Olten
Shift Supervisor in the Paint Shop
- 23 September 2026
- 60 – 100%
- Permanent position
- German (Fluent)
- Olten
About the job
Move Switzerland with us.
Shift Supervisor in the Paint Shop
Olten
immediately or by arrangement
60-100%
102423
This is what you can look forward to.
The Olten plant is the largest maintenance site of the SBB. Around 500 overhauls of trains are carried out here annually, and approximately 310,000 components are refurbished and overhauled. The site also carries out the modernisation of our fleets to sustainably extend their lifespan and operating time. Become part of around 1100 employees and make a significant contribution to the reliability and sustainability of our fleets. We support your development wishes and offer you a variety of internal training opportunities for your personal career with us. Attractive working conditions are important to us, including, for example, a free 2nd class GA, family allowances, and discounted travel abroad – also for the family. On our website, you will find more exciting information about our benefits .
This is what you can achieve.
- As a shift supervisor, you are responsible for the professional leadership of around 12 employees and coordinate the activities for the shift (no night work, but late shift) of the staff with your colleagues. You ensure adherence to deadlines, quality, and safety.
- In day-to-day operations, you work operationally with the team. You sand, blast, fill, prime, and paint our rolling stock and work with various 2K paint systems based on water and solvent using AirMix and conventional painting methods.
- As a shift supervisor, you are the first point of contact for questions regarding execution, quality, and safety for employees on the shift.
- Additionally, you promote and support the further development of the team through coordination with the supervisor. This requires an open feedback culture.
- You enjoy participating in projects alongside your role as shift supervisor and support the team leader in recruiting new employees.
This is what you bring with you.
- As a team player, you find it easy to deal with people and can both lead and inspire others. You think holistically and keep the big picture in mind. With your confident manner, you convince even critical voices and persistently seek common solutions which you also implement.
- Due to your high flexibility, you are used to working in an agile environment and adapting to changing conditions.
- Your holistic entrepreneurial thinking combined with your sensitivity for interpersonal matters makes it easier for you to coach your shift employees and to meet deadlines, quality, and safety requirements.
- You have completed a 4-year apprenticeship as a car painter EFZ, industrial painter EFZ, or body painter EFZ. Initial leadership experience in an industrial environment is an advantage.
- You are fluent in German (at least C1) and are accustomed to working daily with common Microsoft Office applications.
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 SBB is transparently available. This position is at requirement level F, regional allowance level 0. More about salary and benefits .
This is how you succeed in starting.
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 do so in our application tool. Achieving great things is easier on a first-name basis. This starts with your application.
We do not accept applications from recruitment agencies for this position.
About the position
Djordje Milosavljevic, Team Leader Paint Shop Phone +41 79 528 96 26