Wind Turbine Service Technician - Frodsham - Nordex SE

Description

Wind Turbine Service Technician - Frodsham

Do you share our passion of renewable energy for a greener and sustainable future?

Nordex has an exciting opportunity for the role of Wind Turbine Service Technician covering Frodsham and the surrounding areas

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Frodsham, Cheshire and surrounding areas

Hours: Our core hours are 40 per week (Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm) with an requirement to work overtime when required.
Our Service Technicians are also required to be available for any breakdowns and faults at the weekend, working on-call every 2nd or 3rd weekend (depending on the size of your team). Overtime is paid at time and a half, and you will receive an additional payment for the weekend you are on on-call.

What will you be doing?

As a Wind Turbine Service Technician, you will be responsible for the servicing and maintenance of Nordex wind turbines covering windfarms around Frodsham, Cheshire. You will carry out general and specialised work including repairs, troubleshooting and fault-finding activities ensuing our wind turbines continue to achieve a high level of availability.

Key responsibilities for this role include:

• On site performance analysis and action plan implementation
• Working closely with Technicians and Back Office staff to perform on the job demonstrations
• Supporting on site single turbine improvements on problem turbines
• Providing on site software & hardware updates
• Supporting on-line and on phone technical support
• Creating reports on turbine or turbine components
• Parameter disabling and alarm change handling when necessary

What are we looking for?

The ideal candidate will have experience of working in the Mechanical / Electrical industry and be able to demonstrate knowledge of reading electrical, hydraulic and mechanical diagrams.

You will be Mechanical or Electrical trained through time-served or a technical college qualification which should be at least NVQ Level 3 or equivalent.

You will be able to demonstrate you can identify and define problems, extract crucial information from technical data, and develop workable solutions to problems

Other essential skills and behaviours required for this role include:

• The ability to adapt to an environment of continuous change and different challenges
• A positive attitude with a willingness to learn, lead and continuously improve
• Computer literate and confident in using MS office packages, in-house databases and workload management systems
• This role involves working at heights, up to 140m. You will need to be fit and health and pass a working at height test.
• You will be required to travel on an occasional basis which includes nights away from home
• A full UK / EU Driving Licence is required for this role.

What we can offer you?

Time Off

• 33 days annual leave including bank holidays. After two years continual service you will be entitled to an additional day's holiday per annum (Maximum 5 days).
• extra day off for your birthday.
• In addition we also offer our employees the opportunity to purchase up to 5 day of additional annual leave every year.

Health & Wellbeing

• Employee Assistance Programme (offering therapy sessions)
• Bike2Work Scheme
• Paid Eye tests & contribution towards Glasses
• Company Sick pay scheme
• The option to purchase Private Healthcare

Volunteering

All our employees can use 2 paid working days per calendar year to carry out volunteering activities in your local community.

Family friendly

Our family friendly policies include, Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave. Compassionate Leave, and Life Insurance.

Memberships

Nordex will reimburse the cost of one annual professional subscription fee to one professional institution relevant to your work.

Recruitment Process

The closing date for this role is Friday 6th March 2026, however, please be aware that this role could close early if we receive an overwhelming response.

The first stage of the recruitment process requires you to submit your CV via the Apply Now button. The recruitment team will then review your application and be in touch to confirm if you have been successful in reaching the next stage of the process.

We appreciate all the applications we receive and will be in touch with you as soon as we can, so please watch out for our emails or phone calls (which maybe from a withheld number)

Nordex Values, Diversity & Inclusion

Here at Nordex we interact with a variety of people and cultures. Our values of Integrity, Respect, Colleagueship, and Ownership are the unifying force for all departments and regions around the world, these are the standards we walk by. Our mission is to offer cutting edge, reliable products, and services, generating value for our customers and stakeholders …. All whilst protecting the environment.

Join the #TEAMNORDEX and shape the future of energy with us.