Overhead Line Technician, Locksmith, Mechanic, Network Electrician, Electrical Installer

Move Switzerland with us.

Overhead Line Technician, Locksmith, Mechanic, Network Electrician, Electrical Installer

Ostermundigen

01.02.2027 or by arrangement

60-100%

103204

What you can look forward to.

For our well-coordinated team at the Ostermundigen location, we are looking for energetic support. As an overhead line technician, you ensure daily that the power flows so that our customers arrive punctually and safely at their destination. More information about the profession can be found here . Attractive working conditions are important to us, even with irregular working hours. For this, you can enjoy empty swimming pools during the week and organise your leisure time more flexibly. Night and weekend work is additionally compensated – for example, 16 francs per hour for Sunday work. You also benefit from various time surcharges. This means you have more free time than employees without night and weekend shifts. Our other benefits such as child allowances, free 2nd class GA and discounted travel abroad – also for the family – can be found on our website under « Benefits ». Interested in learning more about our professions? We look forward to welcoming you from 22 to 24 October 2026 at our SBB Career Worlds Café at Zurich main station. All information can be found at sbb.ch/berufsweltencafe .

What you can achieve.

• As an overhead line technician, you carry out all maintenance, renewal work and fault repairs on overhead line systems together with your team.
• On construction sites, you weld, assemble, drill and cut to help advance Switzerland.
• You perform switching operations and issue switching orders. You also independently carry out the necessary earthing work.
• With your expertise and associated skills, you operate construction trains, work baskets and cranes and receive further training accordingly.
• We expect you to be willing to work at irregular times, especially at night and partly on weekends.

What you bring with you.

• You enjoy working in a team, are skilled with your hands with a strong safety awareness and enjoy continuous learning.
• Ideally, you have experience in overhead line, overhead power line or metal construction.
• We require a qualification certificate from the electrical industry, metal construction or construction industry and a clean record.
• You are willing to train as a safety officer or safety manager according to RT20100 and as a train driver.
• To succeed in this role, you communicate fluently in German.

Your salary and benefits.

We have a fair and progressive salary system and actively promote pay equality. Therefore, further and detailed information about the salary system at SBB is transparently available. This position is at requirement level D, regional allowance level 1. More about salary and benefits .

How to succeed in your application.

Your desire to move Switzerland with us is our greatest motivation. Therefore, we waive a cover letter for this position. If you still want to share your motivation with us, you can do so in our application tool. Achieving great things is easier on a first-name basis. This starts with your application.

We do not accept dossiers from recruitment agencies for this position.

About the position

Sidney Aeschbacher, Pool Recruiter Phone +41 79 756 26 97