Lateral Entry Train Traffic Controller

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Lateral Entry Train Traffic Controller

Muttenz

by arrangement

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103619

This is what you can look forward to.

As a train traffic controller, you keep an eye on the assigned track network in the Basel marshalling yard, directing and monitoring the trains at your workstation with around six to eight screens. Additionally, you set the various shunting and train movements via a push-button interlocking system. Under normal operations, you observe the traffic, control the processes, and ensure a smooth workflow. In case of disruptions, you take over operational management: you analyse the situation, initiate measures, and resolve the disruption to restore normal conditions as quickly as possible. In doing so, you share responsibility for Switzerland's mobility. Without you, the network comes to a standstill. The job is system-relevant and immediately impactful: you coordinate people and technology, make quick decisions, and thus contribute directly to the safety and reliability of rail traffic. We offer you a paid dual training to become a train traffic controller, lasting eight months. After successful completion of the final exam, you will work in the Basel marshalling yard and help ensure that 2000 freight trains reach their destinations safely and punctually every day. Learn more about the job profile at the next information event . You see irregular working hours and shift work as an advantage to enjoy your free time while others work. Night and Sunday work are additionally compensated with us, e.g. with an hourly wage supplement of 16 francs for Sunday work. For night shifts, you receive time bonuses of 10 to 30%, which gives you more free time. Benefits such as a free GA travelcard, discounted travel abroad – also for the family – can be found on our website under Benefits. Possible start dates:

• 1 February 2027
• 1 June 2027
• 1 October 2027

This is what you can achieve.

• As a train traffic controller in the Basel marshalling yard, you keep an eye on the assigned track network, direct trains safely and ecologically, and monitor traffic.
• In regular operations, you ensure that international freight train passages (Germany - France) run smoothly.
• In case of disruptions, you initiate measures to restore normal conditions.
• You coordinate and communicate with team colleagues, locomotive staff, as well as construction and shunting personnel in Switzerland. You also coordinate with train traffic controllers of cross-border freight traffic.
• You are responsible for customer information at stations and ensure clear, timely announcements.
• Thanks to your commitment, passenger and freight trains run safely and punctually around the clock.

This is what you bring with you.

• You are reliable, enjoy working in a team, and are willing to work in a 24-hour shift system.
• You think in a structured and networked way. In stressful situations, you act quickly and thoughtfully. Technical affinity is promoted during training.
• For the intensive and demanding training period, you bring a lot of personal responsibility and willingness to learn and are motivated to engage with different learning environments – from on-site classroom teaching to digital self-study.
• You have completed at least a three-year vocational training or the Matura. Your motivation is more important to us than the industry you come from.
• You are confident in German at level C2 and ideally have French at level A1. You also have perfect colour vision without red-green deficiency.
• During the application process, we will require a current criminal record and debt collection register extract (not older than 3 months) from you. The document can be ordered when invited for a personal interview.

Your salary and benefits.

The classification during the dual training is based on the function and age. More about the specific salary for this role can be found under Lateral Entry .

This is how the entry succeeds.

Your desire to move Switzerland with us is our greatest motivation. Therefore, we waive a motivation letter for this position. If you still want to share your motivation with us, you can do so in our application tool. Achieving great things is easier on a first-name basis. This starts already with your application.

We do not accept applications from recruitment agencies for this position.

About the position

Oliv Hügli, Team Leader Train Traffic Controllers in Training Phone +41 79 516 71 75