Senior Lead Technician - North Scotland

Nordex SE; Inverness; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days annual leave (plus bank hols)

Birthday day off

Employee Assistance Programme

Bike2Work Scheme

Eye tests & glasses contribution

Private Healthcare option

2 paid volunteering days

Life Insurance

Job summary

Nordex SE is seeking a Senior Lead Technician for our Inverness service point, supporting wind farms with a permanent contract. Core hours are 37 per week with overtime as required and a 1-hour radius from the wind farms for eligibility.

You will lead and mentor technicians, coordinate repairs, maintenance, and inspections while ensuring safety and high-quality reporting. The role requires experience as a service/lead technician and leadership capabilities.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Service Technician and Lead Technician.
• Qualified up to Level 3 (HNC/ONC) and STTM 1 & 2.
• Experience leading and supervising a team; strong interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze defects on WTGs and communicate with LOM/Tech Ops.
• Autonomously perform complex turbine repairs.
• Carry out planned maintenance and inspection activities.
• Prepare reports and checklists for site activity transparency.
• Close out snag lists from maintenance work.
• Train new technicians in the area.
• Liaise with clients and site management.
• Manage large projects and subcontractors on site.
• Prioritize works to minimise downtime and costs.
• Oversee local teams and vehicle logistics.

Skills

Leadership

Communication skills

Planning & Organisational skills

Customer focus

MS Office competence

Education

Level 3 (HNC/ONC) and STTM 1 & 2

Tools

In House Databases

Workload Management Systems

Job description

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Senior Lead Technician

We are currently looking to recruit a Senior Lead Technician on a Permanent basis to join the team working from our new Inverness service point supporting wind farms including Kilbraur and Burn O'Whilk.

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Inverness

Hours: Our core hours are 37 per week (Monday – Thursday 8am – 4:30pm and Friday 8am till 1pm) with a requirement to work overtime when required.

As our Technicians are required to work overtime and on call there is a requirement for successful candidates to live within a radius of up to 1 hour from the windfarm.

What will you be doing?

• Analysing defects on WTG’s where necessary in communication with LOM / Tech Ops
• Autonomously making complex repairs on the Turbines
• Carrying out planned maintenances and Inspection activities
• Ensuring reports and check lists are prepared so the LOM is informed of site activities
• Documentation and completion of Snag Lists from Maintenances
• Training of New Technicians in the area
• Liaise with Clients and or site Management
• Project management of Large works
• Prioritising works to minimise downtime and costs
• Supervising local teams and vehicles
• Ensuring any spare part requirements for the area are ordered in a timely manner
• Management of Subcontractors at site.
• Technical reporting of Major Failures.
• Agreement of the two-week planner with Lead Techs and the Service Coordinator
• Assessment of Team performance through appraisal system
• Dealing with any disciplinary issues with support of LOM

What are we looking for?

The successful candidate will have proven experience both as a Service Technician and more recently as a Lead Technician. You will be qualified up to at least Level 3 (HNC / ONC) and have completed STTM 1 & 2.

You will have experience of leading and supervising a team and have strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Other qualities required for this role include:

• Good planning & Organisational skills
• Strong customer focus
• Computer literate with the ability use MS Office, In House Databases and Workload Management Systems

What we can offer you?

Time Off

Our teams receive 33 days annual leave including bank holidays. After two years continual service you will be entitled to an additional day‘s holiday per annum (Maximum 5 days).

You will also an extra day off for your birthday.

Benefits

• Employee Assistance Programme (offering therapy sessions)
• Bike2Work Scheme
• Paid Eye tests & contribution towards Glasses
• The option to purchase Private Healthcare

Volunteering

All our employees can use 2 paid working days per calendar year to carry out volunteering activities in your local community.

Family friendly

Our family friendly policies include, Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave. Compassionate Leave, and Life Insurance.

Memberships

Nordex will reimburse the cost of one annual professional subscription fee to one professional institution relevant to your work.

Nordex Values, Diversity & Inclusion

Here at Nordex we interact with a variety of people and cultures. Our values of Integrity, Respect, Colleagueship, and Ownership are the unifying force for all departments and regions around the world, these are the standards we walk by. Our mission is to offer cutting edge, reliable products, and services, generating value for our customers and stakeholders …. All whilst protecting the environment.

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