Logistics Apprentice with Federal VET Diploma

About the job

Do you enjoy moving, delivering with care and ensuring the reliability of journeys? Fancy a profession where your sense of organisation and safety makes a difference every day? Join the logistics team at CHUV in Lausanne on 16 August 2027!

Context

The Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) is one of the five Swiss university hospitals and ranks among the best hospital institutions worldwide according to the Newsweek 2025 ranking. Thanks to its collaboration with the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne and EPFL, it plays a leading role in care, research and education.

Within the Hospital Logistics Department (DLOH), the Supply, Distribution and Storage Service manages the hospital's goods flows. It guarantees the delivery of goods and mail management, coordinates the delivery docks, manages the vehicle fleet and its maintenance, and ensures stock management to guarantee product availability across the institution's various sectors. Thanks to its expertise in supply, hospital logistics and innovative technologies, the service contributes daily to the smooth running of CHUV and meets the needs of internal clients.

Mission

• You receive, check and store goods according to current procedures, ensuring their quality, quantity and traceability.
• You prepare orders, ensure loading, unloading and distribution of goods within the various CHUV sectors.
• You manage stock flows (restocking, inventories, rotations) using the institution's IT tools.
• You use handling equipment and, depending on your area of activity, the vehicles and electronic devices necessary for your tasks, in compliance with safety rules.
• You carry out checks and administrative formalities related to deliveries, orders and stock monitoring.
• You maintain the equipment provided to you and ensure its proper functioning.
• You contribute to ensuring reliable supply and quality service for Care Units and internal clients.

Profile

• You have completed compulsory schooling with good grades in mathematics and an interest in numbers
• You demonstrate organisational skills, autonomy and flexibility
• You are reliable, punctual and attentive to the safety of people and property
• You are comfortable with digital tools and communication with internal clients.
• You have good physical and mental endurance (carrying reasonable loads, pace, priorities)
• You enjoy teamwork and communicate clearly; you are comfortable with IT tools.

We offer

By joining CHUV as an apprentice, you benefit from:

• A comprehensive, varied and professional training at the heart of a university hospital
• Close supervision provided by experienced trainers
• The possibility to continue your professional career at CHUV after the apprenticeship, subject to availability
• Active support to develop your talents, with the opportunity to be selected for SwissSkills, the national skills competition, when the edition matches your cohort
• And many benefits reserved for apprentices (meals, transport discounts, social network, etc.)

Contact and application submission

Interested? Send us your application:

• Cover letter
• Curriculum vitae
• School reports from the last three years
• Any internship reports