Wind Turbine Technician - Scotland (North)

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The Opportunity

Are you looking for a career where you can really make a difference? Come and join us as a Wind Turbine Technician in our Asset Operations Business Area.

EDF Renewables UK is one of the UK’s leading renewable energy companies, specialising in wind power and battery storage technology. We develop, build, operate and maintain wind farms and other renewable technologies throughout their lifetime. 

Our portfolio of nearly 1,000 MW consists of 36 wind farms – including two offshore wind farms – and one of the largest operational battery storage units in Europe. We’re also is seeking to deliver further growth from its own development pipeline or though securing new acquisitions of projects and has more than 2GW consented, in planning and development.

As a Wind Technician in the Dorenell team based at our Technical Service Centre near Dufftown (AB54 4EL) every day is different and provides a real opportunity to make a difference in our ambition to help the UK achieve Net Zero.

 
Location;  The position is based at Dorenell Wind Farm, South of Dufftown, AB54 4EL, however there will be an expectation to travel amongst our assets in the North of Scotland.

Pay, benefits and culture 

At EDF Renewables we’re dedicated to doing good things and we take pride in tackling the world’s biggest challenge – climate change.  We do this by embracing new ideas to create an innovative and open-minded culture, a culture where we trust the best versions of ourselves to make good things happen.

Alongside a competitive salary, bonus, and a market-leading pension scheme, we offer a range of flexible benefits, and employee discounts to help you thrive across all aspects of your life. You can spend your flexible fund on the benefits that matter to you, whether that’s an electric vehicle, private healthcare, or additional holiday.

We’ll offer you the flexibility, freedom and responsibility to make an impact in your role; whether that’s on-site, in the office or hybrid working from home.  

We’re committed to championing diversity representation across gender, ethnicity, LGBT+, disability and more. This applies to all our roles, underpinned by our Everyone’s Welcome inclusion programme.

We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application, making adjustments as you need. 

What you’ll be doing.  

Reporting to your Area Manager and Lead Technician, you will carry out the day to day service, maintenance trouble shooting and fault rectification on our growing portfolio of assets.  You will be expected to deliver scheduled and unscheduled maintenance services in accordance with manufacturers guidelines.

As a part of the Wind Turbine Technician Team, your typical day will start at 7:00am to check the status of turbines within the area. Any faults or issues will be reported by our 24/7/365 monitoring centre based in France. The turbine issue reported will be accessed by yourself or one of the team with the correct spares, tooling and documentation gathered. Followed by setting to work and a Toolbox Talk for the working party.

After setting ourselves up for success with our toolbox talk, you will head out to complete any fault rectification work or planned work such as Service, Statutory compliance, HV Maintenance support, blade inspections and at times more serious work packages such as gearbox or generator replacements as and when required.

 No 2 days are the same working on wind turbines and the role keeps our technicians on their toes. If you like a challenge, trouble shooting in a fast, evolving industry with Zero Harm as the core ambition then this could be the ideal job for you.

Your role will be to schedule and reactive maintenance accordance with manufacturer’s guideline in addition to:
 

• Conducting daily pre-work toolbox talks.
• Scheduling service in accordance with manufacturer’s guidelines
• Reporting on maintenance activities
• Ensuring spare parts and consumable stock levels are maintained.
• Fault-finding, troubleshooting, maintenance, and repairs on all turbine systems, which will include mechanical, electrical and hydraulic assemblies and major components.
• Proactive repairs or component replacement to prevent complete failure or system downtime.
• Complying with all health and safety requirements including the Wind Turbine Safety Rules (WTSR)
• Providing out of hours and weekend response to site breakdowns, on a rota system.
• Provide support to site project works (Civils, High Voltage (HV), Turbine)
• Ensuring the highest level of turbine availability

What do you need to be great at this role?  

You’ll be a time served Engineer (electrical/mechanical) with a primary focus on ensuring operations and maintenance activities are undertaken to the highest levels. You’ll ideally hold a AT/AE qualification under Wind Turbine Safety Rules (WTSR) and have significant technical expertise gained through a blend of academic (Electrical or Mechanical HNC/HND/NVQ Level 3) and “hands on” operational environments. 

• Qualification in electrical, mechanical or hydraulic disciplines to NVQ3 level (or be able to demonstrate equivalent experience). Knowledge of wind turbine platforms would be an advantage.
• Excellent analytical skills
• High level of physical fitness and good health.
• Ability to work at height and in adverse weather conditions.
• Excellent understanding of health and safety.
• Previous accreditation as AT/AE under the WTSR is an advantage.
• Highly self-motivated, flexible and enthusiastic approach to working in a small team.
• Good level of computer literacy. (Microsoft Office Suite, IFS)

You must have a full, clean UK Driving Licence, and live with a 35 mile/ 60-minute radius of our Dorenell Service Centre in Scotland.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 27th October 2024

Why EDF Renewables?

At EDF Renewables UK & Ireland we’re committed to tackling climate change. Our rapidly growing team of 500 talented people share an ambition to create a net zero future where clean, green, energy powers all our lives.

It’s a huge ambition and time is of the essence if we are to play our full part in meeting the UK and Ireland’s challenging net zero targets. With our unique mix of technologies including onshore and offshore wind, solar PV, battery storage and green hydrogen we are the UK & Ireland’s most diverse generator of renewable energy.

To achieve our goal of generating a massive 10GW of renewable energy by 2035, we’re working with stakeholders and communities throughout the UK and Ireland to unlock the enormous potential of the low carbon energy sector.

If you’re passionate about tackling climate change to create the cleaner, greener future we all want, we would love you to come join us. 

Join us, and let’s do good together.