- Location
- Grenchen Solothurn Switzerland
- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Mid-Level
- Industry
- Fine Watches & Horology
- Posted
- Oct 24, 2026
About ETA
ETA is a benchmark of Swiss horological expertise, renowned for designing and producing precision movements that power many of the world’s most respected watches. As part of the Swatch Group, the manufacture combines industrial excellence, technical innovation, and a deep respect for traditional watchmaking savoir-faire. As an employer, ETA offers a highly specialized environment where engineers, micromechanics, technicians, and operational talents contribute to products defined by reliability, accuracy, and refinement. The company values discipline, craftsmanship, continuous improvement, and collaborative expertise, providing careers at the heart of Switzerland’s watchmaking ecosystem and the future of mechanical and quartz movement technology.
ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse seeks CNC long-turning machine setters for its Grenchen, Moutier and Boncourt sites, with workloads of 80–100% and an immediate start. The role covers programming, setting up, monitoring and maintaining machinery, producing turned components, ensuring production quality and quantity, recording SPC measurements and delivering parts on schedule.
Role & Responsibilities
- Program, set up and monitor all machines.
- Produce turned parts on machines.
- Ensure production quality and quantity.
- Maintain and service the machine park.
- Perform and record SPC measurements.
- Maintain all machines.
- Deliver parts on schedule.
Qualifications
- Completed vocational training as a polymechanic or production mechanic.
- Experience in CNC long turning.
- Ability to work in a multicultural team with colleagues at different qualification levels.
- Team-oriented.
- For Grenchen: very good German and/or French skills.
- For Moutier and Boncourt: very good French skills.
- Other languages are an advantage.
Skills
Experience
Experience in CNC long turning; no duration specified.
Education
Completed vocational training as a polymechanic or production mechanic.
Workplace
The role is situated in Grenchen, Solothurn, Switzerland.
Explore jobs in Solothurn or in Switzerland.
Culture
ETA offers a workplace culture rooted in Swiss precision, technical mastery, and continuous innovation within the watchmaking industry. As an employer, it fosters collaboration between engineers, artisans, and production specialists, valuing reliability, quality, and the transmission of specialized expertise across generations.
About Cerulean
Cerulean is the definitive career portal for the global luxury industry. We match exceptional professionals with exclusive opportunities at the world's most prestigious brands. From haute couture and fine watchmaking to prestige beauty, hospitality, and boutique retail, Cerulean centralises luxury employment to help you find the career for which you were destined.
Frequently Asked Questions
The luxury industry is characterised by a diverse and nuanced nomenclature. Esteemed houses frequently employ proprietary terminology, and even within a single organisation like ETA, titles may vary across global markets to reflect local conventions. To ensure absolute clarity, Cerulean assigns a standardised, industry-coherent canonical title to every listing. However, it is worth noting that this role is functionally synonymous with «CNC Long-Turning Machine Operator», «CNC Lathe Setter», «CNC Turning Machine Technician», «CNC Machinist», and other variations. Our sophisticated search architecture anticipates these variations, ensuring that inquiries using related terms will seamlessly yield the exact roles you desire.