Maintenance Technician Tractors and Handling Equipment - 100% — HUG
- Location
- Genève
- Contract
- Full-time
- Posted
Full description
Company description
With more than 13,000 employees representing 160 professions, the University Hospitals in Geneva are a reference institution at the national and international level. To learn more about our institution, take a few minutes to discover the highlights of 2025 by clicking here . The post is attached to the Directorate of Real Estate (DI), whose mission is to define a strategy of the housing stock, to develop the coherence of the follow-up of the major projects according to the hospital master plan 2022-2040, in strong partnership with the main State departments attached to the Department of the Territory, the Department of Infrastructure and the Department of Health, to optimize the monitoring of the surfaces and its future planning, while guaranteeing the proper functioning of the services. More than 230 professionals and professionals carry out their missions on a daily basis with a constant concern for requirements, with a sense of service and environmental responsibility. The Infrastructure Business Continuity Service is a service provider whose main mission is, thanks to the presence on each site of employees and collaborators from different trades, to ensure the maintenance of the hospital heritage consisting of medical and logistical equipment, buildings and their facilities.
Description of post
Within the mechanical sector, you maintain, monitor, troubleshoot, revise, improve and ensure the efficient operation of the mechanical installations and equipment and in particular the maintenance of the tractor fleet, electrical lifting equipment, motorized machinery of gardeners, autowashers, diesel engines of emergency units, trolleys, dump trucks, pallet trucks and roadside equipment. You autonomously decide on the actions to be undertaken in accordance with the priorities defined in terms of vital or secondary parameters for the safety of patients, collaborators and heritage. You ensure preventive and corrective maintenance. You assist with periodic inspections carried out by accredited bodies and conduct regular check tours and surveys. You follow the condition of the facilities and support the alarms of the monitoring systems (technical management of the building). You keep the working documents up to date, you carry out the hardware resupply orders. You are actively involved in the development of procedures based on technical developments. You act as a technical advisor to users on mechanical equipment and monitor and monitor the work performed by outside companies. You like to find solutions to complex technical problems and you also thrive in performing simpler and more routine tasks. You are self-sustaining and also appreciate teamwork while respecting an established schedule. You ensure urgent interventions on request from the control centre and during the picket service.
Qualifications
You have a mechanic's or mechanic's CFC in Auto maintenance or diploma deemed equivalent with at least 5 years of professional experience in the maintenance and troubleshooting of complex facilities and handling equipment. You have very good theoretical and practical knowledge and are comfortable in the repair and maintenance of speed variators, mechanical and electromechanical equipment, welding... etc. You master perfectly the spoken and written French in a clear and concise way. You have a good knowledge of the usual office software (Microsoft Office) as well as the use of GMAO software. Your keen sense of customer service, team spirit and openness to change allow you to operate smoothly and integrate quickly. Thanks to your calm, laid and discreet personality, you can easily establish a relationship of trust with your interlocutors, you can cooperate and collaborate to help colleagues while being sensitive to the patient's presence and hospital constraints.
Further information
You have a regular schedule, while being available off schedule including night, weekend and holidays for picket service according to turns and urgent interventions.
- Entry into office: to be agreed
- Number of posts: 1
- Activity rate: 100%
- Function Class: 11 (Maintenance Technician 3)
- Contract: CDI
- Deadline for applications: 24.11.2026
- Request for information: Mr. A. Bouty, Head of the Mechanical Sector, tel. 022 372 68 91
Your application must include a letter demonstrating your motivation, curriculum vitae, copies of the diplomas and certificates required for the position and the last two work certificates. This announcement is addressed to women and men alike. Wishing to engage in the fight against unemployment, the HUGs encourage applications from the cantonal employment office. Only applications submitted via the recruitment platform are taken into account. Paper and e-mail applications will not be processed.
Questions about this listing
What salary does HUG offer for this role?
The original listing does not state a salary. Our estimate for this role and sector in Genève is CHF 71'000 - 107'500 gross per year — an estimate, not a figure communicated by HUG. The calculator on this site converts a gross salary into your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does HUG offer?
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Do I need a cross-border work permit for a role in Geneva?
EU/EFTA citizens living in an EU/EFTA state can apply for a G permit and can work anywhere in Switzerland: border zones no longer apply to them, and they must return home at least once a week. The Swiss employer files the request with Canton Geneva's migration office after the contract is signed. Processing times vary by canton, so confirm the specifics with Geneva's cantonal migration office or with HR during the application.
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