Senior Technician (Power Generation)

NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency); Brunssum; On-site; EUR 40.000 - 60.000; Full time

Job summary

An international agency based in Brunssum seeks a Senior Technician (Power Generation) to fabricate and repair mechanical parts for NATO equipment. Applicants should have vocational training in Power Generation or relevant experience, and be conversant with electrical safety standards. The role offers a competitive tax-free salary, generous annual leave, and excellent health benefits.

Benefits

Tax-free salary

30 days annual leave

Excellent health insurance

NATO Pension Scheme

Development programs

Qualifications

• 2 years of related experience after higher vocational training or 4 years after secondary qualification.
• Conversant with safety inspections regulations.
• Experience in metal work (cutting, riveting, forming, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Fabricate, modify and repair mechanical parts for NATO equipment.
• Perform inspections on reliability and safety.
• Assist in the execution of technical tasks efficiently.

Skills

Higher vocational training in Power Generation or Diesel Mechanics

Conversant with European Electrical safety standards

Experience with Uninterruptable Power Supplies (UPS)

Experience with power generating systems

Fluency in English

Education

Secondary educational qualification with 4 years post-related experience

Higher vocational training with 2 years post-related experience

Tools

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

Metal work tools (cutting, riveting, etc.)

Job description

Overview

Primary Location Netherlands-Brunssum

NATO Body NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA)

Schedule Full-time

Application Deadline 25-Oct-2025, 10:59:00 PM

Salary (Pay Basis) 5,057.01

Grade NATO Grade G10

About the job

Based in Brunssum, The Netherlands, you will join the Agency as we embark on a journey to transform our IT services to support NATO’s Digital Endeavour. You will join CSSC, which provides effective static and deployable Information Communications Technology (ICT) system repair and maintenance as well as ICT Hardware Asset Management (AM) services in support of NATO operations, exercises and training. As the Central Warehouse for ICT Hardware within NATO, CSSC is responsible for the supply activities associated with stock management, procurement, delivery, receipt and through life management of all ICT hardware items. CSSC personnel are located within the central hub in Brunssum as well as the three Forward Support Points at Bydgoszcz, Grazzanise and Wesel.

We are looking for a driven and enthusiastic Senior Technician (Power Generation) who will take on the following roles and responsibilities:

• Fabricates, modifies and repairs mechanical parts required for NATO equipment;
• Designs parts to solve mechanical problems;
• Performs inspections on reliability and safety of mechanical parts;
• Performs preventative maintenance on mechanical parts;
• Provides professional expertise to the higher management of NCSA on all aspects of the mobile generators, Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) and their electrical interconnection;
• Provision of professional contacts with other NATO organizations;
• Assists and monitors assigned technical tasks efficiently to ensure that they can be executed and are in line with set target dates.

For a full list of duties, please review the job description on the NCI Agency career site.

About you

The valuable knowledge and experience that you bring to this role are:

• Higher vocational training in Power Generation or Diesel Mechanics or a relevant discipline with 2 years post-related experience; or a secondary educational qualification with 4 years post-related experience;
• Conversant with the European Electrical safety standards and safety inspections regulations;
• Experience with Uninterruptable Power Supplies (UPS), power generating systems and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC).
• Experience with metal work (cutting, riveting, forming, bending, milling, turning, grinding, drilling);
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken.

What we offer

• Genuinely meaningful work as part of the most successful alliance in history;
• 5 year contract with competitive tax-free salary and household and children’s allowances;
• Privileges for expatriate staff including expatriation and education allowances (where appropriate) and additional home leave;
• Excellent private health insurance scheme;
• Generous annual leave of 30 days plus official holidays;
• NATO Pension Scheme;
• Development programs such as professional training, wellbeing, and more.

To learn more about NCI Agency and our work, please visit our website.

The NCI Agency prides itself on being an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment of mutual respect and value uniqueness and differences in gender, gender identity, race, ethnic or cultural origin, age, religion, sexual orientation and physical or neurocognitive ability.

Additional details on the conditions of application can be found via the NCI Agency career site.