Cape Town: Senior Wind Turbine Technician (O&M) posted by SET Consulting

Date	2024-07-07
Job Title	Senior Wind Turbine Technician (O&M)
Employer	SET Consulting More Information
Salary	550000
Category	Professions
Location	Western Cape / Cape Town

Job Summary

Senior Wind Turbine Technician (O&M)

Market-Related Salary

Cape Town

Excellent Career Opportunity for a Senior Wind Turbine Technician (O&M) with a large global energy company operating exclusively in renewable technologies. Reporting to the Supervisor and Plant Manager, you will be responsible for carrying out repairs and maintenance of machinery and equipment, regularly checking that the facilities are in good operating conditions; carrying out general maintenance work and working on elements for automation of services.

Key Performance Areas

Technical support

Ensure the efficiency of the wind turbines whilst observing the site`s safety, quality and environmental rules and laws.
Apply troubleshooting, corrective, predictive and preventative maintenance, and inspections whilst attending to every incident that could adversely affect the wind farms operations.
Proactive identification of components that require replacement…
Perform servicing, troubleshooting and repairing the wind turbine`s electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical components following manufacturers guidelines.
Utilize control, instrumentation, telecommunication, and electrical engineering concepts regularly during work activities.
Support wind turbine technician assistants.
Perform preventative maintenance activities on wind turbines.
Perform technical retrofits and upgrades in the wind turbine according to pre-defined procedures.
Supervise specialist and subcontractor activity during main component exchanges or maintenance.
Perform wind turbine and substation switching with an authorization of up to 12kV

Reporting:

Capture tasks on the O&M management systems (MAXIMO, RDO, etc) when required.
Provide feedback to the rest of the wind farm management team after completion of each workday.
Reporting of safety matters, incidents/near misses through the incident management tool.
Perform and/or report all material consumptions and low stock levels to the warehouse technician timeously.

Tools and Equipment:

Responsible for tools, materials and property of the company including vehicles.
Ensure that all tools are in good working condition and report any defective tools timeously.

Safety, Health & Environmental (SHE) Compliance:

Ensure compliance with the companys health, safety, and environmental rules and regulations and report any incidents/near misses immediately to superiors.

Qualifications and Experience

Minimum National Diploma or N6: Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Millwright with a trade test
4+ years related working experience Apprenticeship included, ideally as a Technician on the AW3000 Wind Turbine
Completed GWO training.
Valid Drivers License (minimum code B)
Computer literate (MS Office)
Must be physically fit, able to climb a ladder (unaided) able to work at heights of up to 100m and in restricted or confined spaces.
PLCs and Drives/ converters experience will be an advantage.
Must be able to work irregular hours, and shifts and be available to work on standby. Must be able to attend to call-outs within a 1 (one) hour period.

Senior Wind Turbine Technician (O&M) position available in Western Cape, Cape Town. This job position was posted by SET Consulting. The job has been posted as a premium ad on 2024-07-07 at 13:06:14 in the Professions category

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