Aircraft Mechanic, Locarno Air Base (fixed term)

Locarno Air Base | 80-100%

What you can contribute

• Perform maintenance work and repairs on PC-6 and PC7 type aircraft as well as on EC-635 and SP/SC helicopters
• Prepare aircraft for flight, perform intermediate checks and system restoration, ensure the handover of aircraft to pilots and their takeover
• Ensure the transfer of knowledge in technical courses as a specialized teacher
• Perform various support tasks at the air base (rescue standby, runway control, parachute packing, etc.)
• Provide support as a loadmaster/technician during deployments abroad or outside regular hours

What makes you unique

• Technical apprenticeship (automation technician, polymechanic or equivalent training), strong interest in aviation
• Category B driver's license indispensable, ideally also categories C and E driver's licenses, good knowledge of office software desired (MS Office and SAP)
• Sense of responsibility and customer service, autonomy, team spirit
• Good psychological and physical condition to undergo land and water survival training
• Good active knowledge of at least a second official language, and ideally, passive knowledge of a third

In a few words

Attached to the Swiss Air Force, the Locarno Air Base command is responsible for the permanent operational availability of propeller-driven aircraft and helicopters. Utilizing your precision and the quality of your work, you will employ state-of-the-art technical means to help us accomplish our tasks on the front line. Thus, you will ensure the link between the ground and the air.

What we offer

• Working for Switzerland We are committed to the success of the Swiss model and to the well-being of the population.
• Diversity in everyday life We ensure equal opportunities, which allows us to deploy our skills and express different points of view.
• Health at work We assist and advise our employees on all matters related to physical or mental health.

All benefits (https://www.stelle.admin.ch/stelle/fr/home/bundesverwaltung/ihre-vorteile-auf-einen-blick.html)

Your commitment to security and freedom

The Operations Command (cdmt Op) is responsible for all operations and all military engagements of the Swiss Army. The cdmt Op includes in particular the Air Force, the Land Forces, the four territorial divisions, the SWISSINT Competence Center, the Special Forces Command as well as the Military Police. Approximately 40 % of the about 2500 employees are employed in civilian roles, from engineers to analysts to aircraft mechanics.

The Swiss Army employs more than 9000 employees in four military professions and approximately 200 civilian professions, across 110 sites throughout Switzerland. It also ensures succession by training apprentices in more than 30 trades.

Additional information

Working for the Swiss Army is meaningful and involves many advantages. To convince yourself, visit armee.ch/avantages (https://www.vtg.admin.ch/fr/avantages).

Questions about the position

Diego Stacchi
Flight Service Support Manager
+41 58 48 12419