Description
Wind Turbine Technician
About the Role
A Snapshot of Your Day
As the Wind Turbine Technician for Siemens Energy, your day begins with a safety briefing and team check-in, ensuring everyone is aligned on the day's priorities. You oversee work execution, monitor turbine performance, and support technicians as they carry out maintenance and troubleshooting tasks. You walk the site regularly, verify work quality, and enforce safety protocols.
Throughout the day, you perform safety inspections, manage inventory and warehouse needs, and review service order dispatches and closures. You work closely with the Service Operations Manager and Service Operations Planner to coordinate headcount and lead site operations. You also collaborate with supporting functions to help ensure site profitability and contractual availability targets are met.
When unexpected issues arise, you make quick, informed decisions to keep operations running smoothly. Your leadership keeps the team focused, safe, and productive — even when the wind picks up and the weather turns.
How You'll Make an Impact
- Lead daily operations to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable performance of the wind farm, driving operational excellence across the site.
- Champion safety culture by enforcing rigorous safety standards and fostering a proactive approach to risk management and compliance.
- Empower your team through hands-on leadership, coaching, and development, cultivating a high-performing and engaged workforce.
- Optimize asset performance by collaborating with engineering and maintenance teams to identify and implement improvements.
- Act as the key liaison between site operations and corporate leadership, ensuring clear communication and alignment with strategic goals.
- Drive sustainability goals by contributing to the delivery of clean energy and supporting environmental stewardship initiatives.
What You Bring
- Proven leadership experience in renewable energy, utilities, or industrial operations, with a track record of managing teams and driving performance.
- Strong understanding of wind farm operations , including maintenance planning, asset management, and health & safety compliance.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills , with the ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams.
- Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data, solve problems, and make informed decisions under pressure.
- Commitment to safety and sustainability , with a proactive approach to continuous improvement and environmental responsibility.
- Relevant technical qualifications (eg, engineering, electrical, or mechanical) and familiarity with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
This position is in a French-speaking environment but requires fluency in English to understand technical documentation and terms from international sources, and to communicate with customers, suppliers, or international colleagues.
About the Team
At Forty Mile Windfarm we have a multinational team of wind turbine technicians that bring together specialists from diverse backgrounds, enhancing our capability to tackle complex issues with innovative solutions. Their combined expertise and collaborative spirit ensure efficient operation and maintenance of our wind turbines, driving sustainable energy production at site.
Who is Siemens Energy?
At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.
Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.
Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo
Our Commitment to Diversity
Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.
Rewards
- Career growth and development opportunities
- Supportive work culture and a healthy work-life balance
- Flexible work environment with flex hours, telecommuting and digital workspaces.
- Competitive total rewards package
- Flexible benefits and savings programs
- Rewarding vacation entitlement with the opportunity to buy and sell vacation
- Parental leave
- Profit sharing
- Contribute to our social responsibility initiatives
- Diversity and inclusivity focused
Jobs & Careers: https://jobs.siemens-energy.com/jobs
Job Title: Maintenance Technician
A glimpse into your day:
As a Site Manager for Siemens Energy, your day begins with a safety briefing and a team check-in to ensure everyone is aware of the day's priorities. You oversee the execution of work, monitor turbine performance, and assist technicians with maintenance and troubleshooting tasks. You regularly visit the site, check the quality of the work, and enforce safety protocols.
Throughout the day, you conduct security inspections, manage warehouse inventory and needs, and review the allocation and closing of service orders. You work closely with the Service Operations Manager and Service Operations Planner to coordinate staffing and direct operations on-site. You also collaborate with support functions to ensure site profitability and contractual availability targets are met.
When unexpected problems arise, you make quick and informed decisions to ensure operations run smoothly. Your leadership keeps the team focused, productive, and safe, even when the wind picks up and the weather changes.
What you will bring to the company
- Direct daily operations to ensure the safety, efficiency and reliability of the wind farm, promoting operational excellence throughout the site.
- Promote a culture of safety by applying rigorous safety standards and encouraging a proactive approach to risk management and compliance.
- Empowering the team through concrete leadership, coaching and development in order to cultivate a high-performing and engaged workforce.
- Optimize asset performance by collaborating with engineering and maintenance teams to identify and implement improvements.
- To liaise between site operations and company management, ensuring clear communication and alignment with strategic objectives.
- Contribute to the achievement of sustainable development goals by participating in the supply of clean energy and supporting environmental stewardship initiatives.
What you need
- Proven leadership experience in renewable energy, utilities, or industrial operations, with a demonstrated track record of managing teams and improving performance
- Good understanding of wind farm operations , including maintenance planning, asset management, and compliance with health and safety regulations.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills , with the ability to collaborate with both technical and non-technical teams
- Analytical mind and ability to interpret data, solve problems, and make informed decisions under pressure
- Commitment to safety and sustainability , with a proactive approach to continuous improvement and environmental responsibility.
- Relevant technical qualifications (e.g., engineering, electrical or mechanical), and knowledge of industry standards and regulatory requirements
The person who will fill this position will work in a French-speaking environment. However, they will need to be proficient in English to understand documentation and technical terms from international sources, as well as to communicate with clients, suppliers, and foreign colleagues.
About the team
At the Forty Mile Wind Farm, we have a multinational team of wind turbine technicians that brings together specialists with diverse backgrounds, strengthening our ability to solve complex problems with innovative solutions. Their combined expertise and collaborative spirit ensure the efficient operation and maintenance of our wind turbines, thereby promoting sustainable energy production on site.
Who is Siemens Energy?
At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With approximately 100,000 dedicated employees in over 90 countries, we are developing the energy systems of tomorrow, ensuring that the growing energy demands of the global community are met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories are driving the energy transition and form the basis of one-sixth of the world's electricity production.
Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We preserve a 150-year legacy of innovation, which inspires us to seek individuals who will support our approach focused on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.
Discover how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo
Our commitment to diversity
Fortunately for us, we are all different. Diversity is our driving force. It operates on inclusion, and our combined creative energy is fueled by more than 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates the uniqueness of each individual – regardless of ethnicity, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We give energy to society, to all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.
Compensation
- Career development and skills enhancement opportunities
- A supportive work culture and a healthy work-life balance
- Flexible working environment – variable hours, teleworking and digital workspaces.
- Competitive total compensation package.
- Flexible employee benefits and savings programs
- Option to buy or sell vacations you are entitled to
- Parental leave
- Profit sharing
- Contribution to our social responsibility initiatives
- Emphasis on diversity and inclusion
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