Civil engineer for general projects: manage major projects.
Working with specialists, you manage all project processes – from preliminary project to implementation. You plan, manage and implement the construction or expansion of infrastructure facilities.
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My job is exciting as every project presents new challenges and, in the end, the results are always visible
VanessaAngst-Nicollier
Overall Project Manager (60%), mother of three children and amateur carpenter.
Variety on a daily basis.
You particularly enjoy varied tasks and parallel running projects. Together with interdisciplinary teams, our civil engineers plan and manage general construction infrastructure projects. Your projects vary greatly in size, number of participants and duration. Whether in the office, at external appointments or on construction sites, your focus is on finding solutions. In doing so, you constantly keep an eye on the finances, deadlines and quality.
New prospects.
As a civil engineer for general projects, you possess a high level of decision-making ability. You will be involved in major projects from the outset and represent them successfully before various specialist committees. You bear full responsibility for your projects, take charge of the various project processes and represent SBB as the constructor. In this way, you enjoy a great amount of freedom and are able to work independently. You make use of your good network and collective team intelligence to successfully implement complex and multidisciplinary projects.
Though I have overall responsibility for multidisciplinary projects, I find it easy to manage my work life and my free time.
KathrinRechtern
General project manager (90%), outdoors enthusiast with a secret love for puzzles
A persuasive personality.
You think in a visionary manner and work strategically and meticulously. You anticipate future scenarios with foresight and develop sustainable solutions with tact and enthusiasm. In doing so, you always keep an overview of things: you plan, organise, coordinate and review everything in good time to achieve your goals. You are communicative and open-minded, ensuring that all parties involved – whether internal or external – are kept in the loop. Internally, we count on the team spirit of our civil engineers for general projects. They leave nothing to chance and uphold precise working methods.
After your civil engineering studies (university of applied sciences or university) you will have different options to develop your career with us. As a civil engineer for general projects, you can expect various promotion opportunities – from technical expert to team or departmental management. Your innovative spirit and future-oriented thinking will take you far in your career. Despite your high degree of independence and personal responsibility, you will benefit from exchanges within the team.
Your qualifications and dedication are crucial to our success. We therefore train our employees in line with their personal needs and ambitions. This also applies to civil engineers for general projects. We are also involved in external further training courses, either in terms of time or financial contribution.
SBB Energy specialists plan, create, run and renew the infrastructure for a sustainable traction power supply in Switzerland. From production in the dams, high-voltage distribution plants and rockfall protection systems to traction power distribution in the substations – your work is extremely varied. You will work with qualified and motivated specialists throughout Switzerland, ensuring that Switzerland never stands still.
We promote modern ways of working. As a civil engineer for general projects, you can decide for yourself – in consultation with your superiors – where best to work. With our well-developed infrastructure, and equipped with a laptop and smartphone, you can work everywhere: at home (home office), on the go, at customer offices or in other areas, at SBB or elsewhere. Meetings are held where it is most practical for all participants.
As a civil engineer for general projects, even if you often have to travel to construction sites, you can still organise your working day flexibly and according to your needs. We are committed to helping you enjoy a balance between professional and private life. This means that part-time work is possible in each of our positions, and only in exceptional cases will you need to visit construction sites at night.
Given the scale of our tasks and our responsibility, we at SBB rely on teamwork. Here, togetherness and community count, and this also applies to our civil engineers for general projects, who are grouped regionally into larger teams.
And the best thing is that your work as a civil engineer for general projects leads to results that everyone can see and make use of immediately. The people involved in the planning and implementation, our customers and the economy all benefit from your work. You make a huge contribution to keep everything moving: the projects and Switzerland itself.
