Wind Turbine Service Technician - Kilbraur, Scottish Highlands

Nordex Group; Scotland; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days annual leave

Birthday day off

Private healthcare

Bike2Work scheme

Volunteer days

Job summary

Nordex Group is seeking a Wind Turbine Service Technician based at Kilbraur Windfarm in the Scottish Highlands. The role involves servicing and maintaining Nordex turbines, performing repairs, fault finding and implementing action plans to maximise availability.

Overtime and weekend on-call duties are required, with a 1-hour radius from the windfarm. You will work with mechanical and electrical systems, reading diagrams and data to diagnose issues, and provide on-site software/hardware updates.

Qualifications

• Experience inMechanical/Electrical industries with ability to read electrical, hydraulic and mechanical diagrams.
• NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) qualification in a relevant field.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex turbine issues.

Responsibilities

• On-site analysis of turbine performance and implement action plans.
• Collaborate with technicians and back office for on-site demonstrations.
• Provide software and hardware updates to turbines and systems.
• Create reports on turbine performance and component status.
• Support remote and on-site technical support as required.

Skills

Mechanical experience

Electrical experience

Diagrams reading

Problem solving

Education

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent

Tools

MS Office

In-house databases

Job description

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Wind Turbine Service Technician - Kilbraur, Scottish Highlands

Do you share our passion of renewable energy for a greener and sustainable future?

Nordex has an exciting opportunity for the role of Wind Turbine Service Technician based at Kilbraur Windfarm in the Scottish Highlands.

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Kilbraur Windfarm, Strath Brora, Scottish Highlands

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.

Our Service Technicians are also required to be available for any breakdowns and faults at the weekend, working on-call every 2nd or 3rd weekend (depending on the size of your team). Overtime is paid at time and a half, and you will receive an additional payment for the weekend you are on on-call.

As our Service 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.

How can you make a difference?

As a Wind Turbine Service Technician, you will be responsible for the servicing and maintenance of Nordex wind turbines covering turbines at Kilbraur Windfarm in the Scottish Highlands. You will carry out general and specialised work including repairs, troubleshooting and fault-finding activities ensuing our wind turbines continue to achieve a high level of availability.

What will you be doing?

You will be responsible for Wind Turbine availability, which means physically troubleshooting turbines not performing to capacity on various wind farms, as well as analysing data and other information to be able to create and support implementing action plans that will increase performance in the fleet.

Key responsibilities for this role include:

• On site performance analysis and action plan implementation
• Working closely with Technicians and Back Office staff to perform on the job demonstrations
• Supporting on site single turbine improvements on problem turbines
• Providing on site software & hardware updates
• Supporting on-line and on phone technical support
• Creating reports on turbine or turbine components
• Parameter disabling and alarm change handling when necessary

What are we looking for?

The ideal candidate will have experience of working in the Mechanical / Electrical industry and be able to demonstrate knowledge of reading electrical, hydraulic and mechanical diagrams.

You will be Mechanical or Electrical trained through time-served or a technical college qualification which should be at least NVQ Level 3 or equivalent.

You will be able to demonstrate you can identify and define problems, extract crucial information from technical data, and develop workable solutions to problems

Other essential skills and behaviours required for this role include:

• The ability to adapt to an environment of continuous change and different challenges
• A positive attitude with a willingness to learn, lead and continuously improve
• Computer literate and confident in using MS office packages, in house databases and workload management systems
• This role involves working at heights, up to 140m. You will need to be fit and health and pass a working at height test.
• You will be required to travel on an occasional basis which includes nights away from home
• A full UK / EU Driving Licence is required for this role.

What we can offer you?

Time Off

• Our teams receive33 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 anextra day off for your birthday.
• In addition we also offer our employees theopportunity to purchase up to 5 day of additional annual leaveevery year.

Health & Wellbeing

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

Volunteering

All our employees can use2paid 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 ofone annual professional subscription feeto one professional institution relevant to your work.

Recruitment Process

The closing date for this role is Friday 30th October 2026, however, please be aware that this role could close early if we receive an overwhelming response.

The recruitment team will then review your application and be in touch to confirm if you have been successful in reaching the next stage of the process.

We appreciate all the applications we receive and will be in touch with you as soon as we can, so please watch out for our emails or phone calls (which maybe from a withheld number)

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.

Join the #TEAMNORDEX and shape the future of energy with us.