Wind Turbine Service Technician - Douglas, South Lanarkshire

Nordex; Nebraska; On-site; USD 49,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days annual leave

Birthday day off

Private healthcare option

Bike2Work scheme

Sick pay

Professional subscription

Job summary

Nordex is seeking a Wind Turbine Service Technician to service and maintain wind turbines around Douglas, South Lanarkshire. Role includes troubleshooting, data analysis, and implementing action plans to improve fleet performance.

Weekend on-call and overtime with premium pay are part of the schedule. The ideal candidate will have mechanical or electrical training (NVQ Level 3 or equivalent) and be capable of reading electrical, hydraulic and mechanical diagrams, with the ability to travel and

Qualifications

• Experience in mechanical/electrical industries with ability to read electrical, hydraulic and mechanical diagrams.
• Mechanical or Electrical training to NVQ L3 or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• On-site performance analysis and action plan implementation.
• Work with Technicians and Back Office for on-the-job demonstrations.
• Support on-site turbine improvements and software/hardware updates.
• Provide online and phone technical support.
• Create reports on turbines and components.
• Handle parameter changes and alarms as required.

Skills

Mechanical knowledge

Electrical diagrams

Hydraulic diagrams

Troubleshooting

Reading schematics

On-call readiness

Education

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent

Technical college qualification

Tools

MS Office

In-house databases

Workload management systems

Job description

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 near Douglas, South Lanarkshire.

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Douglas, South Lanarkshire

Hours: Our core hours are now 37 hours per week (Monday – Thursday 8am – 4:30pm and Friday 8am till 1pm) with an 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.

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 around Douglas, South Lanarkshire area. You will carry out general and specialised work including repairs, troubleshooting and fault-finding activities ensuring 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 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.
• In addition we also offer our employees the opportunity to purchase up to 5 day of additional annual leave every year.

Health & Wellbeing

The Health and Wellbeing of our employees is incredibly important, which is why we have different benefits for our employees including:

• 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 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.

Recruitment Process

The closing date for this role is Friday 21st August 2026, however, please be aware that this role could close early if we receive an overwhelming response.

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.