Food Inspector 80 - 100%

Start of employment:

1. March 2027 or by arrangement

Work location:

Bern/ Thun

The Cantonal Laboratory is responsible for food control in the Canton of Bern. The Food Inspection Department checks whether persons handling food comply with hygiene regulations in their business and possess the necessary specialist knowledge. On-site inspections also include the assessment of structural and technical facilities as well as labeling and advertising information about products.

Your tasks

Whether in restaurants, butcheries, bakeries, or supermarkets. You are deployed everywhere where food is produced, processed, or sold. You will independently carry out the following activities:

• Planning and performing inspections in commercial businesses in the food sector
• Assessing inspection results, preparing inspection reports, and ordering measures to restore legal requirements
• Updating the business database, managing appointments
• Collection of samples for laboratory investigations

Your profile

• Completed vocational training (EFZ) in the food or laboratory sector, supplemented by higher vocational education and several years of professional experience
• Confident handling of common IT tools (e.g., MS Office, specialist software)
• Sociability, initiative, and team spirit
• Independent, precise, and stress-resistant way of working
• Editorial proficiency and quick comprehension
• Very good German language skills in speaking and writing and confident expression. Oral foreign language skills in French or English are a plus
• Driving license category B

We offer you

• Independent, challenging, and demanding activity
• Pleasant and collegial working atmosphere, in a small team
• Training to become a federally certified Food Inspector (DAL) within 6 months
• Interesting social benefits
• Quality of life through annual working hours

Contact

Curious? Your contact for questions: Dr. Otmar Deflorin, Cantonal Chemist/ Head of Department, Telephone +41 31 633 11 11, otmar.deflorin@be.ch

Food Inspection Department

The Food Inspection Department performs risk-based inspections at every stage of production, processing, and distribution of businesses in the Canton of Bern. It is divided into inspection districts at the locations Bern, Burgdorf, Tavannes, and Thun. The work location of the advertised positions is intended for Bern or Thun.

https://www.weu.be.ch/de/start/ueber-uns/die-organisation/kantonales-laboratorium.html