Maintenance Technician: Mechanical Waste Incineration Plant

15 July 2026
100%
Permanent position
Winterthur

Job summary

At Stadtwerk Winterthur, we prioritize customer focus and reliability. Join us for a rewarding role in a supportive environment.

Tasks

Maintain and ensure the operation of complex waste management systems.
Perform maintenance, repairs, and inspections on machinery and components.
Manage inventory of raw materials and conduct regular checks.

Skills

Completed training as a mechanic with experience in maintenance.
Strong motivation and teamwork skills essential.
Proficiency in IT applications required.

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About the job

Your Employer

Customer-oriented, reliable and quality-conscious: We owe our success to these strengths. As a cross-sector company, we take care of all our customers' concerns regarding electricity, telecommunications, gas, water, district heating, waste incineration, wastewater treatment and energy contracting – all in accordance with the promise "We offer comfort". Stadtwerk Winterthur offers its employees attractive employment conditions and challenging tasks.

Your Tasks

Engage as a maintenance technician in our waste incineration plant and actively help to ensure the operation of this complex facility. A varied and responsible range of tasks awaits you:

In a motivated team, you will look after an assigned section of the plant from maintenance, servicing to the annual overhaul.
You maintain, repair and overhaul machines and plant components.
You carry out weekly and monthly inspections of plants, infrastructure and buildings as well as functional checks, record completed activities and update overhaul documentation.
Cleaning of machines, plant parts and storage rooms is also part of your duties.
You manage the stock of raw materials for metalworking and conduct inventory of spare parts and lubricants.

Your Profile

Completed training as a polymechanic or agricultural machinery mechanic and several years of experience in maintenance as well as experience with turning and milling.
You convince with your high self-motivation and your ability to work in a team. Your independent and reliable working style and your safety and risk awareness distinguish you.
Good IT user skills.
Driving licence category B.

What We Offer

5 weeks holiday, an additional week from age 55.
Holiday purchase option for full-time employees.
Contribution to external training.
15 days paid paternity leave (100% salary).
Versatile training opportunities.

Contact

Your questions about the position will be gladly answered by Jürg Hegnauer, , +41522673132.
Learn more? https://stadt.winterthur.ch/

We look forward to receiving your online application. For this position, we can only consider direct applications.