Tania Perez

Land and title acquirer (90%), an epicurean with a passion for travel.

Land and title acquirer: Show your negotiating strengths.

Land and title acquirers contribute hugely to SBB projects as they acquire the land and title required on time. You represent SBB at meetings with the federal Compulsory Purchase Tribunals, planning permission authorities or other institutions.

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I can shape the future of our railway infrastructure by securing sites on time.

Sven Zollinger

Land and title acquirer, an enthusiastic cook and biker who gets involved in politics.

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Self-disciplined and meticulous.

Land and title acquirers are responsible for timely and strategic land and title acquisition. Alongside specialist management, they assume the financial responsibility and ensure that SBB’s internal and external assignments are completed on time and in an appropriate manner for the market and process. Any procedural errors would endanger the timely conclusion of construction projects and lead to high procedural costs and subsequent expenditure. Land and title acquirers take responsibility for and complete land exchanges, acquisitions, sales, subdivision and rectification of boundaries in SBB’s interests.

Negotiating skills and tact.

Together with the project management you present the construction project, project scope and its impact on the ownership to the affected landowners in a timely and personal manner. In the subsequent contract negotiations, you take the lead to find an amicable solution. Thanks to your excellent flair, tact and social and facilitating skills, you obtain the agreements for land and title acquisition, including conclusion of the contract, within the deadline. Your powers of persuasion and decisiveness support you in this. Your skilled handling of risks helps you to systematically solve problems.

Finding creative solutions.

The wishes and expectations of owners during contract negotiations are unique and often tied to emotions. This means that your experience, expertise and creative ideas are needed to conclude the contract amicably and in a project-specific way. You acquire the land and titles required for the long-term interests of SBB in a private sale or by means of compulsory purchase while taking the market and applicable legislation into account (the Swiss Civil Code, the Swiss Code of Obligations, the Railways Act, the Federal Act on the Swiss Federal Railways, the Federal Act on Rural Land Rights, Lex Friedrich, the Spatial Planning Act, cantonal and municipal building and zoning regulations, etc.).

Third-party construction projects.

As owner of the infrastructure, you safeguard SBB’s interests as part of third-party construction projects near railway installations. This is about railway installations, spatial planning measures (structural plans, land use plans, etc.), land consolidation projects and land register rectification. You grant or refuse consent for third party construction projects based on internal SBB opinions.

Each construction project is different and brings exciting and varied tasks with it. You achieve great things every day and juggle multiple projects at once. You score points here with your outstanding project management skills and strong personal initiative. You are in regular communication with your specialist colleagues and are able to benefit from a mutual wealth of experience. Team spirit, a high degree of independence and a strong focus on objectives come first for you but also a willingness to get involved in uncomfortable situations and handle complex transactions.

You can decide for yourself where it makes the most sense for you to work, in consultation with your managers. Meetings are held in the location that is most practical for everyone involved. And if somebody can’t attend in person, all employees are equipped with modern communication and information technology.

As a land and title acquirer, you are often on the move, leading negotiations or representing SBB at meetings. Of course, catching the train to work and working while you commute count towards your working hours here too.

What’s more, as an employer, we are also flexible when it comes to balancing your work and private lives: so not only is working part-time an option for all of our positions, but also unpaid leave.

As a land and title acquirer, you have commercial or equivalent training in the real estate sector and a sound general legal education. However, the legal basis as well as the market environment are continually changing, which is why you keep your knowledge right up to date in the long-term interests of the company. You are also prepared develop yourself further.

We support our employees in line with their personal needs and goals. To this end, we offer a broad range of internal cross-departmental and cross-divisional training and continuing education programmes. In addition, we offer financial support and/or time off work for employees who wish to take part in external training programmes that are beneficial for both SBB and the employees.