Schifffahrtsgesellschaft des Vierwaldstättersees (SGV) AG

Luzern

Deckhand with a View to Shipmaster

  • 08 September 2026
  • 100%
  • Luzern

Job summary

Join us as a Matros*in at Vierwaldstättersee, 100% position. Enjoy a dynamic work environment with great benefits.

Tasks

  • Assist customers with schedules and exciting excursions.
  • Sell tickets and check travel documents on board.
  • Maintain assigned ships and support as 2nd ship officer.

Skills

  • Completed commercial or skilled trade education required.
  • Strong service orientation and responsibility needed.
  • Excellent communication and teamwork skills essential.

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About the job

100% | permanent

Set your course for a voyage of discovery and navigate the Lake Lucerne with us as a deckhand with a view to shipmaster, 100%, permanent | Start date 1 April 2027.

The Lake Lucerne Navigation Company (SGV) Ltd is a subsidiary of SGV Holding Ltd. Its origins date back to 1836. SGV Ltd operates as a licensed, private transport company with a fleet of five historic paddle steamers and 14 motor vessels, transporting nearly 3 million passengers annually on Lake Lucerne.

Your area of responsibility

You will enjoy an extremely varied working environment and be directly at the heart of the action with our customers on the front line. Our passenger service staff will competently advise you on timetables and exciting excursion opportunities. You will sell tickets and check travel documents. 

As a future shipmaster, you will keep our vessels on course. You can fully express your strong service orientation in all its facets and competently fulfil your role as host on board. The attractive working environment is rounded off by the maintenance/upkeep of the assigned vessels and deployment as second shipmaster on our larger scheduled vessels. 

Your career path
As an aspiring shipmaster, you will start your nautical career as a deckhand. After successfully completing the first season and internal training, you will be employed as a cashier in the second year. If suitable, training to become a shipmaster can begin in the third year. Subsequently, all career opportunities from a nautical perspective up to steamboat captain/captain are open to you.

During the winter months, there is the opportunity to take on a varied role at Shiptec Ltd (e.g. as a polymechanic, carpenter, painter, electrician or pipe fitter).

Requirements profile

  • Completed commercial or vocational training
  • High service commitment and great sense of responsibility
  • Very good German skills in spoken and written form as well as oral skills in English and French, additional languages are an advantage
  • A high level of communication and conflict resolution skills, flexibility and resilience
  • Strong team skills, independent, customer-oriented and reliable working style
  • Willingness to work irregular hours, including weekends, with additional hours in the summer half-year and compensation in the winter half-year
  • Minimum height of 1.70m
  • Ideally between 19 and 35 years old
  • Driving licence category B
  • Good physical condition, good swimming skills


D Variety on the lake is incomparable. The weather, the customers, the ship but also the crew and the course – everything brings variety to the working day.

Zeno, cashier

SGV Ltd
SGV Ltd offers a unique working environment on Lake Lucerne. Our employees are the heart of our company and we actively promote their development. We rely on personal responsibility, team spirit and quality to provide our customers with a unique experience. A wide range of activities – whether on board or on land – opens up diverse career opportunities. Become part of SGV Ltd and help us create unforgettable moments on the lake.

Excited and curious for more?
Contact details:
Human Resources Department

+41 41 367 66 44
jobs@sgvholding.ch

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