Agricultural Machinery Mechanic EFZ 100%

Agricultural Machinery Mechanic EFZ 100% Start date: 1. December 2026 or by agreement Workplace: Gampelen The Witzwil Correctional Facility executes sentences and measures for 184 adult men in open custody as well as in administrative detention under alien law. The inmates are guided and promoted in various professions in agriculture, trade, and care according to work-pedagogical principles. In the execution of sentences, around 140 employees consistently work towards the goal of socialization and recidivism reduction of prisoners. Production goals and execution goals do not compete with each other, but complement each other. Your tasks As a foreman, you primarily maintain and repair machines and support other specialist areas of our mechanical workshops. In the absence of our workshop manager, you take over the management in the agricultural machinery department. At your workplace, you lead and promote a group of inmates according to work-pedagogical principles. You work interdisciplinarily with other foremen and execution staff. Your profile You have completed training as an agricultural machinery mechanic or training in a related profession with a federal certificate of competence and ideally have several years of professional experience. Working with inmates, also from other cultural backgrounds, is both a challenge and an incentive for you. As a resilient, established, and critical person, you keep a cool head even in delicate situations. You enjoy working in a team and are interested and open to new things. You regularly apply IT skills (Office) and also instruct inmates in Swiss German during work. We offer you You can expect a challenging and exciting task in one of the largest agricultural businesses in Switzerland with a large, diverse, and modern machine park. As a "bridge to freedom", you make a significant contribution to the reintegration of inmates into society with your work. You acquire the necessary execution knowledge through a vocational training or further education at the Swiss Competence Center for Execution. Your workplace is located in a unique natural landscape. Contact We look forward to your application. Please send us your application documents online by 31. July 2026. For further information, please contact , Head of Operations or Balmer, Specialist for Agricultural Machinery, Tel. . About the Office for Execution of Sentences The Office for Execution of Sentences (AJV) is responsible for the open and closed execution of sentences and measures for adults and young people within the Security Directorate of the Canton of Bern (SID) with around 1000 employees. To fulfill this task, the office has four concordat correctional facilities, four regional prisons, the guard station at the Inselspital, the detention control center, and the probation and execution services at its disposal. jpid56ab86djm jit0728jm jiy26jm