- Location
- Schild Rust-Strasse 17 (View map)2540 GrenchenSwitzerland
- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Mid-Level
- Department
- Engineering, Facilities & Maintenance
- Industry
- Fine Watches & Horology
- Posted
- Oct 28, 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 Technical Project Manager for its facility management function in Grenchen, Switzerland, to lead digitalisation initiatives, improve processes and reporting, and support strategic planning and budgeting. The role requires technical vocational training, relevant facility management and process experience, and strong Excel and Power BI capabilities.
Role & Responsibilities
- Develop and implement digitalisation projects in facility management.
- Build and further develop reporting solutions and KPI systems using Excel and Power BI.
- Analyse and structure existing facility management processes and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Define, document and standardise processes, work instructions and roles.
- Build a consistent documentation structure and organise technical files and operating documentation, ensuring traceability.
- Ensure data quality and consistency.
- Support strategic facility management planning and compile budgets.
Qualifications
- Technical vocational training with a commercial aptitude.
- Interest in processes, energy, building services and digitalisation.
- Experience in technical facility management environments, such as industry, production or complex building portfolios.
- Experience in process optimisation, modelling and digitalisation.
- Very good knowledge of Microsoft Excel, including Power Query, Power Pivot and data analysis, as well as Power BI; confident use of MS365.
- Structured and analytical working style and solution-oriented thinking.
- Business-fluent German, spoken and written, and very good French; English and Italian are an advantage.
Skills
Experience
Experience in technical facility management environments and in process optimisation, modelling and digitalisation.
Education
Technical vocational training with a commercial aptitude.
Workplace
The successful candidate will be located in Grenchen, Solothurn, Switzerland.
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Benefits
Further training opportunities; internal mobility with attractive career prospects; five or six weeks of annual leave depending on age and/or function; a 40-hour work week under the collective labour agreement; attractive pay policy and good social benefits; three weeks of parental leave for fathers and up to 19 weeks for mothers; company restaurant; discounts on Swatch Group and partner company products; sports activities and company events; contribution to 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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Frequently Asked Questions
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