Maintenance Team Lead (Lead Technician)

• Location(s):
• Great Yarmouth, NFK, GB, NR30 3PY
• Grimsby, LIN, GB, DN31 3SY
• Lowestoft, SFK, GB, NR32 1BY
• Harwich (Galloper Windfarm), ESS, GB, CO12 4gd

RWE Renewables UK Management Ltd.

To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent

Functional area: Operations & Maintenance

Fleet Servicing is a newly established team within the Offshore Operations Fleet Management & Support team that will be responsible for the annual servicing of Wind Turbines at Trident, Greater Gabbard and London Array from an SOV along with supporting troubleshooting over the winter months as required.

The Maintenance Team Lead will report to the SOV Manager and will be responsible for establishing Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality standards at the workplace for the technicians to maintain throughout the work. Using prior knowledge and experience the Maintenance Team Lead along with the multi-discipline FTE and Contract technicians will perform mechanical, hydraulic and electrical component maintenance to fulfil the annual and semi-annual maintenance requirements. During the winter months, the Maintenance Team Lead will lead teams to perform troubleshooting, retrofits and repairs on all WTG components to maximise the commercial availability of the serviced fleet of wind farms.

Role description

• Perform WTG servicing to ensure the WTGs remain in optimal operational readiness whilst minimising downtime for maintenance activities
• Settings technicians to work ensuring they have adequate information, instruction and technical guidance to perform the tasks safely, in compliance with approved standards and within the agreed timescale
• Act as a role model to demonstrate the RWE behaviours and We Care culture. Continuously look for new ways of working, creating an environment within the team that promotes two-way feedback and act upon ideas/suggestions created by the team
• Engage with the Operations and Engineering teams to resolve technical issues that may lead to a delay in the service, or which may result in a non-operational turbine
• Enact several roles under the Wind Turbine Safety Rules or LOTO and provide safety from the system to ensure that service and troubleshooting are performed in compliance with the approved safe system of work
• Ensure that accurate records are maintained and distributed to the relevant teams to record work performed for tracking of time and parts in addition to historical reference
• Using technical knowledge and experience to perform troubleshooting and diagnostics to return the WTG to its normal operational state minimising commercial downtime whilst in compliance with corporate standards
• Using your own and the team's knowledge to create a suite of documents that will be used when performing work on the WTG. This includes but not limited to work instructions, troubleshooting guides, method statements and risk assessment

Required skills and experience

• Further education qualification in an engineering discipline such as BTEC / C&G/ Diploma
• Recognised apprenticeship/ technical programme or graduate programme preferred
• Several years working in the offshore wind industry as a technician performing at the Maintenance Technician level or above
• Knowledge and experience of electrical apparatus with high voltage experience are advantageous
• Product training from the turbine OEM and sound awareness of turbine control and operating systems
• Flexibility due to the nature of the offshore environment, and the ability to stay offshore for 14 days at a time
• Comfortable inspecting components offshore, often while working at height or in restricted spaces
• GWO offshore certificate and medical with a fitness test

• Ability to diagnose and remedy complex technical problems locally taking advice and instruction from the shore or vessel-based teams

• The Maintenance Team leads will work on the SWT-3.6 platform, SGRE direct drive and Senvion 6M platforms

There will be an expectation to travel to sites outside of your base location (including Europe/Overseas) which may involve overnight stays.

Why you should apply

As well as an attractive salary and extensive benefits package you will also get the opportunity to shape the future of our business. Along the way, we will give you all the support you need to develop your skill set and achieve your long-term aspirations.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive organisation and to valuing the contribution that our employees make. We welcome and respect differences in culture, background, working style, education, and other less obvious differences.

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RWE represents change, innovation and sustainability. As one of the world’s leading generators of electricity from renewable energy sources, we aim to be carbon-neutral by 2040 and to enable a sustainable life for people around the world. To achieve this, we are looking for dynamic and motivated people to join us in creating a sustainable and secure energy future.

RWE Renewables GmbH, based in Essen, Germany, is RWE’s youngest subsidiary and one of the world’s leading companies in the field of renewable energies. With an international team of around 3,500 employees, we are drivers of the energy transition – and provide electricity for a sustainable life. Our total capacity of more than 9 gigawatts results from onshore and offshore wind parks, photovoltaic plants and battery storage. We focus on growth: on the American continent, on the European core markets and on new markets in the Asia-Pacific region.