RWE Renewables Americas LLC, Bracketville

To start as soon as possible, Full time, Permanent

The Wind Farm Technician is responsible for Supporting the overall operations and maintenance of one or more wind farms and all related facilities to assure safety and maximize availability in accordance with Operations mission. This role is responsible for safe execution of scheduled maintenance, troubleshooting and repair activities, training, and safety exercises. This job also maintains accountability and readiness of plant tools, equipment, and vehicles; provides technical guidance to the O&M team; tracks, and maintains records of service activities both scheduled and unscheduled through the digital maintenance management system; and helps maintain the work ethic and culture of the plant O&M team.
Previous experience on the Vestas V100 platform preferred.
 

Your Future Plans:

• Ability to troubleshoot and repair electromechanical systems with solid foundation in theory of operation is required.
• Read, interpret, and follow electrical, mechanical, & hydraulic circuit drawings.
• Identify energy isolation points and implement LOTO for protection.
• Thorough knowledge of electromechanical relay, hydraulic accumulator, linear transducer, and electrical motor.
• Familiarity with power electronics, motor drives, AC/DC converters.
• Knowledge of computer network communication protocol and theory of operation is desired.
• Ability to understand and communicate root causes required.
• Good communication skills and must value being part of a team.
• Safety- Promote safety for all at all times.
•  Initiative - Able to work with minimum supervision and make decisions for all issues related to his/her discipline(s) with limited and/or available information

Qualifications:

• At least 2 years of work experience in operations and/or maintenance in power generation, transmission and/or distribution
• Alternatively 2 year or 4 year college degree from an accredited school (other than correspondence or on-line) in a technical science like engineering, physics, power, or closely similar; current journeyman or master electrician license
• High School Diploma or GED, associate degree in Sciences or related field from an accredited school preferred
• Unrestricted driver license in good standing
• Willing to relocate to within 1 hour drive of site

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RWE represents change, innovation and sustainability. As one of the world’s leading generators of electricity from renewable energy sources, we aim to be carbon-neutral by 2040 and to enable a sustainable life for people around the world. To achieve this, we are looking for dynamic and motivated people to join us in creating a sustainable and secure energy future.

RWE Renewables GmbH, based in Essen, Germany, is RWE’s youngest subsidiary and one of the world’s leading companies in the field of renewable energies. With an international team of around 3,500 employees, we are drivers of the energy transition – and provide electricity for a sustainable life. Our total capacity of more than 9 gigawatts results from onshore and offshore wind parks, photovoltaic plants and battery storage. We focus on growth: on the American continent, on the European core markets and on new markets in the Asia-Pacific region.