Technician Mechanics | Joint Maintenance & Flightline Jets Payerne 100% (f/m/d)

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In this role, you are the link between maintenance, pilots and operations management, ensuring that the air force fleet is always ready for deployment and safe. In a dynamic environment, you will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Maintenance & Repair: Performing scheduled maintenance intervals, including system replacement and testing
• Repairs & Troubleshooting: Analyzing error messages, troubleshooting processes, and performing structural repairs
• Aircraft Handover to Pilots: Conducting the final pre-flight check
• Change Orders, Interim Flight Checks: Visual and functional inspections after each flight (aircraft and system condition)
• Active Participation in Domestic and International Campaigns: Accompanying pilots/jet crews to training flights
• Work at Military Airfields: Working at Payerne Military Airfield and at other Swiss military airfields as needed
• Driver/Logistics Support: Transporting and loading spare parts, tools, and specialized equipment within the airfield
• Documentation & Quality Management

What you should bring with you

• Technical vocational training (EFZ), ideally with an mechanical engineering focus (i.e. polymechanic, sheet metal worker, automation technician, automotive technician, diagnostician or comparable profession)
• practical experience and knowledge in flight operations and aircraft maintenance, ideally in a military environment, with the required module qualifications/licenses according to EASA Part-66, Category B1 (Mechanics) or B2 (Avionics) of advantage
• Category B driver's license mandatory, Category C/E helpful
• Conversational (technical) Englishskills (min. B1) required; advanced usage of either French and/or German plus versatile digital competences (MS Office/SAP) desirable
• High level of commitment and flexibility (for QRA, AMA, AMI, night/weekend shifts, and deployment changes both domestically and internationally)
• Highly resilient, team-oriented personality with a reliable, precise work ethic and a strong sense of responsibility/safety awareness
• Swiss citizenship (due to working on Swiss Military property) a prerequisite

Salary and fringe benefits

Every day, around 3,000 employees of RUAG and RUAG Real Estate make as significant contribution to the security of Switzerland. They ensure that the Swiss Armed Forces and other emergency and security organizations can comprehensibly carry out their tasks at all times.

• Technical vocational training (EFZ), ideally with an mechanical engineering focus (i.e. polymechanic, sheet metal worker, automation technician, automotive technician, diagnostician or comparable profession)
• practical experience and knowledge in flight operations and aircraft maintenance, ideally in a military environment, with the required module qualifications/licenses according to EASA Part-66, Category B1 (Mechanics) or B2 (Avionics) of advantage
• Category B driver's license mandatory, Category C/E helpful
• Conversational (technical) Englishskills (min. B1) required; advanced usage of either French and/or German plus versatile digital competences (MS Office/SAP) desirable
• High level of commitment and flexibility (for QRA, AMA, AMI, night/weekend shifts, and deployment changes both domestically and internationally)
• Highly resilient, team-oriented personality with a reliable, precise work ethic and a strong sense of responsibility/safety awareness
• Swiss citizenship (due to working on Swiss Military property) a prerequisite