Operations Engineer - Drinking Water

Ref 2581499 | Date: 28 Sept 2026

SIG - Services Industriels de Genève

Operations Engineer - Drinking Water

We will achieve together
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As a Drinking Water Operations Engineer, you will participate in the distribution of irreproachable quality drinking water for the clients of the canton of Geneva, while contributing to the modernization of infrastructure and the anticipation of future needs.

Attached to the Direction Thermique, Gaz et Eau, the SINERGI unit ensures operational, technical, and administrative support to the Drinking Water Gas activity, while coordinating its digital transformation. It also contributes to the operation of the drinking water network, asset management, as well as the financial management of the activity.

Your energy in service of a sustainable Geneva
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• Propose and ensure the monitoring of the adequacy between the hydraulic system and the drinking water needs of the canton, in coordination with the teams concerned;
• Participate in the definition of operating instructions in collaboration with the shift supervisors;
• Collaborate on analyses and optimization studies of drinking water works and networks;
• Conduct hydraulic studies and contribute to large-scale engineering projects;
• Contribute to the processing of connection and network disconnection requests as well as to transversal projects related to the evolution of the drinking water system;
• Participate in the global monitoring of the system and in the processes of planning, resource optimization, and sanitary quality.

Your personality and your skills
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Endowed with an excellent sense of organization, you know how to effectively manage priorities in a demanding and constantly evolving environment. You demonstrate rigor and discernment, including in stressful situations.

Autonomous and communicative, you adapt your exchanges to your interlocutors and actively contribute to the continuous improvement of processes. Your writing skills allow you to produce reliable and high-quality deliverables.

You possess solid skills in the hydraulics of drinking water networks, particularly in steady-state and transient regime dimensioning. You also possess good knowledge of operating systems (water treatment, pumping works, hydraulic equipment) as well as the analysis of operating data. A sensitivity to the issues of sustainable management of water resources is expected.

Knowledge of German and English constitutes an asset.

Your academic background

• EPF or HES engineering degree in mechanical engineering (hydraulics option), environmental sciences or equivalent training;
• 1 to 3 years of experience in the field of hydraulics;
• Knowledge of the Geneva territory and its specificities.

Specific points

This position is part of a support service operation by team. A weekly rotation is organized to ensure support to the control center, with associated compensation.

Joining SIG means participating in change!
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SIG is a local public company at the service of the population, businesses, and public communities of Geneva. It provides a wide panel of services in the distribution of energies, water, and waste recovery. As the industrial arm of the State of Geneva, it is committed to an ambitious ecological transition.

Concerned with promoting equality between women and men as well as diversity within its teams, our institution encourages applications from everyone, regardless of their gender, origin, or any other personal characteristic.

In areas where women are currently under-represented, female applications are particularly encouraged.

Competition no. 8152
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Application deadline
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12 October 2026

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