Kanton Graubünden
Thusis
Road Maintenance Foreman
- 18 June 2026
- 100%
- Apprenticeship
- Thusis
Job summary
Join Graubünden's diverse team in a unique trilingual canton. Be part of a friendly work environment focused on health and satisfaction.
Tasks
- Lead and organize a maintenance team with active involvement.
- Ensure operational maintenance and monitor road conditions.
- Plan and organize summer and winter service tasks.
Skills
- Completed vocational training in the construction sector.
- Strong organizational skills and team leadership abilities.
- Good IT skills and willingness to acquire a Category C license.
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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.
Road Maintenance Foreman
Department of Civil Engineering | 80-100 % | Splügen
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 mountainous 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 (OHM).
We are looking for a Road Maintenance Foreman for the Road Maintenance Department in District 7 Thusis from 1 September 2026 or by arrangement.
- Leadership and organisation of a maintenance team as well as active participation in the team
- Responsibility for carrying out operational maintenance on the assigned road section as well as monitoring the road condition and road facilities
- Organisation and deployment planning of summer and winter services
- Organisation of clean-up and repair work after accidents or natural events
- Providing on-call service (summer and winter)
- Completed vocational training in the construction industry
- Additional training as a foreman or equivalent further education
- Manual dexterity and economical handling of equipment, machines and materials
- Organisational talent, enjoyment of teamwork, personnel management and administrative tasks (preparing deployment and holiday plans)
- Good IT user skills
- Driving licence category C or willingness to obtain one
- General working language is German; knowledge of other cantonal languages is an advantage
If you have any questions, Leo Heini, Head of District 7 Thusis, will be happy to assist you at telephone number 081 632 56 01.
Application deadline: 12 July 2026
