Company Description
Vattenfall is a leading European energy company driving the transition to a sustainable energy system. We have been electrifying industries, powering homes and transforming life through innovation for more than 100 years. We employ around 21 000 people mostly in our core markets in Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the UK.
Job Description
Main purpose of the position
A Trouble Shooter Technician is the third level in the career path for Wind Turbine Technicians.
You have completed and passed the relevant platform training either at the turbine provider or via the Vattenfall Mentor/Buddy agreement - competence Logbook.
The Trouble Shooter Technician is a high performer, competent and accredited Service technician who has moved to the next level. The Trouble Shooter Technician provides safety supervision and technical guidance to less qualified technicians.
You are competent and capable of executing scheduled service and maintenance without supervision at a consistent high level of efficiency and quality.
You are a competent trouble shooter with experience in the most common faults and rectifications. You do maintenance and error solving and assume responsibility of resolving the tasks. You can lead and instruct a team (if applicable). Your knowledge of the WTG will give you the ability to assist with planning.
Focus is on maintaining high availability on WTG’s, in cooperation with internal staff and external contractors. High focus on HSE.
You have been authorised under the SSoW as an Competent Technician (CT), Authorised Technician (AT) and hold life testing/trouble shooting nomination.
Key responsibilities and mandate:
* Perform unscheduled maintenance and troubleshooting on the asset
* Carry out scheduled maintenance on site; WTG, foundation, SCADA, cranes etc. and Offshore platforms (if applicable)
* Ensure safety and that HSE policies are part of the daily work on site
* Develop advanced troubleshooting knowledge and skill on site/s
* Give input and assist Operations Manager in the identification of future Trouble shooter
* Deliver technical training to other technicians in your specialist field
* Work with special projects, (if applicable)
* Give input to daily planning of fault-finding tasks
* Apply lessons learnt and support the Data Driven concept
* Maintain an awareness of common, reoccurring and major component faults and report these in the ticket system
* Support creation of task lists under the guidance of Associated Technical Expert – HV/WTG
* Perform turbine restarts and take turbine under control during SOV operations, (if applicable)
* Assist in major component replacements, retrofits, troubleshooting tasks and other special assignments
* Conduct quality audits on internal and external technicians to ensure compliance with Vattenfall standards (if applicable)
* Support warehouse, preparing spare parts, tools and other equipment for all elements of maintenance and troubleshooting work e.g., during weather day
* Ensure the validity of own safety certificates; GWO Standard Basic Training (BST), Offshore Medical Certificate etc. and other safety trainings
* Responsible for the condition of own safety equipment; life vest, helmet, fall harness etc. and the supplied equipment always is ready to use, carry out inspection of own safety equipment before use
* Utilise software systems to accurately record all elements of your daily work including hours worked, vacation, sickness etc. spare parts used, and technical work orders report
* Act as appointed person and trainer under SSoW Safe System of Work to sign off on the development of individuals
* Authorised under the SSoW as an Competent Technician (CT)
* Authorised under the SSoW as an Authorized Technician (AT)
* Nominated for life tasting/trouble shooting
* Authorised under WESR as an, PCEI, PCWA, Skilled person and switching assistant (if applicable)
Qualifications
* Profession as e.g., mechanic, electrician or similar
* Experience from the wind business or other power generation preferred
* Experienced in service, repair and maintenance of mechanical and electrical machinery
* Capable of transferring technical knowledge to others
* Good communication, Leadership and cooperation skills
* Relevant work experience and ideally AT under WTSR
* IT competent
* Safety focused
* Knowledge of SCADA, electrical systems and specialist tooling
Additional Information
Our offer
Good remuneration, a challenging and international work environment, and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues. We offer attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional development.
More Information
We welcome your application in English, no later than 15/12/2024. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to process applications that are not made via our website.
For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Adam Hammond via adam.hammond@vattenfall.com
Commitment to Diversity
Vattenfall is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums and services to support all our employees.
We are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation.
We look forward to receiving your application!
We look forward to receiving your application!