Get things moving. Come and join us.

Are you a specialist in industrial automation, understand customers and like to innovate and act? Then you’re just the person we’re looking for. That’s because at Bachofen you can get things moving – with passion, an eye for solutions and technical innovation.

Bachofen is a modern, agile, family-run company that sells innovative high-tech components for the rapidly growing industrial automation sector. Our position as the Swiss market leader is based on the commitment of our 100 employees. That’s because our customers not only trust in our wide range of high-quality products, but in particular in our comprehensive expertise in technical consultation and services for assemblies, systems and customised engineering. Together with the customers, our employees develop tailor-made, market-oriented and innovative solutions.

With their technical expertise, customer orientation, innovation and action, they are a cornerstone of our success. That’s why we cultivate an appreciative and sustainable corporate culture. We offer the people who work for us challenging, varied tasks and very attractive employment conditions with demonstrably fair, competitive pay. Do you enjoy cultivating customer relationships and want to make a difference in a dynamic, industrial environment? Then we want to get to know you!

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Our corporate culture: appreciative and lasting

The commitment from our employees has made us what we are today. That’s why sustainability and long-term thinking are not just key to our company strategy, but also to our employee policy. Because we know how important people are as individuals. Their valuable experience, their personal relationships with other team members and their well-maintained network of customers and partners are ultimately what sets us apart as a company. As an owner-managed family SME, we thus foster a very strong culture of appreciation. Treating each other with respect and a sincere willingness to help on every level are not just something we pay lip service to, but something we practise every day. We work together on an equal footing, listen to each other and value personal contacts, commitment and reliability.

 

Our flat hierarchies mean we can involve our employees and give them the latitude that they need. This way, we ask for and encourage ideas, passion, teamwork and independent action. Our expectations and attitude towards our employees give them the creative freedom to make a difference and to develop personally. This is why we often fill positions internally to give members of our valuable workforce the opportunity to advance and meet new challenges, so that the company retains its people and their expertise in the long term.

 

As an independent company with solid financing and no loans owed to banks, we take on responsibility and in return offer very secure jobs with exceptionally attractive employment conditions and benefits. As a socially-minded employer, we believe in mutual fairness – and want you to be fully committed to Bachofen. We appreciate good work and reward your commitment with a generous profit-sharing scheme.

 

As a company, we want to make a difference and that means we have to stay flexible ourselves. A motivating and challenging atmosphere combined with generous working conditions makes Bachofen an extremely attractive employer.

 

Do you like the sound of it? Take a look at our current vacancies.

Do you have any questions?

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Bernhard Senn

Head of HR

+41 44 944 12 52
[email protected]

Current vacancies

Unsolicited Application

You fit with Bachofen, but not with our current vacancies? No problem! Take the initiative and apply anyway. We always enjoy getting to know talented and motivated people who want to make a difference in our technical environment of industrial automation.

Apprenticeships

EFZ-qualified commercial employee

EFZ-qualified warehouse logistics specialist

EFZ-qualified construction designer

Voices of our employees

Numerous benefits

Interesting projects, a large partner network and innovative technology. New challenges await you at Bachofen.

A family-run company should be family-friendly, which is why we grant new mothers and fathers their first two weeks of statutory leave at full salary instead of the legally stipulated 80%. Plus an additional week each, also at full salary.

Our team at the staff canteen keep us fuelled with healthy meals. Subsidised by the company, the prices are very attractive too.

With a 40-hour week and at least 5 weeks’ annual holiday, our staff have more free time than many others. Up to another week off is available by working the hours in advance. Your holiday entitlement increases if you stay with us for five years or once you reach your 50th birthday. We also offer part-time work, especially for employees with care responsibilities.

Whether athletically, individually or by public transport – it’s up to you how you get here, and we offer modern changing rooms with showers, bike racks in the underground car park, our own petrol station and free parking spaces for cars and motorbikes, as well as excellent train connections with only a 10-minute walk from the station in Uster, and a bus stop just around the corner.

We want you to feel good at work, which is why our state-of-the art workplaces are ergonomically furnished in spacious, modern rooms, with adjustable desks where you can work sitting or standing as you choose. We also offer top-level digital work equipment, with advanced hardware as well as the latest practical software solutions, such as our clear and transparent business intelligence tool and our intuitive ERP system.

The advantages of working from home have become very clear during COVID. That’s why after the pandemic we will offer our employees, after consultation, the opportunity to carry on working from home some of the time.

Employee forum, management breakfast and company events

Would you like to have a say and contribute your ideas? Our managers are always willing to listen, as is your representative at the employee forum. You can also talk to the main decision-makers at the management breakfast. Aside from this, we also encourage personal contacts across all hierarchical levels at mealtimes, on departmental outings, at the company’s big annual party, at anniversary celebrations, joint sports events or simply over a drink after work.

We not only train apprentices in several professions, but also provide financial support for subsequent professional and personal training.

Bachofen pays the full premiums for accident insurance and daily sickness allowance for its employees, instead of burdening them with a large part of it, as is customary elsewhere. Regardless when and where you have to fall back on your accident insurance – thanks to additional insurance you are even privately insured for non-occupational accidents anywhere in the world.

Retirement is nothing to worry about, because our in-house pension fund is in exceptional financial health and the company pays higher contributions than prescribed. Employees choose their own savings plan and benefit from attractive additional interest. We also waive the coordination deduction and the savings process already starts at the age of 18, which saves our employees even more money.

We let all our employees profit from the company’s success by dispensing bonuses when business goes well. Come and join in!

Our long-term employee policy makes it worth your while. After 5 years with the company, we reward your loyalty with additional holiday entitlement, and after 10 years we give valuable presents and generous monetary bonuses. The annual anniversary event is another expression of our personal appreciation.

More about Bachofen

Do you want an attractive job with a good future in industry, commerce or engineering? With us you can lay the foundation for a promising career.

Your commitment has made us what we are today – a leading Swiss company in industrial automation. This fills us with pride.

We offer the people who work for us challenging, varied tasks and extremely attractive employment conditions. Apply with us.