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Working for the City of Lancy

The City of Lancy has more than 700 employees committed daily to serving over 37,000 inhabitants. As the third largest municipality in the Canton of Geneva by population, Lancy offers a human resources policy that promotes the efficiency of its administration, contributing to a quality public service tailored to the needs of its population.

The Municipality is looking for employees ready to commit within a dynamic, innovative, and evolving public administration. Comprising a wide range of professions, the City of Lancy's administration is divided into 11 municipal departments, including the Works and Energy Department (STE).

The Works and Energy Department ensures the construction, maintenance, and renovation of municipal assets . It manages roads, buildings, networks, and infrastructure. The STE also implements the City’s energy policy.

Would you like to put your skills at the service of the community?

To contribute to the smooth running of the Civil Engineering division of its department, the STE of the City of Lancy is seeking a:

Your mission:

Ensure the operation of the division and teams and contribute to achieving the department’s objectives by providing advice, operational support, and professional expertise to its management while supervising the division’s projects.

Your main activities

• Lead and coordinate activities and teams to guarantee effective mission execution within deadlines, while supporting, managing, and assisting team leaders and/or employees in carrying out their tasks and developing their skills.
• Manage the human resources of your teams, from daily supervision to employee development.
• Actively contribute to achieving objectives, department projects, and cross-functional initiatives by providing professional expertise, advice, and operational support.
• Advise the department head by providing expertise and relaying field realities, needs, challenges, and opportunities, while ensuring efficient handling of requests and follow-up of complaints.
• Contribute, alongside the department head, to the preparation and monitoring of operating and investment budgets, and manage budgets for roads, municipal pipelines (FIA and non-FIA), and fire-fighting installations (hydrants), ensuring their optimal use.
• Design civil engineering projects (structures, road and hydraulic developments) integrating sustainability, life cycle, and maintainability considerations, while validating calculation assumptions and fee proposals from contractors.
• Manage projects comprehensively, from studies to building permits and financial plans, ensuring rigorous monitoring of technical, administrative, and financial aspects, including budget preparation, expense tracking, variance identification, and invoice control.
• Direct work execution by coordinating sites, project acceptance, warranty follow-up, and contractor supervision, respecting costs, deadlines, and quality requirements.

Your qualifications and skills

• Hold a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in civil engineering from a university or university of applied sciences
• Have at least 5 years of professional experience in the same field, particularly in civil engineering design
• Demonstrate leadership and team management skills
• Be highly capable of working in project mode and handling multiple files simultaneously
• Master building permit procedures and AIMP
• Have excellent command of French, both spoken and written
• Be proficient in common office software tools

• Be occasionally available to represent the department at commissions, public presentations, and municipal events, including outside regular hours

Additional information:

Application deadline: 30 August 2026

Start date: 1 October 2026

Work rate: 90%

Contract type: Permanent contract

Salary: class 19 (Click here for the class)

Workplace: avenue Eugène Lance 1 - 1212 Grand-Lancy

Ready to take on new challenges? Apply!

Your application must include:

• CV and cover letter
• Work certificates and diplomas
• Any other documents required according to the advertisement
• Upon hiring, a criminal record extract is requested for all positions.

For certain roles, a special criminal record extract and/or a certificate of no prosecution may also be requested.

Committed to sustainable development, the City of Lancy only accepts applications submitted online via its website. Find all information at: https://www.lancy.ch/emplois

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