100% Helicopter Pilot
Schweizerische Rettungsflugwacht (Rega)
Sion
Key information
- Publication date:22 November 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Sion
Job summary
Join Rega, the Swiss Air Rescue Service, providing 24/7 medical air assistance. Experience a dynamic work environment with a focus on teamwork.
Tasks
- Conduct rescue flights and inter-hospital transfers safely.
- Ensure smooth air operations as an essential crew member.
- Maintain strong partnerships and collaborate in expert committees.
Skills
- Completed professional training or secondary school diploma required.
- Valid EASA helicopter pilot license with night flight extension.
- Reliable, team-oriented with strong technical knowledge.
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These activities excite you
- perform rescue and inter-hospital transfer flights in visual and instrument flight (day and night) in Switzerland and border regions
- ensure safe and smooth air operations as a crew member
- be available for irregular working hours (on-call services, 24-hour interventions)
- maintain relationships with partners and collaborate within expert committees
What sets you apart
- completed professional training or higher secondary school diploma
- valid EASA professional helicopter pilot license with extensions for night flight (NIT) and Swiss mountains (MOU) as well as proven flight experience (> 2,500 hours, including 2,000 on turbine helicopters)
- If possible:
- NVIS
- EASA IFR Helicopter
- HESLO 2
- Experience in mountain air rescue
- Authorization to fly a twin-engine helicopter
- Reliable, autonomous personality, able to work in a team, physically and mentally resilient, with a strong sense of service
- Native French speaker and proficiency in German (spoken and written) as well as a good understanding of English
- Other requirements:
- Valid first aid certificate
- Excellent technical knowledge
- Good command of Microsoft 365
- Maximum age: 45 years
What awaits you
A varied, demanding, and exciting mission in the field of medical air transport. We offer you optimal equipment in the areas of rescue, medicine, and aeronautical technology, as well as regular training and further education.
Do you want to apply your skills and leverage your experience in an exciting and future-oriented environment? Do you want to participate in the development of Rega? You will be in the right place in our work environment characterized by team spirit!
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.