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SalaryService Technician Wind Turbines
Location Co Offaly
Type Permanent Fulltime
Salary Euro 40K + OT
Overview:
We are currently recruiting for Service Technicians for the Wind Farm industry. If you have a Mechanical or Electrical background and are looking for a new opportunity, then why not apply? Don t worry, you don t need previous experience working in the Wind Industry as our client will provide all the training you need to ensure you are successful in the role!
You ll be the person that carries out the maintenance activities on our client s wind turbines in your dedicated service area, supporting other areas as needed. The work will include general, as well as specialised work such as repairs, troubleshooting and fault-finding activities.
These roles will be working at our client s new Yellow River Wind Farm, which is located in Rhode, Co. Offaly, and their new Moanvane Wind Farm, which is located in Ballykean, Co. Offaly. You will be part of the overall team who are based at their Oola Service Point in Co. Limerick.
Key Responsibilities:
- Scheduled and unscheduled maintenance according to Company manuals and regulations.
- Autonomously complete simple repairs of turbines, troubleshooting and fault finding.
- Carry out complex repair-processes in collaboration with the local technical support and Lead Technician
- Carry out planned maintenance-/inspection-activities with subcontractors.
- Carry out repair or exchange of main components in cooperation with the respective specialists (e.g. Gearbox)
- Conduct all preparation work for all maintenance activities.
- Perform all work with high quality and in time.
- Perform all work with a high HSE focus by following all HSE regulations in place.
- Check PPE daily & weekly to ensure it is fit for use.
- Vehicle checks to ensure they are in good condition and road worthy.
- Responsible for good housekeeping at site, as well as following the appropriate site rules to ensure that everyone can work in a safe environment,
- Report accurately and in due time: Safety observations, ADM data inputs, timekeeping, maintenance, repairs and SAP MI.
- Other Service-related tasks.
Working hours:
- Our core hours are 40 per week (usually 8am to 5pm with a one-hour break for lunch) but it s possible that something may go wrong with a wind turbine right at the end of your shift and you may need to stay and work overtime to solve the problem. Likewise, we need our Service Technicians to be on call every 2nd or 3rd weekend.
- Overtime is paid at time and a half, and you will receive an additional payment for the days you are on on-call.
Skills & Experience:
- Experience of Electrical or Mechanical systems
- Knowledge of reading electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical diagrams
- Basic HSE knowledge, and the ability to develop further in this area.
- Computer literate, able to use MS Office, SAP and in house database and workload management systems.
- Experienced in using technical data for fault finding and problem analysis.
Education and Qualifications:
- Technical education/training through apprenticeship or a technical college qualification or equivalent (HNC, NVQ Level 3 or equivalent).
Other:
- Good English language skills (read, write and speak fluently)
- Hold a full driving license.
- You must have the right to work in the Ireland and not require employer sponsored authorisation.
- Due to the on-call availability and the location of our current team you will ideally
- live within an hour s travel distance from the Wind Farm and service point.
Benefits:
- A competitive salary
- Thirty-Five days holiday entitlement inclusive of Bank Holidays
- Overtime paid at X1.5
- On call at weekends EUR 300 (1 weekend per month)
- Company Sick Pay Scheme
- Company Pension Scheme
- Bonus Scheme
- X4 Life insurance
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Cycle Scheme
