Tractor and Handling Equipment Maintenance Technician - 100%

About the job

Company Description

With more than 13,000 employees representing 160 professions, the Geneva University Hospitals are a nationally and internationally recognised institution. To learn more about our organisation, take a few minutes to discover the highlights of 2025 by clicking here .

The position is attached to the Real Estate Directorate (DI), which is tasked with defining a real estate portfolio strategy, developing coherence in the monitoring of major projects according to the 2022-2040 hospital master plan, in close partnership with the main State services linked to the Department of Territory, the Department of Infrastructure and the Department of Health, optimising the monitoring of surfaces and future planning, while ensuring the smooth running of services. More than 230 professionals carry out their duties daily with constant attention to quality, a sense of service and environmental responsibility.

The infrastructure operational continuity service is a service provider whose main mission is, through the presence on each site of employees from various trades, to ensure the maintenance of the hospital estate composed of medical and logistical equipment, buildings and their installations.

Within the mechanical sector, you maintain, monitor, troubleshoot, overhaul, improve and ensure the efficient operation of installations and equipment specific to the mechanical sector, particularly the maintenance of the fleet of tractors, electric lifting equipment, motorised gardening equipment, scrubbers, diesel engines of emergency groups, trolleys, skips, pallet trucks as well as road equipment.

You autonomously decide on the actions to be taken, respecting the priorities defined in terms of vital or secondary parameters for the safety of patients, employees and the estate.

You ensure preventive and corrective maintenance. You assist with periodic inspections carried out by accredited bodies and perform control rounds and regular readings.

You monitor the condition of installations and handle alarms from surveillance systems (building technical management). You keep work documents up to date and place orders for material replenishment.

You actively participate in the development of procedures according to technological advances.

You act as a technical advisor to users on mechanical equipment and supervise and monitor work carried out by external companies.

You enjoy finding solutions to complex technical problems and also thrive in performing simpler, routine tasks.

You are autonomous and also appreciate teamwork, while respecting an established schedule.

You handle urgent interventions upon request from the control centre and during on-call duty.

You hold a Federal VET Diploma (CFC) as an automotive maintenance mechanic or an equivalent qualification complemented by at least 5 years’ professional experience in the maintenance and repair of complex installations and handling equipment.

You have very good theoretical and practical knowledge and are comfortable with the repair and maintenance of speed variators, mechanical and electromechanical equipment, welding, etc.

You have excellent spoken and written French, expressing yourself clearly and concisely.

You have a good knowledge of common office software (Microsoft Office) as well as experience using CMMS software.

Your strong customer service orientation, team spirit and openness to change enable you to perform your duties with ease and integrate quickly.

Thanks to your calm, composed and discreet personality, you easily establish trust with your interlocutors, demonstrate cooperation and collaboration to assist colleagues while being sensitive to the presence of patients and hospital constraints.

You have a regular schedule but are available outside working hours including nights, weekends and public holidays for on-call duty according to rota and urgent interventions.

• Start date: to be agreed
• Number of positions: 1
• Work rate: 100%
• Job class: 11 (Maintenance Technician 3)
• Contract: Permanent
• Application deadline: 24.11.2026
• Contact for information: Mr A. Bouty, head of mechanical sector, tel. 022 372 68 91

Your application file must include a letter demonstrating your motivation, your CV, copies of diplomas and certificates required for the position and the last 2 work certificates.

This announcement is addressed equally to women and men.

Committed to fighting unemployment, the HUG encourage applications from the Cantonal Employment Office.

Only applications submitted via the recruitment platform will be considered. Paper and email applications will not be processed.