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The Baltic Sea is an area with a lot of international shipping, tourism, navigation signs, the diverse uses in maritime traffic and thus spatial planning, hydrology and nature as well as maritime surveillance by the traffic centres and accident prevention by its own multi-purpose vessels.

The Waterways and Shipping Authority (WSA) Baltic Sea is looking for a

Helper in route maintenance (m/f/d)

The place of employment is Karlshagen.

Reference code of the advertisement 20260743_9300

That's what we need you for

- Picking building materials / preparing outgoing goods for dispatch
- Processing construction site returns according to a predefined process
- Receiving and checking incoming goods based on order documents
- Winter maintenance, maintenance of outdoor facilities
- Contact person in the event of damage
- Supervision and acceptance of services carried out by third-party providers and commissioned by the ABz (e.g. tradesmen's work)
- Supervision and acceptance of services carried out by third-party providers and commissioned by the ABz (e.g. tradesmen's work).E.g. tradesmen's work)
- Reading meter readings
- Checking and operating technical systems (heating system, air conditioning, etc.))
- Carrying out minor repairs
- Cleaning, maintenance and minor repairs to vehicles (deadline work)
- Assisting with work processes on the construction site, according to a specified process

Your profile

What you should definitely bring with you:

- Professional experience in a skilled trade

This is what sets you apart:

- Driving licence class B and willingness to drive a motor vehicle provided for official purposes
- Boat driving licence
- Forklift licence
- Saw chain licence
- Willingness to take responsibility and reliability
- Ability to work under pressure and flexible action

The area of operation mainly includes the area of the Karlshagen base, but if necessary it can include adjacent neighbouring areas up to the entire official area of the WSA Baltic Sea.

What we offer you:

- Employment relationship bound by collective agreements in accordance with the provisions of the collective agreement for the public service (TVöD - Bund) with a weekly working time of 39 hours for full-time employment
- Classification for tariff employees, taking into account personal requirements up to pay group 3 TVöD (Bund)
- Individual case decision to take into account possible relevant professional experience in the level allocation
- Payment of an annual special payment
- Allowance for company pension scheme and capital-forming benefits
- Possibility of assuming relocation costs if the requirements are met to the new place of employment or the catchment area in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Relocation Costs Act following the probationary period
- Offer of a Germany job ticket at a personal contribution of currently 36,57 euros per month
- Responsible tasks with a high degree of personal responsibility, intensive, qualified training in a committed, competent team
- Needs-based further training
- Crisis-proof workplace with a nationwide career network
- Offer of company health management
- Possibility of membership in a social organisation with a wide range of leisure, recreation and meeting facilities

Special notes:

The position is generally suitable for part-time employees.

Applications from women are expressly encouraged. Women with equal qualifications will be given preferential consideration in accordance with § 8 BGleiG.

Severely disabled persons with equal professional qualifications will be given preference. Only a minimum level of physical aptitude is required.

We welcome applications from people of all nationalities.

The selection is made by a commission.

If you feel that this is the right place for you,

then please apply by 1 June 2026 via the electronic application procedure (EBV) on the homepage http://www.bav.bund.de/Einstieg-EBV

Select "Application by reference code" and please enter the reference code 20260743_9300 in the course of your application. You can find the user documentation via the link above.

Please upload your complete application documents (letter of motivation, school leaving certificate, CV, references, certificates, etc.) as an attachment to your candidate profile.

In the case of foreign educational qualifications, please send us the relevant proof of equivalence with a German qualification. For more information, please refer to the website of the Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB) at www.kmk.org/zab. The fees incurred for the certificate assessment are to be borne by the applicant (m/f/d) and cannot be reimbursed.

In addition, please enter your relevant qualification in your candidate profile under **"Training/degrees" **your relevant degree with the final grade, your career qualification if applicable and your last three employers including the current employer under "Professional experience".

You can also send your application by post to "Bundesanstalt für Verwaltungsdienstleistungen, Schloßplatz 9, 26603 Aurich".

For questions relating to the electronic application procedure, please contact the Bundesanstalt für Verwaltungsdienstleistungen on 04941 602-240.

(DO:805ABZ4B) (BG:4)

Contact persons:

For further information on the content of the job advertisement, please contact Mr Strasen at the Baltic Sea Waterways and Shipping Office (Tel. 03831 249-520). For all other questions regarding the job advertisement, please contact Mrs Vorbau (Tel. 03831 249-122).

Further information can be found on the Internet at http://www.wsa-ostsee.de or http://www.bav.bund.de.