Wind Farm Field Service Technician

About the role

Boco Rock Wind Farm, located about 10 km south-west of Nimmitabel and 30 km north of Bombala in NSW, is looking for a Field Service Technician. The farm has 67 GE 1.7-100 turbines operating since 2015 and generating up to 113 MW of clean energy. You will maintain and troubleshoot wind turbines at the site. This is not a FIFO or DIDO role and must be based locally to the wind farm.

Key responsibilities

• Perform scheduled and unscheduled maintenance on turbines and site infrastructure
• Follow GE manuals, specifications and work instructions for tasks and inspections
• Carry out maintenance, fault finding and high voltage switching operations as required
• Take part in annual maintenance, retrofit works, major component exchanges and fault finding
• Use GE software tools to maintain reports and submit technical queries
• Ensure compliance with JSA, LOTO and EHS policies and report issues promptly
• Decide on conformance or non-conformance after inspections and report errors, violations and incidents through GE reporting systems
• Work a 37.5-hour week with possible overtime, and join on-call rosters for after-hours or weekend work

Required profile

• Qualified electrician or mechanical trade certification
• Current unrestricted driver's licence
• Comfortable working at heights, climbing turbines
• Commitment to safety standards, high performance and continuous improvement
• Independent, solutions-focused and well organised
• Open to travel to other sites as required
• Must hold appropriate working rights for Australia at the time of application
• Previous experience in renewables, power distribution, mining, oil and gas or other heavy industry preferred but not essential

Required skills

• Fault finding on electrical, mechanical and hydraulic equipment
• Use of computer systems and tools for monitoring work and managing documentation
• Strong written and verbal English
• Preferred: GWO Basic Training, High Voltage Switching Operations, HRWL including dogging, rigging, forklift and EWP (training may be provided)

Relocation assistance is not provided. Working across different time zones means monitoring and responding to contact outside normal hours can be expected.