David Schaffner

Project manager for high-voltage infrastructure, family man with a passion for music and sport.

Project manager for high-voltage infrastructure – our energy security in your hands.

Together with your project team, you guarantee the supply of energy for our trains and work on the future of our network infrastructure.

You plan, manage and implement the new-build and expansion of energy infrastructure installations, holding every step of the project process, from preparatory study to implementation, in your hands. You work in close coordination with all internal and external specialists.

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What excites me most is seeing how our careful planning becomes reality, and makes a significant contribution to ensuring the reliable provision of rail power.

Clarissa Cavalheiro Skrepnek

Project manager for high-voltage infrastructure, 80%, enjoys the great outdoors with the family, sporty, loves travel, culturally curious.

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Shaping the future.

Providing reliable rail power is essential for SBB. As project manager for high-voltage infrastructure, you work continually on establishing new energy installations (including installations for rail power production, distribution and transformation), updating existing systems and expanding our infrastructure. Our aim is to increase efficiency and to ensure cost-effective and reliable energy provision, even as traffic volumes increase. Together with your project team and other partners, you ensure that these vital projects are moved forwards from preliminary study through to implementation and commissioning, making a significant contribution to ensuring the secure provision of rail power.

Tackling varied tasks.

As well as constructing new systems, you also take care of our existing installations. You ensure that all installations function flawlessly and that energy is delivered to the right place at the right time. You work closely with your colleagues in the traction current department, as well as those in other divisions. You work both in the office and are deployed to different sites, which makes your working day very varied.

Being successful together.

As a project manager for high-voltage infrastructure, you are in constant contact with the different specialist units, as well as with other divisions within SBB (e.g. Real Estate, Environment). You also manage the relationships with various authorities and stakeholders. You discuss projects, identify challenges and find solutions. You enjoy working with a range of people, listening carefully, motivating others and planning ahead.

Do your strengths lie in planning and organisation and do you have an understanding of technical processes and the ability to manage and monitor various project phases efficiently? Then you can put these skills into practice and develop them further as a project manager for high-voltage infrastructure at SBB. Whether you prefer team leadership or facilities management, you’ll find a range of paths open to you with us. We support your ambitions with financial contributions or by giving you time off to participate in external training courses.

We promote modern work patterns. As a project manager for high-voltage infrastructure, you can decide in discussion with your superiors where you work: in the office, at home or on the move. From time to time, you travel to work sites. Night shifts and weekend work are the exception and are limited to particular occasions when work is required while lines are disconnected. Whether you are in the office or on the move, our aim is for you to find your ideal work-life balance. That is why part-time working is possible in any of the positions we offer.

We have a fair and progressive remuneration system. We reward individual performance, take the nature of the job market into account, and create transparency. We have also been awarded the We Pay Fair label.

Special offers for SBB employees.

Our employees enjoy attractive discounts from companies throughout Switzerland. These include insurance policies, language courses and electronic devices.

GA Travelcard.

Our employees receive a GA Travelcard. The prerequisite for this is a level of employment of at least 40% and a period of employment of more than one year. You also benefit from discounted rail travel abroad.