Wind Technician (Corriemollie)

EDF Energy is a core part of the EDF Group, one of the largest energy companies in Europe with key business operations in the UK, France, Italy and Belgium. We're the UK's largest producer of low-carbon electricity, the biggest supplier of electricity by volume in Great Britain, the largest supplier to British businesses and we employ more than 13,000 people. We operate nuclear, coal and gas power stations, wind farms, and combined heat & power plants. We have a focus on safe, dependable energy generation and an ethos of service excellence. We are playing a leading role in new nuclear build in the UK to secure a bright future for the combined business and its employees.
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The opportunity
An exciting opportunity has arisen for you to join and enhance our Scotland North Team as a Wind Turbine Technician during a period of consistent growth and exciting future developments.

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.
As a Wind Turbine Technician in our North Scotland team based at Corriemoillie wind Farm (Garve), every day is different and provides a real opportunity to make a difference in our ambition to help the UK achieve Net Zero.

What you'll be doing
You'll work across multiple assets (predominantly GE MW platforms but could also include Vestas) to deliver scheduled and unscheduled maintenance services to our onshore wind turbine projects.

- Schedule service in accordance with manufacturer's guidelines.
- Reporting on maintenance activities.
- Ensure spare part and consumable stck levels are maintained.
- Fault-finding, troubleshooting, maintenance and repair on all turbine systems, which will include mechanical, electrical and hydraulic assemblies and major components.
- Proactive repair 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.
- Ensuring the highest level of turbine availability.

You'll be a time served Engineer (electrical/mechanical/hydraulic) 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 NVQ/HNC/HND) and "hands on" operational environments.

We are looking for a strong safety-minded person with excellent analytical thinking, be a self-starter. This role requires a strong technical prowess.

Equally important is a genuine enjoyment and enthusiasm for working in this field.

Previous experience as a with turbine technician would be desirable and experience of GE turbines would be advantageous.
You will have an excellent understanding of health and safety practices, rules and regulation as well as accreditation or previous accreditation as an Authorising Technician (AT) / Authorising Engineer (AE) under WTSR.

It is essential to have a full clean driver's licence for this role.
Pay, benefits and culture

If you're looking to join a company where you can work hard, have fun, and help to create a Net Zero future - then you're in the right place!'

Our passion for embracing new ideas and being open-minded to change helps us continue to grow successfully.

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.
What do you need to be great at this role?

Alongside a competitive salary, bonus, and 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, additional holiday or one or more of our other benefits.

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.