Maintenance Team Lead (Lead Technician)

RWE Renewables UK Management Ltd.
To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent

Functional area: Operations & Maintenance

Fleet Servicing is an established team within the Offshore Operations Fleet Management & Support team that is responsible for the annual servicing of Wind Turbines at Trident, Greater Gabbard, London Array and Kaskasi from an SOV along with supporting trouble shooting 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 windfarms.

About the role:

• Perform WTG servicing to ensure the WTG’s 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 for demonstrating 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 a number of roles under the Wind Turbine Safety Rules or LOTO to provide safety from the system to ensure that service and troubleshooting is performing 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maintained and distributed to the relevant teams to record work performed for tracking of time and parts in addition to historical reference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 knowledge to create a suite of documents that will be used when performing work on the WTG. This includes but is not limited to Work Instruction, troubleshooting guides, method statements and risk assessments

Job requirements and experience: 

• Further education qualification in an engineering discipline such as BTEC / C&G/ Diploma
• Have several years of experience working in the offshore wind industry as a technician performing at Maintenance Technician level or above
• 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 fitness test 
• Ability to diagnose and remedy complex technical problems locally taking advice and instruction from the shore or vessel-based teams

Advantageous but not essential:

• Recognised apprenticeship/ technical programme or graduate programme 
• Knowledge and experience of electrical apparatus with high voltage experience
• SGRE DD experience due to the need to work across several different turbine types

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

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Apply with just a few clicks: ad code 88540, application period: 09/12/2024.
Any questions? Contact HR: Marie Bennell, marie.bennell@rwe.com #LI-MB1

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RWE Offshore Wind will play a central role in realising our purpose and vision so far being the No.2 generator globally. The company’s 3,500+ experts operate more than 1.000 fixed bottom and floating wind turbines in 19 wind farms. And we plan to increase our capacity from the current 3.3 GW to 10 GW by 2030 (RWE’s share). In connection with current projects in development as well as upcoming auctions in Europe, the United States, and the Asia-Pacific region, RWE Offshore Wind is preparing to implement further complex projects.

RWE Offshore Wind tests a wide variety of new technologies in our offshore wind farms, enabling these plants to operate more efficiently and economically. In addition, we are involved in and committed to numerous programmes and initiatives that are designed to accelerate innovation in offshore wind and promote the development of new industry standards which allows you to have the freedom to act with conviction and courage as we pivot to new technologies – and continuously improve, together.

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