Would you like to combine your passion with your profession?

“I am a full-time air traffic controller and I work for around 35 hours a week. This means that I can make a useful contribution in my job and still find time for my sport.”

Katrin Schnellmann, air traffic controller and triathlete

A fascination with aviation

All over the world, billions of passengers travel on millions of flights every year. Aircraft are also used for the rapid transport of goods and many millions of tonnes of freight, letters and parcels are moved around by air. As a result, the aviation industry employs hundreds of thousands of people.

Skyguide at the heart of the industry

Skyguide plays a key role in aviation. With 1500 employees at 14 locations, we provide air navigation services in Switzerland and parts of neighbouring countries. Every year, we guide around 1.2 million civil and military flights safely and efficiently through Europe’s most complex airspace. None of this would be possible without our team of competent, committed and motivated employees. They are people with a passion for aviation. Like you perhaps?

Skyguide as an employer

Air traffic controller, instructor, administrator, trainer, air navigation services employee, compliance specialist, air traffic safety electronics technician, application manager, project manager… these are just some of the roles that Skyguide has to offer. People from over 30 different countries and cultures work at Skyguide in over 80 different jobs. As an employer, we are pursuing an ambitious innovation strategy based on a strong safety and learning culture. We are guided by four values: “We team up to succeed”, “We drive innovation”, “We own what we do” and, finally, “We create great customer value”.

What we offer our employees:

- Exceptional jobs for exceptional people

- An attractive pay and benefits package

- A variety of training opportunities

- Many fringe benefits

- A diverse team – as an equal opportunity employer, we employ people of any age and gender and from any cultural background

Does all of this appeal to you?

A good work-life balance is part of the job

On the one hand, we offer an international backdrop and a variety of career opportunities. On the other, we provide a dynamic working environment, a range of different training options and attractive benefits for you as an employee. And even though aviation may be your passion, at Skyguide we put the emphasis on a good work-life balance. Specific examples of this include part-time work, individual working time models, childcare and working at home, which are all part of the everyday working life of employees at Skyguide.

Working at Skyguide

We offer a range of options for getting started at Skyguide, including apprenticeships, internships and entry-level roles.

Air traffic controllers

At Skyguide, air traffic controllers (ATCOs) monitor arriving and departing flights, route them to their airways and coordinate the air traffic with their colleagues in neighbouring sectors. Air traffic controllers at Skyguide work in the tower, in approach and departure control, in the area control centres and in the air defence and direction centre. You can train on full pay at the Skyguide Academy to take on this responsible role.

What do air traffic controllers do? Watch this video to find out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oawclINCMSc

You can find more information here: www.skyguide.ch/future

Air navigation services employees

Air navigation services employees (ANSEs) provide important information to the stakeholders in the Swiss aviation industry (airlines, pilots, airport authorities and air traffic controllers) to ensure that the flow of air traffic is safe and efficient. Skyguide will train you on full pay to become an ANSE.

You can find more information here: www.skyguide.ch/anse

Air traffic safety electronics personnel

Invisible to the public, but essential for operations, air traffic safety electronics personnel (ATSEP), both technicians and engineers, play a key role in aviation. Pilots rely on the accurate electronic signals sent by navigation aids on the ground. As technical and IT specialists, air traffic safety electronics technicians and engineers are responsible for these ground-based electronic systems. Their tasks include maintaining, repairing, modifying and installing navigation and radar systems. Skyguide will train you to become an air traffic safety electronics technician or engineer over a period of two years on full pay. Career changers are also welcome!

You can find more information here: www.skyguide.ch/de/jobs/flugsicherungstechniker-in-atsep

Starting out on your career and working at Skyguide

Find out more about our vacancies and interesting internships:
www.skyguide.ch/vacancies

Do you have questions? Please feel free to contact us: work@skyguide.ch 

Here you can find the Skyguide YouTube channel which has many informative and entertaining videos: https://www.youtube.com/@skyguideTV