Deadline Date: Wednesday 25 November 2026
Requirement: Technician Services for Climate Control โ Air Conditioning Maintenance and Support
Location: Bydgoszcz, PL (The services may be required to be performed in other NATO military and or exercise sites.)
Full Time On-Site: Yes
Period of Performance: Base Period - from 1st January 2027 until 31st of December 2027, max. 2000 working hours
Option 1 - from 1st January 2028 until 31st December 2028, max. 2000 working hours
Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET
TERMS
AIR-CO โ air conditioning
NCISG โ NATO Communication and Information Systems Group
NSB โ NATO Signal Battalion
M&SCoy โ Maintenance and Support Company
DCM โ Deployable CIS Module
MMMT โ Mobile Motor Maintenance Team
This Statement of Work (SOW) describes the requirement for a Contractor in the NATO CIS Group 3 NATO Signal Battalion Headquarters, Maintenance and Support Coy, CIS SE Platoon, Mobile Motor Maintenance Team as a Climate Control - Air Conditioning technician.
- 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.
- Works at one of a number of locations - ready for business travels. The locations are to be ย understood as locations in NATO countries where NATO units and/or the sites of exercises and training and/or locations of manufacturers premises where NATO equipment was purchased. The cost of travel and applicable NATO per diem will be paid by NATO NCISG.
- May be assigned with NATO furnished property (tools, vehicles) to perform the services.
- Takes care of equipment and keeps it in good working order.
- Supports the units at deployed locations - via phone, emails or in person.
- Operates additional equipment and performs other duties, if necessary, to support the troops; it may involve vehicle maintenance, setting up tents, security perimeters with concertina, attending site surveys and other mission essential tasks given to the M&Scoy Commander and/or Motor Mobile Maintenance Team.
- In the provision of the required services the contractor will be requested to drive vehicles.
- BACKGROUND, WORK SITE INFORMATION AND ENVIRONMENT
NCISG 3NSB MSCOY is located in Bydgoszcz, Poland and co-located with Polish Military Units in a typical Secure Facility. The work requires business travels to remote locations, mostly European countries and Turkiye and will be performed in the workshop environment, outdoors and in the antennas' areas. Temperatures in winter might drop below 0 Celsius degree.
English: Listening, speaking, reading and writing shall be at a NATO level of English 2222.
The work both oral and written in the post and in the Headquarter as a whole is conducted mainly in English.
- KNOWLEDGE & QUALIFICATIONS
[See Requirements]
A formal monthly meeting between the individual and the supervisor/alternative will be scheduled in order to evaluate performance.
Requirements
- The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
- English: Listening, speaking, reading and writing shall be at a NATO level of English 2222.
- KNOWLEDGE & QUALIFICATIONS
5.1. Essential Qualifications
- 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.
- The candidate should be able to operate and maintain the Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) devices
- The incumbent must possess experience in the area covering operational logistic within the range of preventive / corrective maintenance for Climate Control - Air Conditioning units including planning and execution related to Deployable Communication and information Systems and Non-ClS equipment in support of deployed operation within (3rd) NATO Signal Battalion, as well as the technical knowledge, skills, experience and abilities required to successfully perform the duties of the post.
5.2. Education
- Secondary education and basic training for specific tasks related skills, with 5 years' experience.
5.3. Desirable Qualifications
- Familiar with Power Generator operation and maintenance.
- Familiar with Vehicles services and maintenance.
- Familiar with Office Shelters/ container-based assets, services, setup, deployment and maintenance.
- Full C and E driving license.
- Experience in NATO working environment or other international civilian or military organizations.
