Transport manager — Swiss Armed Forces (VTG)
- Location
- Hinwil
- Contract
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
Full description
Put to the Point
In this role, you lead the Transportation department. Together with your employees, you ensure reliable transport handling and efficient freight handling, ensure spare parts supply and thus make an important contribution to the operational readiness of the army.
- Entry date: by agreement
- Type of employment: perpetual
- Reference No: JRQ$540-20876
- Place of work: Überlandstrasse 17, 8340 Hinwil
You can make this contribution
- Employees of the spare parts warehouse, freight handling platform/forwarding and replenishment tank systems in personnel and organisational terms
- Responsible for transport management in cooperation with other specialist bodies and/or external service providers
- Ensure transport of general cargo and wagon loads in accordance with business principles
- As a member of the management team replenishment shape the further development
- Ensure and optimize internal logistics in cooperation with stakeholders
- Exercise training responsibility for road transport professionals
This makes you unique
- Completed technical or commercial apprenticeship with further education and completion of a higher technical school
- Management experience and professional experience in at least one subordinate area such as spare parts warehouse, freight handling platform/forwarding or filling stations
- Military knowledge in traffic and transport beneficial or willingness to acquire the knowledge
- Flexibility, solution-oriented and networked thinking
- Oral and written knowledge of a second official language
We offer this
- We are committed to the success model Switzerland and work for the benefit of the population.
- Thanks to equal opportunities, we develop our skills and bring in different perspectives.
- Healthy at work We support and advise our employees in the field of physical and mental health.
Your commitment to security and freedom The logistics base of the Swiss Army (LBA) is there for the force. It provides all logistical services for the Swiss army and manages the materials, systems and infrastructure of the Swiss army with its approximately 3'500 employees and 12,000 militia members. Whether in the workshop or in the office, inside or outside: The LBA offers a wide range of workplaces throughout Switzerland. We have something for everyone.
The Swiss Army employs more than 9,000 people in four military and around 200 civilian occupations – at 110 locations throughout Switzerland. The next generation is also taken care of: The Swiss Army trains learners in more than 30 professions.
Additional information
Employing the Swiss Army makes sense and brings many advantages. Convince yourself of Army.ch/advantages. Offers from recruiters are not taken into account.
Women are still underrepresented in our administrative unit. Your applications are therefore particularly welcome.
Questions about this listing
What salary does Swiss Armed Forces (VTG) offer for this role?
Swiss Armed Forces (VTG) lists CHF 73'500 - 111'500 gross per year for this position in Hinwil. This is the salary published in the original listing — the calculator on this site converts it to 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 Swiss Armed Forces (VTG) offer?
This listing is a full-time and part-time position. The contract type shown here comes directly from the employer's original posting; always confirm exact hours, notice period and probation length with Swiss Armed Forces (VTG) during the application process, since these details can vary by role even within the same contract category.
Do I need a cross-border work permit for a role in Zürich?
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 Zürich's migration office after the contract is signed. Processing times vary by canton, so confirm the specifics with Zürich's cantonal migration office or with HR during the application.
How do I apply for this position at Swiss Armed Forces (VTG)?
Use the "Apply now" button on this page — it links directly to Swiss Armed Forces (VTG)'s original listing at jobs.admin.ch, so your application goes straight to the employer's own applicant-tracking system. Frontaliere Ticino does not collect or forward applications itself.
