Region Basel (BS/BL)
Career Change Shunting Employee
- 01 September 2026
- 60 – 100%
- Permanent position
- German (Intermediate)
- Region Basel (BS/BL)
About the job
Move Switzerland with us.
Career Change Shunting Employee
Muttenz
01.03.2027
60-100%
103945
This is what you can look forward to.
Without the SBB, the country comes to a standstill. And without you, the SBB cannot function. You make a valuable contribution to the supply of Switzerland, which you can be proud of. You will undergo training as a shunting service employee and obtain the VTE Ai40 qualification certificate from the Federal Office of Transport. The practical and theoretical training lasts about 1 month with full pay. Here you can learn more about the professional world of "Shunting Employee" at the SBB.
This is what you can achieve.
- You contribute to ensuring that our customers are served reliably and punctually by moving, forming, and breaking up freight trains.
- In the SBB's 24-hour operation, you work from Monday to Friday and partly on Saturdays. Irregular working hours are the norm with us. In return, you enjoy days off during the week and can thus enjoy your leisure activities flexibly and away from the hustle and bustle.
- You are responsible for coupling and uncoupling wagons and locomotives and carry out shunting brake tests.
- When shunting, you observe the applicable train service regulations, safety regulations, and local instructions. Due to your safety awareness, it is natural for you to work according to regulations.
- To correctly carry out shunting operations, you are in constant communication with train dispatchers, signal box staff, shunting locomotive drivers, and train drivers.
- Based on your skills and talents, you have various development opportunities, e.g. train driver A40, operational shunting supervisor, or you can aim for a specialist or management position.
This is what you bring with you.
- You are attentive, focused, and physically resilient to successfully manage this demanding work in a 24-hour shift operation. In addition, you enjoy working outdoors in all weather conditions.
- Since all instructions and documentation are electronic, you will quickly become familiar with digital tools.
- Your strengths are safety-conscious thinking and acting, your ability to work in a team, as well as your resilience and flexibility.
- You have completed basic education and ideally have completed an apprenticeship. In addition, you already have professional experience in a craft, logistics, or comparable field.
- You have very good knowledge of German, both spoken and written (level B2).
Your salary and benefits.
We have a fair and progressive salary system and actively promote pay equality. Therefore, further and detailed information about the salary system at the SBB is transparently available. This position is at requirement level C, regional allowance level 1. More about salary and benefits .
This is how the entry succeeds.
Your desire to move Switzerland with us is our greatest motivation. Therefore, we waive a cover letter for this position. If you still want to share your motivation with us, you can still do so in our application tool. Doing great things is easier on a first-name basis. This already starts with your application.
We do not accept applications from recruitment agencies for this position.
About the position
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