Maintenance Employee: District Heating Plants (80% - 100%)

18 April 2026
80 – 100%
Permanent position
Winterthur

Job summary

Stadtwerk Winterthur values customer proximity, reliability, and quality. Join our dynamic team for a fulfilling career with great benefits!

Tasks

Oversee maintenance and inspections of energy systems and networks.
Conduct independent troubleshooting and problem-solving tasks.
Coordinate external service providers and manage administrative duties.

Skills

Completed training as a polymechanic or electrician, with relevant experience.
Strong safety awareness and risk management abilities required.
Team-oriented with good IT skills and a valid driver's license.

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About the job

Your Employer

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

Your Tasks

Get involved in the future-oriented energy sector! As an employee in our Energy Contracting / District Heating department, which operates in the field of heat and cold supply for larger commercial, industrial, and residential buildings, you will manage our plants and networks

Maintenance, inspection, and servicing of plants and supply networks including functional checks, safety tests, and plant optimization

Independent fault detection and troubleshooting

Coordination and supervision of external companies as well as obtaining quotes and managing external service providers

Administrative tasks such as order processing, work planning, reporting, as well as data reading and documentation

Planning, execution, and responsibility for revisions and statutory inspections

Your Profile

Completed training as a polymechanic, electrician, or similar, with several years of professional experience, ideally with experience in thermal process technology

You are a certified district heating plant operator with a federal certificate or willing to obtain one

High safety and risk awareness, systemic thinking, and the ability to solve problems independently and systematically

Precise and independent working style, reliability, and team orientation

Good IT skills

Driver's license category B and willingness to perform on-call duty

What We Offer

5 weeks of vacation, an additional week from age 55

Vacation purchase of up to 2 weeks for full-time employment

Contribution to external training

15 days of paid paternity leave (100% salary)

Contact

Your Questions about the position will be gladly answered by
Meinrad Bischofberger, Head of Maintenance Energy Contracting and District Heating, +41 52 267 31 61 For this position, we can only consider direct applications.