Wind Turbine Technician

Envision Energy; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading renewable energy company seeks a Senior EICA Design Engineer based in Manchester. The role involves providing technical direction during turbine maintenance, leading service teams, and performing detailed fault analyses on wind turbine systems. The ideal candidate will have relevant electrical or mechanical qualifications, strong fault-finding skills, and the ability to work at heights. The position offers competitive salary and benefits, including a pension plan and generous holiday allowance.

Benefits

Competitive pension plan

34 days holiday

Sick pay

On-call retainer

Fitness allowance

Bicycle plan

Discount schemes

Qualifications

• Appropriately qualified Electrical/Mechanical Fitter or Technician.
• Experience with electrical test equipment and testing procedures.
• Prepared to travel throughout the UK and Europe for training.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical direction and leadership on-site.
• Prepare job planning documents with engineering instructions.
• Communicate with management using CTQs in job planning.
• Implement fault analyses and repairs on wind turbines.
• Document service and repair work in reports.
• Coordinate on-site service providers.
• Ensure all work meets technical and EHS requirements.
• Fulfill on-call obligations if required.

Skills

Electrical test equipment

Fault-finding and diagnostic skills

Knowledge of Microsoft Office

Ability to work at heights

Excellent English skills

Education

Nationally recognised diploma or certificate in Electrical/Mechanical

Basic Workplace First Aid

Tools

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Access

Job description

Senior EICA Design Engineer – Manchester

Position: Senior EICA Design Engineer
Location: Manchester
Salary: £40-65k per annum depending on experience
Start date: Jan 2026
Duration: Permanent

Benefits

A competitive pension plan plus 34 days holiday, sick pay, on-call retainer and overtime. Other benefits: company fitness allowance, bicycle plan, discount schemes on major outlets and holiday companies.

Job Summary

You will thrive working with the latest turbine technology, working in the challenging environment of onshore operations and will drive process and rigor as we develop our operations and service teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide on site technical direction, hands on service and leadership during maintenance and servicing activities at customer owned facilities.
• Prepare job planning documents that define the scope of work to be performed through engineering instructions, drawings, and process instructions.
• Communicate effectively with Management and colleagues utilizing customers' CTQs (Critical to Quality needs) in job planning and execution.
• Work independently on the implementation of fault analyses and repair of wind turbine generator systems in the UK, including clarification of any client queries.
• Document call‑out responses, fault finding and repair work in service reports, logbooks and checklists.
• Coordinate external and internal service providers and contractors on site.
• Maintain a strong safety culture and mindset to ensure all executed work reflects GE and customer technical and EHS requirements.
• Be willing to work and fulfil on‑call obligations for out of normal working hours if required (e.g. weekend working).
• Perform administrative functions such as writing technical reports, ordering materials, securing quotations, preparing job status reports, reports to customers, time sheets and expense sheets in a thorough, complete and timely basis.

Qualifications

• Appropriately qualified Electrical / Mechanical Fitter or Electrical Technician / Technologist or Electrician / Electrical Fitter – nationally recognised diploma or certificate.
• Experience with electrical test equipment and testing procedures.
• High degree of quality awareness; excellent fault‑finding and diagnostic skills combined with the ability to detect and remedy faults, defects, problems.
• Fit and able to work at heights.
• Structured worker with technical analytical abilities.
• Computer literate – knowledge of Microsoft Office package.
• Prepared to travel throughout the UK and Europe on occasion, including for training requirements.
• Excellent English speaking, reading and writing skills.
• Valid national driver's licence.

Desired Characteristics

• Experience in leading field service team.
• Previous experience working on GE Turbines.
• Advanced computer skills, e.g. Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project and Microsoft Access.
• Basic Workplace First Aid.

Location

Applicants should be located within an approximately 1 hour commute from site locations – Chelveston/Kettering can be considered as initial staging location.