Wind Turbine Service Technician – Kilbraur, Scottish Highlands

Job Description

Wind Turbine Service Technician – Kilbraur, Scottish Highlands

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Kilbraur Windfarm, Strath Brora, Scottish Highlands

Hours: Core hours are 37 per week (Monday – Thursday 8am – 4:30pm and Friday 8am – 1pm) with a requirement to work overtime when needed.

Our Service Technicians must be on call for any breakdowns and faults at the weekend, working on call every 2nd or 3rd weekend (depending on the size of the team). Overtime is paid at time and a half, and an additional payment is received for the weekend on call.

Successful candidates must live within a radius of up to one hour from the windfarm.

What will you be doing?

You will be responsible for the servicing and maintenance of Nordex wind turbines at Kilbraur Windfarm, carrying out general and specialised work including repairs, troubleshooting and fault finding activities to maintain high availability.

Key responsibilities for this role include:

• On site performance analysis and action plan implementation
• Working closely with Technicians and Back Office staff to perform on the job demonstrations
• Supporting on site single turbine improvements on problem turbines
• Providing on site software & hardware updates
• Supporting online and on phone technical support
• Creating reports on turbines or turbine components
• Parameter disabling and alarm change handling when necessary

What are we looking for?

The ideal candidate will have experience in the Mechanical / Electrical industry and be able to demonstrate knowledge of reading electrical, hydraulic and mechanical diagrams.

You should be Mechanical or Electrical trained through a time-served or technical college qualification at least NVQ Level 3 or equivalent.

You will be able to identify and define problems, extract crucial information from technical data, and develop workable solutions.

Other essential skills and behaviours required for this role include:

• Adaptability to an environment of continuous change and varied challenges
• A positive attitude with a willingness to learn, lead and continuously improve
• Computer literacy and confidence in using MS Office, in house databases and workload management systems
• Experience working at heights up to 140m; fit and healthy to pass a working at height test
• Occasional travel, including nights away from home
• Full UK/EU Driving Licence

Time Off

• 33 days annual leave including bank holidays
• After two years of continual service an additional day’s holiday per annum (maximum five days)
• Extra day off for birthday
• Opportunity to purchase up to five days of additional annual leave each year

Health & Wellbeing

• Employee Assistance Programme (therapy sessions)
• Bike2Work Scheme
• Paid eye tests & contribution towards glasses
• Company sick pay scheme
• Option to purchase private healthcare

Volunteering

• Two paid working days per calendar year to carry out volunteering activities in the local community

Family friendly

• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Compassionate leave
• Life insurance

Memberships

• Nordex will reimburse the cost of one annual professional subscription fee to a professional institution relevant to your work