Wind Turbine Technician

Ørsted is hiring a Wind Turbine Technician for offshore wind farms in Grimsby, UK. This full-time, permanent role involves maintaining and repairing wind turbines, contributing to safety culture, and collaborating with engineering specialists. Technicians will work on-site at the East Coast Hub and may also work offshore on service operations vessels. Candidates should have relevant technical qualifications and experience in troubleshooting mechanical and electrical systems.
Wind Turbine Technician for Offshore Wind Farms

Imagine a future where you help maintain our portfolio of offshore wind farms

Application deadline

28 February 2025 , 23:59 CET
Country United Kingdom
Location Grimsby
Workplace

On-site

We offer a workplace culture where you'll be working on site every work day.
Working hours Full-time
Employment type Permanent
Legal entity Orsted Power (UK) Ltd.

Some of our benefits include:

Attractive offer of paid holiday

Non-contributory pension

Free lunch at most UK sites

Private health and dental insurance for you and your family

Join us in this role where you'll become a Wind Turbine Technician in our East Coast Region where you'll be responsible for maintaining and repairing our wind turbines, positively contributing to our safety culture, and working with our engineering specialists to enhance our wind farm performance. You'll be working from our East Coast Hub, a £14m, state-of-the-art facility in the Port of Grimsby. The world's largest offshore wind operations and maintenance centre, the East Coast Hub is home to more than 600 of our team, who all make a contribution to ensure our windfarms are operating at their optimum.

Welcome to Hornsea 02 Offshore Operations

You'll be part of East Coast Hub where you, together with your colleagues, will utilise software systems to accurately record all elements of your daily work including hours worked, spare parts used and technical work order reports. You'll prepare and pack spare parts, tools and other equipment for all elements of maintenance work. You'll perform general cleaning across site, e.g. turbines, onshore facilities, storage, vessels, etc. You must be proactive in maintaining your competence level and the safety certification required for the job. You are also responsible for the condition of own safety equipment: Life vest, helmet, fall arrest harness etc.

As a team, we are looking for people who are comfortable working from either:
• One of our Service Operations Vessel where you will work offshore on two week shifts with some unsociable hours.
• Or working seven- day shifts traveling daily between Grimsby and one of our near shore windfarms.

You'll play an important role in:
• driving a positive safety culture through your actions
• performing troubleshooting and repair of electrical and mechanical components
• servicing and maintaining offshore wind turbines
• servicing and maintaining balance of plant equipment
• some technicians will perform the duties of an Authorised Person on HV equipment.

To succeed in the role, you:
• have a full apprenticeship in a relevant discipline, such as electrical or mechanical engineering. Preferably, with further qualifications, such as BTEC or HNC
• meet the physical, medical and psychological requirements for working offshore where applicable for up to 2 weeks with unsociable hours.
• have an aptitude for working at heights and in restricted or confined spaces.
• are a team player with a calm and controlled approach to problem-solving.
• are well-experienced in troubleshooting on mechanical and electrical components and adept in using your own initiative to complete tasks.
• are self-motivated and enjoy working both independently and as a member of a team.

For those working at our far shore locations, you will work from and live on a service operations vessel (SOV) which will remain at sea for 2 weeks at a time, so you should ensure that any dependents can be catered for in your absence and your happy with being away from family and friends. We will also ask you to undertake any training and take your holidays in your 2 weeks off shift, for which you will be compensated. Maintenance and troubleshooting work is expected to take place from the SOV on a 24-hour basis, so some working at unsocial hours may be required. We also utilise transport by helicopter, and helicopter hoisting for access to turbines. Technicians involved in helicopter operations will either be based on the SOV, or onshore based.

For those working at our near shore locations, you will be expected to work 11-to-12-hour days, for a 7-day shift, commuting by crew transfer vessel from out hub in Grimsby to one of our windfarms. Due to the length of the working day, you will need to live in easy commuting distance of Grimsby. We may also utilise transport by helicopter, and helicopter hoisting for access to turbines.

We will be conducting an assessment day on the 18th of March 2025.

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 .

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.

Apply Share on LinkedIn Print

Discover other career opportunities
• Operations and technicians

SCADA/OT Engineer

United Kingdom
• Operations and technicians

Head Of Electrical & Control Systems Reliability

United Kingdom
• Operations and technicians

Wind Turbine Technician WT4

United Kingdom
• Operations and technicians

Wind Turbine Technician

United Kingdom

See open positions

Imagine a future with Ørsted

Join a global leader in renewable energy

Ørsted is the global leader in offshore wind and is one of the largest renewable energy companies in the world. With us, you'll play your part in creating a world that runs entirely on green energy. As the world's leading green energy major, we leverage the curiosity and passion of our people to innovate and develop new technologies or existing technologies to scale', collaborating with governments, suppliers, and our industry partners to make renewable energy solutions a reality. At Ørsted, we work together with openness and respect and seek fresh perspectives to solve any task at hand: big or small.

About Ørsted
• We provide countries, companies, and communities with sustainable, reliable, and cost-competitive energy solutions, including offshore and onshore wind, solar PV, renewable hydrogen and green fuels, and energy storage.
• Our vision is to create a world that runs entirely on green energy.
• We built the world's largest offshore wind farm, and with over 2,000 wind turbines at sea, we've installed more offshore wind than anyone else.
• We were founded in Denmark in 2006 and now have over 8,300 employees, working in 15 countries and counting.

An inclusive team

At Ørsted, we strive to be an inclusive workplace where you're respected for who you are, valued for the unique perspectives you bring, and rewarded fairly for what you achieve. We want all employees to have the same opportunities for impact and growth, no matter their age, race, ethnicity, place of birth, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.

Related

Working at Ørsted

Learn more about working at Ørsted and how we turn our passion into purpose.

Hiring process

Find out how you can prepare for your career at Ørsted, from CV to application to interview to first day.

Meet our people

Over 8,000 people working together to create a world that runs entirely on green energy.

Ørsted A/S

Kraftværksvej 53

Skærbæk

7000 Fredericia

Denmark

+45 99 55 11 11