical implementation of our diverse new construction, renovation, and refurbishment projects.
Project management across all planning phases, from initial consultation to execution planning – if desired, overall project management until construction completion
Client consulting and acquisition, including offer preparation and cost estimation
Negotiations with customers, authorities, specialist planners, and craftsmen
Schedule, cost, and quality control

These are your skills and strengths

Degree as an architect ETH/FH
or further training as a construction technician HF
ideally first experience in overall project management
knowledge of Swiss building standards and legislation
the ability to coordinate yourself in a very independent working environment
a communicative streak, so meetings are not a nuisance but a welcome means to find solutions
a cooperative and natural demeanor towards our customers, partners, and authorities
interest in close collaboration with contractors and specialist planners from an early project stage
a solution-oriented and team-capable personality
openness to critically question long-established processes

What awaits you

Being part of the GLB Family is great! We put people at the center and promote professional and personal potentials. You can continue your education with us, seize opportunities, and make a difference with your ideas. We offer you cool teams, exciting projects, and structured processes.

About the GLB Cooperative
GLB was founded in 1968 in Langnau as a cooperative and today has over 15,000 members. Whether energy-efficient renovation, new construction, single-family or multi-family houses, commercial or industrial buildings, agricultural buildings or rural housing – the portfolio is diverse. At six locations and with around 900 employees, we plan, build, and furnish living spaces – and have been doing so for over 50 years. Down-to-earth, honest, and with a lot of passion for what we do – that is our philosophy.

Sounds good? Then apply now with us!