R0001588 Wind Turbine Technical Support Specialist (Open)
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Job Description Summary:
The Wind Turbine Technical Support Specialist role is the technical reference for turbine auxiliary and control sub-systems across Nadara's fleet, including pitch, converters, SCADA, PLC/control, yaw, brakes and related interfaces. The role provides remote and on-site support to ensure safe operation, resolve faults, improve reliability and deliver standard corrective actions, upgrades and obsolescence solutions with internal teams, OEMs and service partners.
Job Description:
Key responsibilities and Authorities
• Act as technical reference for pitch, converters, SCADA, PLC/control, yaw, brakes and auxiliary systems.
• Provide remote and on-site troubleshooting.
• Lead or support RCA, corrective actions and effectiveness checks for recurrent or high-impact failures.
• Recommend repairs, replacements, parameter or software changes, retrofits and upgrades within Engineering Change Request rules.
• Monitor reliability, obsolescence risks and OEM updates, proposing fleet improvement priorities and spare-part alternatives.
• Maintain technical documentation, settings, software versions, troubleshooting guides and lessons learned.
• Support return-to-service validation, incident investigations and fleet risk reviews.
• Coordinate with OEMs, experts, service partners and site teams, promoting standard solutions and knowledge transfer.
Technical and cross Competences
• Strong understanding of turbine electrical, automation and control systems, including pitch, converters, SCADA, PLC, yaw, brakes, hydraulics and communications.
• Able to interpret schematics, I/O lists, control logic, network architecture, alarms, trends and technical manuals.
• Structured fault-finding and RCA across component, wiring, software, parameter, communication and integration issues.
• Able to assess technical risk and convert findings into clear, prioritised recommendations.
• Experience with change control, configuration management, technical documentation and verification of modifications.
• Comfortable with data analysis, SCADA historians, OEM diagnostic tools and technical English.
Managerial skills and behaviours
• Strong team player. Collaborative, service-minded and focused on supporting Operations.
• Dedicated to helping sites restore safe and reliable operation.
• Safety-first mindset. Pragmatic and aware of operational urgency.
• Analytical and methodical when solving complex faults.
• Clear communicator with technicians, Operations, Asset Maintenance, OEMs and partners.
• Reliable and accountable. Able to manage priorities and share lessons learned.
Education and Qualifications
• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Automation, Mechatronics, Power Electronics or similar; equivalent experience considered.
• Relevant experience (>10 years) for Nordex or Vestas models in turbine technical support, field service, controls, reliability or OEM product.
• Proven troubleshooting of complex electrical or control-system faults, followed through to closure.
• Knowledge of wind-industry safety…