Quereinstieg Lokführer:in Personenverkehr Ziegelbrücke — FFS Officine (Ferrovie Federali)

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Career change to train driver in passenger transport Ziegelbrücke 100% | SBB - - - - - - Move Switzerland with us. Career change to train driver in passenger transport Ziegelbrücke Ziegelbrücke, 1 December 2026, 100% Apply now

This is what you can look forward to. As a train driver, you do great things: At SBB Personenverkehr, you transport around 482 million travellers every year. After completing the paid 15-month retraining programme, the job takes you along Switzerland's most beautiful railway routes. You bring our passengers to their destination on time and thus ensure a positive travel experience with SBB. Your day-to-day work is also full of prospects, with attractive working conditions for all life situations. Night and weekend work is additionally compensated – for example, at 16 francs per hour for Sunday work. For night shifts, you also receive time supplements of between 10 and 30 percent. This means that you have more free time than employees without night and weekend shifts. In addition, after training as a train driver, you can arrange your workload individually from 60 percent upwards in consultation with us, with various part-time models available to you.

Possible training start dates

• 1 December 2026
• 1 June 2027

This is what you can do.

• As a train driver, you not only take charge of the train, but also take responsibility for safety and punctuality on the busy rail network.
• During your journey, you remain alert and react quickly and correctly to signals, speed restrictions and unforeseen events.
• You work independently and remain in contact with operations centres and control centres at all times.
• In addition to driving and shunting the trains, your duties also include checking the vehicle's technical condition before and after taking over the vehicle.

Learn more about the role at the next information event . What you bring.

• You have completed a three-year vocational apprenticeship or obtained your Matura. Your motivation is more important to us than the industry you come from.
• You approach challenges calmly, make considered decisions even in stressful situations and are willing to work shifts.
• You are fluent in German (C2 level) and have basic knowledge of a second national language (A1 level).
• You have impeccable colour vision (no red-green colour blindness) and have no entries in the criminal or debt enforcement registers.
• For the intensive and demanding training period, you bring a high degree of personal responsibility and motivation and are ready to adapt to different learning environments – from in-person teaching on site to digital self-study.

Your salary and benefits. The classification during the retraining programme is based on the role and age. More information about the specific salary for this role can be found under career change .

This is how you get started. The fact that you want to help us move Switzerland forward is our greatest motivation. That is why we do not require a cover letter for this position. If you would nevertheless like to share your motivation with us, you can still do so in our application tool. Doing great things is easier on a first-name basis. This starts with your application.

Here's what happens next. × You will receive an initial response from us no later than 10 working days after we receive your application. Final decision Application Final decision Any questions? To the application process SBB Recruiting Support Phone + 41 51 220 20 29 The Commission's proposal is based on the following principles: #simplyYou Application FAQ About the position Job ID 102270 Mario Stauffer Phone +41 51 281 58 18 Unfortunately, applications sent by email cannot be considered. We do not accept applications from recruitment agencies for this position.

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