Blade Repair Tech III

About the role

The Blade Repair Tech III is responsible for the installation, inspection, maintenance, and repair of wind turbines and related equipment. This role ensures the safe and efficient operation of wind energy assets through mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical service work. Technicians work at significant heights and in a variety of weather conditions while upholding strict safety and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Perform assembly, commissioning, testing, repair, and maintenance on wind turbine generators and related equipment at wind farm.
• Conduct and review safety analyses of potential electrical and mechanical hazards in the wind turbines, switch room, and the O&M building.
• Support Root Cause Analyses to assist in determining equipment failure and the reasons for failures when they occur.
• Troubleshoot, adjust, repair, and/or retrofit low to medium-voltage electrical, mechanical or hydraulic components and equipment associated with wind turbines and the wind farm.
• Safely perform rudimentary troubleshooting of wind turbine generators to include testing for the presence of low voltage (600 volts or less).
• Replace core material in sandwich construction (less than 20 x 25 cm)
• Repair damage and delamination of leading and trailing edge (less than 150 cm length)
• Measure function and replace lightning receptor screw
• Repair works on blade structure
• Repair tip end damage, debonding, and change of tip shells
• Repair cracks through laminate root end
• Repair debonding and cracks on leading edge
• Repair shell surface at all locations (holes/cracks through sandwich laminate, and delamination between core and laminate)
• Repair blade structure debonding between spar and shell
• Change lightning receptor
• Repair lightning short circuit and circuit damage in fiberglass and carbon spar tip
• Reconstruct and check complete lightning protection system
• Work with technical support to perform major repairs
• Able to inspect and report complex blade structure damage
• Able to complete resets on individual turbines
• Able to complete work orders, CIs for maintenances, inspection forms, etc.
• Able to perform turbine lubrication as required
• Able to perform hydraulic adjustments as needed
• Able to accurately account for time and materials expended in performance of the job function
• Able to report for work at the time and location specified
• Able to operate service equipment in a safe manner and maintain records for the same
• Able to adhere to OSHA and company-specific safety protocols
• Able to report on work status as directed

Requirements

• High school education or the equivalent.
• College degree or Wind Energy Certification preferred.
• 3 to 6 years’ experience.
• Ability to travel to domestic and international locations for work and/or training for extended periods of time.
• Training/certificate requirements: GWO BST, ART, BTT (or authorized equivalency), Confined Space Awareness, NFPA70E, and LOTO

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Strong mechanical skillset and ability to quickly pickup new mechanical concepts.
• Ability to climb towers daily/work at heights.
• Ability to follow instructions and perform proper reporting.
• Minimum of one year of experience as a Wind Turbine Technician.
• Able to work independently in a fast-paced team environment.

Physical Job Requirements & Demands

• Ability to climb up and descend 300 feet (90 meters).
• Lift, carry, push, pull objects weighing up to 50-75 lbs.
• Maintain balance while working in confined or election areas.
• Move safely across platforms, ladders, and turbine housing.
• Must pass Respiratory Fit Test as required.
• Must pass Required Confined Spaces Test as required.

Company Overview

Acuren is a trusted, single source provider of technology-enabled asset protection solutions used to evaluate the structural integrity of critical energy, industrial and public infrastructures. Committed to delivering a Higher Level of Reliability, Acuren provides an unrivaled spectrum of capabilities including inspection, traditional and advanced NDE/NDT, failure analysis, rope access, materials engineering, field engineering, reliability engineering, drones, robotics, V-Deck and condition-based monitoring services. Our work is critical to the integrity and safety of industrial firms, including petroleum refinery, pipeline, power generation, pulp & paper, mining, pharmaceutical, aerospace and automotive industries. Acuren employs over 4,000 dedicated professionals supporting the mechanical integrity and inspection programs of the world’s largest industrial segments. Acuren is a market leader. Our formula for success is straightforward: be capable locally, with certified and well-equipped personnel supported by trained, experienced leaders. Continuing to build on a strong heritage of safety, quality and professionalism, Acuren strives to maintain incident free work environments, pursues advanced technical developments, and supports reliability programs that are valued by clients and employees.