Wind Turbine Technician

Join us in this role where you’ll play a responsible, hands-on part in servicing, maintaining, and repairing our offshore wind turbines. You’ll work at sea in close camaraderie with supportive, committed colleagues, and develop new skills with great opportunities for career progression.

 

Welcome to Ørsted UK East
You’ll be part of the Gunfleet Sands team where you, together with your colleagues, will form a diverse and inclusive operations and maintenance team where you’ll contribute to our safety culture and work with engineering specialists to enhance the performance of our wind farms.

As a team, we strive to achieve our goals through a collaborative approach, which will support your personal opportunities and development, whilst maintaining our Guiding Principles and key values.

 

You’ll play an important role in:

  • proactively driving a positive safety culture through your actions and interventions
  • servicing and maintaining offshore wind turbines and plant equipment
  • diagnosing and troubleshooting electrical and mechanical turbine components
  • collaborating with internal stakeholders.

 

To succeed in the role, you:

  • have an electrical or mechanical engineering background with further qualifications, such as BTEC or HNC, or have served a relevant apprenticeship or as an experienced authorised WTG technician
  • meet the physical and medical requirements for working offshore and have an aptitude for working at heights and in restricted or confined spaces
  • are a quick learner with a proactive and methodical approach to solving problems
  • have strong verbal and written English communication skills and display a good level of computer literacy
  • can reach the site in Brightlingsea within 45 - 60 minutes.

 

 

Maybe you’ve read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don’t quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.

 

Shape the future with us
Send your application to us as soon as possible. We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we’ve found the right candidate.

 

As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via accommodation@orsted.com.

Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages and answer the screening questions relevant for your country. We don't take applications or inquiries from external recruiters or agencies into account for this position.

About the job

Application deadline:  28 February 2025
Location: 

Brightlingsea, GB

Field of work:  Operations and technicians
Employment type:  Permanent
Work hours:  Full-time
Workplace:  On-site

Imagine a future with Ørsted

About Ørsted

- We develop, construct, and operate offshore and onshore wind farms, solar energy farms, storage facilities, and bioenergy plants in Europe, Asia, and North America. 

- Our vision is to create a world that runs entirely on green energy.

- We’ve been ranked as one of the world’s most sustainable energy companies for the past six years. 

- We’re headquartered in Denmark.

- We have over 8,600 employees, working in 15 countries and growing. 

 

An inclusive team

Ørsted wants all employees to have the same opportunities for impact and growth, regardless of age, nationality, disability, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or beliefs. We’re committed to secure an inclusive work environment characterised by a respect for all people so everyone feels free to openly share their input and ideas.