Audemars Piguet Maintenance Technician
Confidential employer in Le Locle — Maintenance Technician (Production / Infrastructure) role based in Le Locle, Switzerland.
Overview
A Swiss manufacturing employer based in Le Locle operating within precision production and infrastructure. The organisation emphasises technical excellence, rigorous quality standards and a methodical approach to equipment reliability typical of the region's precision engineering and watchmaking clusters.
Role & Responsibilities
- Execute preventive and corrective maintenance on production equipment, machines and utilities to maximize uptime and reliability.
- Diagnose mechanical, electrical and electromechanical faults using systematic troubleshooting methodologies and restore equipment to specification.
- Perform installations, adjustments and calibrations of production machinery and ancillary systems (pneumatics, hydraulics, conveyors).
- Maintain accurate maintenance records and work orders in the CMMS; recommend spare parts and manage basic inventory levels.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives by proposing reliability improvements, participating in root-cause analyses and contributing to maintenance KPIs.
- Ensure compliance with workplace health, safety and environmental procedures during all maintenance activities.
Qualifications
- Technical diploma or vocational qualification in electromechanics, mechatronics, industrial maintenance or equivalent.
- Formal training or certification in electrical safety and safe working practices.
- Ability to read technical drawings, electrical schematics and equipment manuals.
- Flexibility to work production hours and occasional overtime as required.
Skills
Experience
Typically 3+ years of hands-on maintenance experience in an industrial production environment, ideally with exposure to automated assembly lines, precision manufacturing or related sectors.
Education
Technical diploma or vocational qualification in electromechanics, mechatronics, industrial maintenance or equivalent.
Workplace
This position is based in Le Locle, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, within easy reach of Neuchâtel. Cerulean lists 26 open roles in Le Locle. The broader Neuchâtel area accounts for 109 active listings on Cerulean, 3 of which are new. In Switzerland as a whole, Cerulean currently features 770 open positions, with 25 posted this week.
Culture
The workplace culture reflects the precision-driven ethos of the Le Locle region: disciplined, technically focused and quality-oriented. Teams value methodological problem-solving, continuous improvement and strong collaboration between production and maintenance functions.
About Cerulean
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