- Location
- Rue des Fleurs 17 (View map)2740 MoutierSwitzerland
- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Senior
- Industry
- Fine Watches & Horology
- Posted
- Nov 10, 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 seeks a Conventional Turning Technical Expert to set up and adjust conventional machines, resolve bottlenecks, optimize processes, implement continuous-improvement plans, and support production and colleagues’ professional development. The role requires vocational training as a polymechanic, production mechanic, or equivalent, strong cam-operated machine setup skills, and solid experience producing watchmaking components; the workload is 100%.
Role & Responsibilities
- Set up and adjust conventional machines in the watch-components production department.
- Resolve production bottlenecks.
- Actively help the conventional turning sector optimize processes and implement continuous-improvement action plans.
- Provide technical support to production.
- Support the ongoing professional development of colleagues.
Qualifications
- Completed vocational training as a polymechanic, production mechanic, or an equivalent qualification.
- Excellent command of setting up cam-operated machines.
- Solid experience in the production of watchmaking components.
- Able to work autonomously and manage assignments independently.
- Enjoys teamwork and can effectively and pedagogically share knowledge.
- Demonstrates precision and flexibility.
Skills
Experience
Solid experience in the production of watchmaking components.
Education
Vocational training as a polymechanic, production mechanic, or equivalent.
Workplace
This position is based in Moutier, Jura, Switzerland.
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Benefits
Continuing-education opportunities; internal mobility and career prospects; five or six weeks of annual leave depending on age and/or function; a 40-hour week under the collective agreement; attractive salary policy and good social benefits; three weeks of parental leave for fathers and up to 19 weeks for mothers; company restaurant; employee discounts on Swatch Group and partner products; sports activities and company events; financial contribution toward health insurance.
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
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