Senior Wind Turbine Technician / Supervisor - Wind Turbines - Field-based, UK-wide (travel to sites across Scotland, Northern Ireland and England) - £45k to £55k (Negotiable DOE) + Company Vehicle
24 hours ago
Manchester
SENIOR WIND TURBINE TECHNICIAN / SUPERVISOR Location: Field-based, UK-wide (travel to sites across Scotland, Northern Ireland and England) Salary: £45k to £55k (Negotiable DOE) Overview A growing and PE-backed renewable energy services provider is seeking a Senior Wind Turbine Technician / Supervisor to lead and support field operations across a portfolio of onshore wind assets across the UK. This is a field-based leadership role focused on team management, operational planning, and technical support, with regular site visits as required. Role Summary This position is centred on managing and developing a team of wind turbine technicians across multiple UK sites, ensuring high standards of safety, efficiency, and delivery. You will act as the operational link between field technicians and the Operations Director, playing a key role in scheduling, resource planning and day-to-day decision making. While the role is predominantly leadership focused, you will remain technically credible and provide hands-on support when required, for example during peak demand, cover situations or complex faults. Key Responsibilities • Lead, manage, and mentor a team of field-based wind turbine technicians across multiple UK sites, • Oversee day-to-day operations, scheduling, and resource allocation to meet customer availability commitments, • Act as the key operational link between field teams and the Operations Director, • Work closely with the control room team, providing technical guidance to support better operational decision making, • Provide hands-on technical support on complex faults, maintenance issues and escalations when required, • Drive improvements in turbine performance, availability, and service delivery, • Ensure full compliance with Wind Turbine Safety Rules, GWO standards, and company procedures, • Support training, competency development, and performance management of technicians, • Assist with planning of scheduled and unscheduled maintenance programmes, • Manage parts, consumables and stock levels in coordination with the operations team Requirements • Proven experience as a Wind Turbine Technician with progression into a supervisory or lead role, • Strong hands-on technical knowledge of onshore wind turbine systems, mechanical, electrical and hydraulic, • Authorised Technician (AT) status under Wind Turbine Safety Rules, • Experience supervising or leading technician teams in a wind energy environment, • Ability to plan, coordinate and manage multiple sites and work streams simultaneously, • Strong communication skills, able to work effectively with technicians, control room staff and senior management, • Full GWO certification (Working at Height, Manual Handling, First Aid, Fire Awareness), • Full UK driving licence, • Comfortable with regular UK-wide travel including occasional nights away Desirable • Experience on Vestas, Siemens, Nordex or similar platforms, • HV awareness or authorisation, • SMSTS or equivalent site management qualification, • SAP or equivalent CMMS experience Salary & Benefits • £45,000 - £55,000 base (negotiable DOE), • Company vehicle, • Bonus potential linked to performance, • 30 days holiday rising to 35 days after 5 years, • Company sick pay and pension If this is of interest please apply on LinkedIn or email