Kanton Graubünden
Thusis
Career Changer as Construction Manager in District 7
- 11 June 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- Thusis
About the job
The only trilingual canton in Switzerland is economically, culturally and politically diverse. Graubünden, with 7106 km², is the largest canton in Switzerland and offers a high quality of life with 150 valleys, 615 lakes, 140 holiday resorts and countless sunny days per year. The Cantonal Administration of Graubünden is as versatile as our landscape.
Bring your unique skills and help shape the future of the Cantonal Administration of Graubünden with us.
Career Changer as Construction Manager in District 7
Department of Civil Engineering / 80-100 % / Thusis
The Department of Civil Engineering is responsible for the planning, construction, maintenance and operation of the cantonal roads as well as water engineering and slow traffic in Graubünden. In addition, we take care of the operational maintenance of the national roads within the canton. The canton’s road infrastructure includes over 1,450 civil engineering structures, including bridges at dizzying heights of up to 90 metres and tunnels up to 3 kilometres long. The challenges posed by the nature of our mountain canton in summer and winter make our work demanding and varied. As a Friendly Work Space certified office, the health and satisfaction of our approximately 480 employees are particularly important to us. For this reason, we are committed to systematic occupational health management (BGM).
We are looking for the Road Maintenance Department in District 7 Thusis from 1 September 2026 or by arrangement a career changer as construction manager
- Assisting in the management and supervision of assigned construction sites as client representative
- Scheduling and coordinating the work
- Ensuring quality, quantity and execution of the entire contract work
- Preparing cost estimates, tender documents and invoices
- Monitoring the budget
- Carrying out technical tasks for road maintenance
- Providing on-call service as operations manager
- Completed vocational training in the construction trade
- Several years of professional experience, ideally in civil engineering
- Willingness, as a career changer, to complete the necessary further training to perform construction management tasks
- Willingness to learn and assertiveness
- Personality with high social competence, organisational and negotiation skills as well as ability to work in a team
- Knowledge of Italian is an advantage
