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Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève

Provides tertiary care, teaching, and research

Tractor and Material Handling Equipment Maintenance Technician

Equipment MaintenancePosted on Nov 11
Full-timeGeneva, SwitzerlandNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Hold a CFC in automotive maintenance mechanics, or an equivalent diploma, and have at least five years of professional experience maintaining and troubleshooting complex installations and material-handling equipment.
  • Have strong theoretical and practical knowledge, and be comfortable repairing and maintaining variable-speed drives, mechanical and electromechanical equipment, and performing welding.
  • Have excellent spoken and written French and communicate clearly and concisely.
  • Have good knowledge of standard office software, including Microsoft Office, and experience using a computerized maintenance management system.
  • Be available outside regular hours, including nights, weekends, and public holidays, for on-call duty and urgent interventions according to the rotation schedule.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain, monitor, troubleshoot, overhaul, and improve mechanical-sector installations and equipment, particularly tractors, electric lifting equipment, motorized gardening equipment, floor scrubbers, diesel emergency-generator engines, carts, skips, pallet trucks, and road-maintenance equipment.
  • Independently determine actions to take according to priorities concerning vital or secondary parameters for the safety of patients, staff, and property.
  • Perform preventive and corrective maintenance; assist with periodic inspections by accredited organizations; and carry out regular inspection rounds and readings.
  • Monitor the condition of installations and respond to alarms from building-management monitoring systems.
  • Keep work documents up to date and order replenishment materials.
  • Actively contribute to developing procedures as technology evolves.
  • Advise users on mechanical equipment and inspect and monitor work performed by external contractors.
  • Respond to urgent interventions when requested by the control center and during on-call duty.

About the Company

Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève

Provides tertiary care, teaching, and research

The Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (Geneva University Hospitals) provide medical treatment, teaching and research across a network of 10 hospitals and 30 care facilities in Geneva. It brings together 10 clinical, medical-technical and academic departments, 7 centers of excellence and 2 translational labs to deliver patient care, training and scientific investigations, serving about 2,100 beds, over a million outpatient visits annually and around 13,000 staff. It differentiates itself as an international reference for excellence in medicine by aligning care with teaching and research and upholding four values—quality, service, innovation and responsibility—across its large, integrated system. Its goal is to offer the best possible care for all patients while advancing medical knowledge through ongoing teaching and research.

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Headquarters
Geneva, Switzerland
Founded
1995

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