Automotive Mechatronics Technician Specialising in Commercial Vehicles

About the job

Pristina, Kosovo | 100%

You can contribute to this role

• Ensure the functionality of systems and vehicles within demand-oriented deadlines, specifically Mercedes G-Class, SOFA, LAPV, Duro, GMTF, GSANF, trucks of the brands Mercedes and IVECO, trailers Lanz & Marti / Goldhoffer, loading crane Fassi / Palfinger, pneumatic crane Liebherr as well as company vehicles of the Renault brand
• Monitor the operational readiness of systems and vehicles
• Initiate preventive maintenance work, repairs and inspections
• Ensure the prioritised replacement of defective equipment according to tactical and logistical situation
• Management functions additionally include planning and leadership tasks

What makes you unique

• Completed vocational training as a car, truck, construction machinery, agricultural machinery mechanic, polymechanic or metalworker
• Completed recruit/officer school of the Swiss Army; women with Swiss citizenship without basic military training will be trained militarily according to the function
• Civil driving licence (Cat. B1; other categories depending on function)
• For your own safety and that of your comrades, as well as for smooth cooperation with Austrian colleagues and locally employed persons, knowledge of German (level depending on function) and English (level depending on function) is required for this role

In a nutshell

You are a mechanic and want to gain international experience? Then ensure with your commitment that all systems and vehicles of SWISSCOY function flawlessly. This is your chance – apply now!

The SWISSINT Competence Centre continuously recruits specialists for fixed-term foreign deployments in support of the Swiss Army’s peace promotion. Interested women and men can voluntarily apply for various functions for these deployments.

What we offer

• Working for Switzerland We are committed to the success model Switzerland and work for the benefit of the population.
• Lived diversity Thanks to equal opportunities, we develop our skills and bring in different perspectives.
• Healthy at the workplace We support and advise our employees in the area of physical and mental health.

All benefits

The SWISSINT Competence Centre is the national operational command for the military peace promotion of the Swiss Army and is responsible for the planning, provision and national command of all Swiss military contingents and individuals in the army peace promotion mandate.

Additional information

For further information please contact:
Recruitment team of the SWISSINT Competence Centre,
Tel: 058 467 58 58, E-mail: rekr.swissint@vtg.admin.ch


All further information on the application and the necessary application documents can be found at www.peacekeeping.ch/bewerbung .


A basic requirement for receiving a deployment contract is the successful completion of the deployment-related training at the SWISSINT site in Stans-Oberdorf.

Questions about the position

Sven Zillner
Clerk I1 Personnel
+41 58 46 75882

Sven Zillner
+41 58 46 75882