Sandra Hubeli

Shunting crew member, football fan and snowboarder.

Shunting crew member – get SBB moving.

As soon as you start your job you make a great contribution to providing a punctual service for customers. Here you can find a flexible environment with many opportunities and a variety of duties.

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Thanks to shift work, I can spend more time with my two children.

Edmond Hashani

Shunting crew member, father of two boys and football fan.

The following entry options are open to you in the area of shunting.

Shunting crew member.

As a shunting crew member, you are responsible for accepting a train, including splitting it and delivering the wagons to the customer. Releasing the brakes, disconnecting couplings, shunting coaches, preparing trains for departure and performing technical inspections of trains are some of the countless duties that make your day rich in variety. Alongside other professional categories, you guarantee the punctual, safe formation of trains and are therefore a valuable part of SBB.

Shunting specialist.

As a shunting specialist, you plan and manage complex shunting operations, form and dismantle trains and prepare them for their journey. You are also responsible for the technical train inspection and for checking the wagon load. Together with the locomotive crew, you carry out the brake tests on the trains. You are responsible for the correct delivery and collection of the wagons from the customer and are in direct contact with them.

Shunting Engine Driver.

As a shunting engine driver, you carry out complex shunting manoeuvres and drive various traction units from one place to another in the marshalling yard at a maximum speed of 40 km/h. Coupling and uncoupling locomotives and freight wagons and testing and assessing vehicles for their technical operational suitability are your responsibilities day-to-day. In the event of damage, you take stock of the situation and determine the causes of the damage. Through this varied position with a high degree of responsibility, you help to ensure smooth and punctual operations in the marshalling yard.

Take individual responsibility.

You have a high level of individual responsibility. Despite a high degree of independence, you also need team spirit. You are often in contact with your colleagues via radio or telephone and are therefore an integral part of a team. Through your work, you are part of something bigger. With the help of our complex delivery system, you get the wagons to their destination safely and on time.

Exciting challenges.

You don’t mind working in all four seasons and enjoy working outdoors in the wind and weather. And the hard physical work that the profession involves doesn’t bother you. In your daily work, you operate a tablet, among other things. Dealing with modern work equipment is no problem for you.

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Challenging tasks and exciting activities await you. With us, you can achieve great things, contribute your expert knowledge and quickly take on responsibility. Your qualifications and your commitment are key to our success.

The shift schedules are announced five weeks in advance. Work is often performed at night. Thanks to shift work, you can organise your leisure time freely.

SBB operates around the clock, which means you’re on duty on weekdays, weekends and holidays. Irregular working hours are the norm at SBB. In return, you have more time for family and friends during the week and can organise your free time more flexibly.

Shunting crew member.

You can become a shunting crew member with a training period of three months. You will take a test to complete the training period. The activities of shunting crew members are ideal for career changers from logistical, manual or similar fields, with or without educational qualifications, but with professional experience. In the Limmattal marshalling yard, lateral entry is also possible for the preliminary stage of shunting crew members with an introductory period of six weeks.

As a shunting crew member, you have the opportunity to train as a shunting specialist.

Shunting specialist.

The training to become a shunting specialist lasts three months and ends with a test. Ideally, you have completed a three-year vocational training course (VET) in logistics, manual work or a similar field.You can become a shunting crew member with an introduction period of three weeks. That’s why the work that shunting crew members do is good for workers from a variety of manual trades or unskilled workers who want a new career.

There are countless further training opportunities in shunting, one of which is training to become a shunting specialist. Through various modules such as ‘Operational train inspection’ or ‘Wagon load inspector’, you train to become a shunting specialist. You also have the opportunity to join directly as a shunting specialist. As a shunting specialist, you manage and coordinate complex shunting movements with wagons, carry out the technical train inspection and digitally record the data of the wagons in the system. You work independently and on your own responsibility. Other career opportunities include technical controller, shunting locomotive driver, team leader, dispatcher and many more.

Without SBB, the country would come to a standstill. And without you, so would SBB. You make a valuable contribution to keeping Switzerland supplied. Here you work big machines and can be proud of your work. SBB operates around the clock, which means you’re on duty on weekdays, weekends and holidays.