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Job description

You will be an experienced Wind Turbine Technician, and be proficient in performing service and maintenance duties on wind turbines. Scheduled and unscheduled servicing. Complete nacelle refurbishments.

Responsibilities

• Scheduled and unscheduled servicing.
• Complete nacelle refurbishments.
• Decommissioning and recommissioning of turbines.
• Mechanical failures requiring - laser alignment of the generator and gearbox, blade swaps, hub swaps & gearbox swaps.
• Various electrical faults and component failures.
• You will also get the opportunity to fully decommission turbines/towers and install larger turbines in the place of the original turbine through our "Repowering" projects.
• Complete all documentation and paperwork which is required with the function of an experienced Wind Turbine Technician, these include (but not limited to); Timesheets, job sheets, service checklists, warranty checklists, field service reports etc.
• Required to follow all the procedures in place to ensure yours and your colleague’s health and safety is paramount.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• You will come from either an electrical or mechanical background and have extensive experience in fault finding and troubleshooting mechanical and electrical faults.
• Hold the relevant GWO certificates required to allow you to carry out working on wind turbines.
• Should your GWO certificates have expired you will be required to attend the following training; working at heights and rescue course and first aid for remote working on wind turbines.

Desirable Skills

• Pneumatic and hydraulic experience would be beneficial also.

Further Information

Work Time: You will work Monday to Friday and have the opportunity for overtime and weekend work. Travel and working away will be required in this role. Silverford Engineering is a specialist in the operation, maintenance, and management of small and medium scale wind turbines. We operate across Northern Ireland from our head office in Dungannon. The successful candidate will play a key part within the continued expansion of this business.