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.
Thanks to shift work, I can spend more time with my two children.
EdmondHashani
Shunting crew member, father of two boys and football fan.
Experience variety.
As a shunting crew member, you perform various roles. 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. You guarantee the punctual, safe formation of trains and are therefore a valuable member of SBB.
Take individual responsibility.
You have a high level of individual responsibility. Although you have great independence, you also contribute to the team spirit. You have frequent 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 coaches to their destination safely and punctually.
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 this profession involves doesn’t bother you.
As a shunting crew member, you can expect challenging tasks and exciting work. With us, you can achieve great things, contribute your expert knowledge and quickly take on responsibility. Your qualifications and commitment are key to our success.
Shift plans for shunting crew members are released 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 times are normal at SBB. But it does mean enjoying quieter ski slopes during the week, never again having to shop during times of peak traffic and having more flexibility in your leisure time.
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.
Based on your professional qualifications, you may have the opportunity to do further training to become the head of a shunting crew and, depending on any additional training, to become a shunting specialist. The training for this lasts approximately three months, culminating in a test. After passing the test, shunting specialists can manage and coordinate complex manoeuvres with coaches. Other career opportunities for shunting specialists include risk-orientated train inspections, shunting locomotive driver, team leader, duty list and many more.
Without SBB, the country would come to a standstill. And without you, so would SBB. You make a valuable contribution to supplying Switzerland. Here you can be proud of your work.
