General Technician - Wind

About the role

This is a trainee position responsible for assisting with the safe and efficient operation and maintenance of wind turbines and all associated equipment in accordance with procedures, guidelines, and operating directives. The role requires completing a designated training program within the specified time frame while performing maintenance and operational duties under supervision.

Responsibilities

• Adhere to, support, and comply with all company safety and environmental policies and practices; ensure all employees, contractors, and visitors conduct themselves safely and within company policies and regulatory guidelines.
• Complete required annual safety training.
• Participate in turbine-specific training, both classroom and hands-on.
• Assist in the operation of wind turbine systems under the supervision of the Site Supervisor or Lead Technician.
• Learn the components of a wind turbine, their functions, and maintenance processes such as changing filters, greasing critical components, changing fluids, and replacing parts.
• Perform typical maintenance tasks including disassembly, repair, and assembly of small and medium-size equipment; lubricating equipment; assisting with instrumentation and electrical troubleshooting and maintenance; changing oil in equipment and troubleshooting malfunctions.
• Learn to read meters, gauges, or automatic recording devices at specified intervals to verify operating conditions.
• Learn the specific function of tools and use them safely.
• Learn chemical and oil characteristics in accordance with procedures at specified intervals.
• Review various logs, faults, temperature levels, and other information.
• Maintain the plant area, shop equipment, tools, grounds, and company vehicle in a clean and safe condition at all times.
• Take immediate corrective action as directed in response to emergency situations to minimize safety hazards and reduce damage or downtime.
• Upon certification, utilize electrical test equipment in the performance of operation and maintenance work.
• Regularly complete paperwork, including timecards, work orders, and any other required documentation in hard copy and electronic formats.
• Train to improve personal skills related to the job and/or required advancement.
• Assist co-workers with responsibilities when needed, including backup support.
• Compile records and reports and maintain a daily log.
• Ability and willingness to work holidays, weekends, and overtime as needed.

Requirements

Education and/or Experience, Knowledge

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) is preferred but not required.
• Desired qualifications: Familiarity with electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and mechanical equipment, systems construction, capacities, limitations, and operating procedures.
• Safe use of tools, plant safety rules, probable causes of equipment and systems malfunctions.
• Basic to intermediate computer skills in word-processing, spreadsheet, and database software.

Language Skills

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to communicate orally with other employees, including the proper use of a radio.
• Ability to follow instructions and directions from team members.
• Ability to write routine correspondence.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra.

Communication Skills

• Ability to read and interpret work from simple and/or complex instructions.
• Ability to effectively communicate with others.
• Ability to write routine correspondence.

Reasoning Ability & Decision-making Skills

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Must be organized, with an ability to stay focused on assigned tasks and possess attention to detail.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Possess a valid driver’s license for the state in which you are applying.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
• Work in unprotected heights (six feet and below) and work from towers and work platforms up to 300 feet, with required safety equipment.
• Lifting/lowering 25 to 40 lbs., lifting/carrying up to 50 and up to 100 lbs. with assistance; pushing and pulling 45 to 60 lbs.; frequent reaching, squatting, crouching, standing, balance, manual dexterity, stooping, kneeling, walking, and sitting.
• Ability to climb up to 300 feet, unassisted, with required safety equipment, multiple times per day.
• Ability to complete climb test and tower rescue training.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Regularly exposed to the risk of electrical shock.
• Frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals.
• Exposed to adverse, outside weather conditions such as high winds, wet/snow and/or humid conditions; extreme heat/cold; precarious places; and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud and on occasion can be very loud.