Aircraft Mechanic, Flugplatzkommando Locarno

Flugplatzkommando Locarno | 80-100%

This is the contribution you can make

• Carry out maintenance work and repairs on aircraft types PC-6 and PC-7 as well as on the helicopters EC-635 and SP/SC
• Ensure flight readiness, perform intermediate flight checks as well as resetting of the systems and hand over the aircraft to the pilot
• As a specialist instructor, guarantee knowledge transfer in technical courses
• Lend a hand with various tasks at the airfield (e.g., flight accident standby, airfield control, parachute folding, etc.)
• Support as a loadmaster/technician during deployments abroad and outside of normal working hours

This makes you unique

• Completed technical vocational training (automatiker/in, polymechaniker/in or a similar training) with an interest in aviation
• Driving license category B mandatory, C and E an advantage, as well as good IT skills (MS-Office/SAP) desired
• Responsible, team- and customer-oriented and independent way of working
• Good physical and mental condition to carry out survival training in the land and sea areas
• Good active knowledge of at least a second official language and, if possible, passive knowledge of a third official language

In a nutshell

As a military airfield of the Swiss Air Force, the Flugplatzkommando Locarno is responsible for the permanent operational readiness of the Air Force's fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. Thanks to state-of-the-art technology and your quality and precision, you make an important contribution to the fulfillment of our tasks at the forefront and are the link between the ground and the air.

What we offer

• Working for Switzerland We are committed to the success model of Switzerland and work for the benefit of the population.
• Lived diversity Thanks to equal opportunity, we develop our competencies and bring in different perspectives.
• Healthy at the workplace We support and advise our employees in the area of physical and mental health.

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

Your commitment to security and freedom

The Operations Command (Kdo Op) is responsible for all military operations and deployments of the Swiss Army. The Kdo Op includes, among others, the Air Force, the Army, the four territorial divisions, the SWISSINT competence center, the Special Forces Command, and the Military Police. Around 40 % of the approx. 2,500 employees are civilian employees -- from engineers to aircraft mechanics to analysts.

The Swiss Army employs over 9,000 employees in four military and around 200 civilian professions -- and this at 110 locations throughout Switzerland. Provision is also made for new talent: The Swiss Army trains apprentices in over 30 professions.

Additional information

Employment with the Swiss Army makes sense and brings many advantages. Convince yourself at armee.ch/vorteile (https://www.vtg.admin.ch/de/vorteile).

Questions about the position

Diego Stacchi
Chef Support Flugbetrieb
+41 58 48 12419