Technical Maintenance Team Leader (Male or Female) – Slaughterhouse
Give your career a new lease of life and combine your passion for technology with the world of food! Do you enjoy working in a cross-functional role, using your specialist knowledge, experience and vision to ensure that Production and technology work together seamlessly and that operations run smoothly at all times? Are you a natural communicator who can motivate and support your team thanks to your cheerful manner? Do you enjoy variety and, alongside your day-to-day tasks, are keen to get involved in projects aimed at further developing processes and operations?
We can only consider applicants who are authorized to work in Switzerland (EU/EFTA).
Permanent
100%
as of now
German
What we offer
A healthy work-life balance is important to us. You benefit from at least 25 vacation days as well as transparent electronic time tracking. This allows you to flexibly compensate any overtime with additional time off.
Catering is very important to us: you can enjoy freshly prepared food in our staff canteen, a lunch menu including soup and salad, water & tea and free fruit as well as high-quality products at greatly reduced prices in our outlet.
Benefit from convenient public transport connections, attractive ticket subsidies and ample parking facilities in the multi-storey car park.
Expand your knowledge with extensive training programmes, high-quality courses at the Coop Training Centre and a wide range of personal development opportunities.
Your well-being is important to us: benefit from our health management programme, attendance bonus, discounted Reka cheques, exclusive employee discounts and subsidised fitness subscriptions – for health and fun during your leisure time.
Experience unforgettable moments at our department events and help to strengthen the team spirit at the company run – celebrate, exercise and socialise together.
Secure your future with our exceptionally generous pension scheme, receive anniversary and Christmas bonuses and attractive rewards for employee referrals. You will also receive the Coop employee discount card and we will pay two-thirds of your pension fund contributions.
Organise your working hours flexibly with part-time models, wear professional work clothes and experience an inclusive working environment where diversity is valued and encouraged.
Your tasks
- Overall responsibility for the technical infrastructure and for ensuring a high level of plant availability at the slaughterhouse
- Technical and personnel management, as well as the further development of the maintenance team, including deployment, resource and absence planning
- Ensuring the reliable operation of all technical systems through maintenance, servicing and the rapid and sustainable resolution of faults
- Carrying out and monitoring technical inspections, particularly in the areas of health and safety, operational safety and statutory requirements
- Active shared responsibility for reducing downtime and stoppages through preventive maintenance strategies and continuous optimisation
- Ensuring the procurement and availability of spare parts
- Coordinating and supervising external partners, suppliers and fitters, including planning and monitoring work carried out by third parties
- Ensuring clean, complete and traceable documentation of all maintenance work, as well as the maintenance and management of our maintenance system
- Actively supporting and contributing to technical projects, as well as to modifications, expansions and optimisations of plant and infrastructure to further the technical development of the business
- Depending on your profile, experience and personal development, there is also the opportunity to act as deputy to the Head of Plant Maintenance and thus take on additional responsibility at divisional level.
What you bring with you
- Completed basic technical training, supplemented by further advanced training in the field of maintenance
- Several years’ management and professional experience in a comparable role, preferably in an industrial production environment or in the food industry
- Experience in managing technical projects, as well as in handling investments and continuous improvement processes
- Strong organisational and analytics skills combined with an entrepreneurial and business-minded approach
- Strong decision-making and assertiveness, as well as a solution-oriented, structured and resilient approach to work
- No sensitivity to blood or strong odours
- Proficiency in maintenance and ERP systems; SAP would be an advantage
- Fluent command of German and a good command of English
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This is what our application process looks like:
Thank you for your application! We have received your documents and will get back to you as soon as possible.
We would like to get to know you and your motivation better in the first introductory meeting – let us have a relaxed chat and find out together whether we are a good match.
In the second interview, we will get to know each other better and talk about your skills and the next steps at our company – we look forward to continuing our dialogue with you. For some positions, an assessment may still be required - if this is the case, you will be informed in good time.
Congratulations, you have won us over and we you! We are now finalising the process and look forward to welcoming you to our team soon.
