Specialist Fire and Rescue Service (SDIS)

Payerne | 80-100%

Your contribution

• Intervention on the airport grounds and its surroundings in the following areas: aircraft accident standby in 3 minutes, fire brigade, Aircraft Recovery, first aid and sea rescue
• Operate and maintain the airport rescue equipment and operational material
• Carry out runway inspections to ensure Flight Safety; combating FOD (foreign object damage), animal defense and animal hazard prevention
• Control the functionality of the emergency braking systems for the aircraft
• Participate in training and further education as well as deployments in Switzerland and abroad
• Perform shift work in a team and standby service 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to ensure the operations of the air police

What makes you unique

• Basic training EFZ (preferably in a technical field)
• Experience in a fire brigade and breathing apparatus wearer
• Driver's license category C or at least category C1-118
• Already completed military service (Rekrutenschule)
• Very good state of health and physical performance (according to medical tests and fitness test)

In a nutshell

Are you an aviation fan and would you like to commit yourself in a motivated team to the expanding rescue service? Then apply to us as a Specialist Fire and Rescue Service Aviation.

What we offer

• Working for Switzerland We are committed to the success model of Switzerland and work for the benefit of the population.
• Lived diversity Thanks to equal opportunity, we develop our competencies and bring in different perspectives.
• Healthy at the workplace We support and advise our employees in the area of physical and mental health.

All benefits (https://www.stelle.admin.ch/stelle/de/home/bundesverwaltung/ihre-vorteile-auf-einen-blick.html)

Your commitment to security and freedom

The Operations Command (Kdo Op) is responsible for all military operations and deployments of the Swiss Army. The Kdo Op includes, among others, the Air Force, the Army, the four territorial divisions, the SWISSINT competence center, the Special Forces Command, and the Military Police. Around 40 % of the approx. 2'500 employees are civil employees -- from engineers to aircraft mechanics to analysts.

The Swiss Army employs over 9'000 employees in four military and around 200 civil professions -- and this at 110 locations throughout Switzerland. Provision is also made for new talent: The Swiss Army trains apprentices in over 30 professions.

Additional information

Employment with the Swiss Army makes sense and brings many advantages. Convince yourself at armee.ch/vorteile (https://www.vtg.admin.ch/de/vorteile).

Offers from recruitment agencies will not be considered.

Questions about the position

Sébastien Terreaux
Head of Fire and Rescue Service
+41 58 48 14483