Technician Services for Climate Control – Air Conditioning in Maintenance and Support Company

Spektrum supports apex purchasers (NATO, UN, EU, and National Government and Defence) and their Tier 1 supplier ecosystem with a wide range of specialist services. We provide our clients with professional services, specialised aerospace and defence sales, delivery, and operational subject matter expertise. We are looking for personnel to join our team and support key client projects.

Who we are supporting 

The NATO Communication and Information Agency (NCIA) is responsible for providing secure and effective communications and information technology (IT) services to NATO's member countries and its partners. The agency was established in 2012 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

The NCIA provides a wide range of services, including:

• Cyber Security: The NCIA provides advanced cybersecurity solutions to protect NATO's communication networks and information systems against cyber threats.
• Command and Control Systems: The NCIA develops and maintains the systems used by NATO's military commanders to plan and execute operations.
• Satellite Communications: The NCIA provides satellite communications services to enable secure and reliable communications between NATO forces.
• Electronic Warfare: The NCIA provides electronic warfare services to support NATO's mission to detect, deny, and defeat threats to its communication networks.
• Information Management: The NCIA manages NATO's information technology infrastructure, including its databases, applications, and servers.

Overall, the NCIA plays a critical role in ensuring the security and effectiveness of NATO's communication and information technology capabilities.

The program

Assistance and Advisory Service (AAS)

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) is NATO’s principal C3 capability deliverer and CIS service provider. It provides, maintains and defends the NATO enterprise-wide information technology infrastructure to enable Allies to consult together under Article IV, and, when required, stand together in the face of attack under Article V.

To provide these critical services, in the modern evolving dynamic environment the NCI Agency needs to build and maintain high performance-engaged workforce. The NCI Agency workforce strategically consists of three major categorise's: NATO International Civilians (NIC)'s, Military (Mil), and Interim Workforce Consultants (IWC)'s. The IWCs are a critical part of the overall NCI Agency workforce and make up approximately 15 percent of the total workforce.

Role Duties and Responsibilities

• Executes the level 2 maintenance of all provided air conditioning equipment organic to NSB.
• Disassembles, repairs, reassembles, tests, adjusts, and inspects major items, assemblies, subassemblies and components of air conditioners
• Manages, maintains, and repairs air conditioning. Responsibilities include diagnosing and repairing faults, resolving issues, installing and configuring AIR-CO equipment, requesting spares.
• Co-ordinates down-time, schedules and performs preventive maintenance on all tactical air conditioners.
• Manages and supervises the accountability and usage of hand and power tools and test equipment used to accomplish mechanical repairs.
• Ensures air conditioners are prepared for immediate deployment (linked to the unit's high readiness).
• Maintains historical maintenance records on all assigned air conditioners.
• Maintains a bench stock of spare parts; record all resources consumed and initiates supply-related documents to replenish bench stock.
• Maintains and operates a tool room in a fixed and deployed environment, maintenance records on air conditioners, a prescribe load list (PLL) in a fixed and deployed environment.
• Provides air conditioner's training to newly assigned personnel.
• Responsible for the installation, maintenance and repair of deployable Office Modules (OM).
• Conducts OM equipment care inspections.
• Works at one of a number of locations - ready for business travels.
• May be assigned with equipment (from small electronic devices and tools to vehicles with noncommunication equipment).
• May have to perform level 1 maintenance on motor vehicle (passenger cars or light trucks).
• Takes care of equipment and keep it in good working order.
• Supports the units at deployed locations - via phone, emails or in person.
• Operates power generators (from 2KW to 60KW) and other ancillary equipment.
• Operates additional equipment and performs other duties, if necessary, to support the troops; it may involve
• setting up tents, security perimeters with concertina, attending site surveys and other mission essential tasks given to the Unit and/or Motor Mobile Maintenance Team.
• This post will be required to deploy and take part in all technical events, units' evaluations, exercises (also NRF exercises) and operations but will not be assigned to NRF teams and NRF shifts.
• In the provision of the required services the contractor will be requested to drive the vehicle, more than 3,5 tones, with passengers, load for short distances.

Essential Skills and Experience

• 2 years' experience in the disassembly, repair, re-assembly, testing, adjusting, and inspections associated with direct support maintenance of military tactical air conditioners.
• Experience in installing commercial, tactical and specific "Biological and Chemical" filters for sensitive communications-electronic equipment (such as CIS shelters or office modules).
• Post requires a qualified air conditioner specialist for all tactical air conditioners of the Deployable CIS Organization, able to troubleshoot, diagnose and repair mechanical or electrical malfunctions on Air-Co.
• Includes all activities that provide Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC specialist).

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Familiar with Power Generator operation.
• Familiar with Office Modules setup, deployment and maintenance.
• Full C and E driving license.
• Experience in NATO working environment or other international civilian or military organizations.

Education

• Secondary education and basic training for specific tasks related skills, with 2 years' experience.

Working Location

• Bydgoszcz, Poland

Working Policy

• On-Site

Travel

• Some travel to other NATO sites may be required

Security Clearance

• Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance