Resource Blade Technician II - 100% Travel - Nationwide Canada

at  Vestas

This is an hourly paid position. With travel, overtime and other supplemental earnings, resource technicians may have the ability to

DO YOU ENJOY TRAVEL? ARE YOU AN EXPERIENCED BLADE TECHNICIAN WITH A HISTORY OF WORKING WITH COMPOSITES?

Then consider joining the Vestas Resource Team to travel to our sites across North America and grow and train with the best in the wind industry.

QUALIFICATIONS

• High school diploma or equivalent, required
• Post high school education (ie wind school, trade school, college) and two (2) years wind industry experience – electrical experience, including ability to read electrical drawings, preferred
• Proven use and understanding of intermediate level power tools such as hydraulic, power torque and diagnostic tools (e.g. fluke meter functions and hydraulic pressure gauge)
• Ability to demonstrate intermediate working knowledge of industrial safety practices / protocols (e.g. Confined Space, energy isolation). Ability to complete detailed component inspections and report on findings
• Composite experience
• Rope Access experience, preferred
• Valid Driver’s License and Passport
• Skilled attention to detail and execution performance, good interpersonal and customer relation skills, and the ability to effectively collaborate with employees at all professional levels and ability to respectfully follow supervision and support initiatives
• Basic computer operation skills, familiarity with internet based program navigation, and ability to generate and interpret computer data
• Ability to read, interpret and understand drawings and schematics to validate work activity and ensure that risks are identified and mitigated

• Ability to travel 100% of the time while working required overtime, including working a variable work schedule as needed to meet business goals
• Acts as a safety role model, encourages and recognizes others completing safe acts and intervenes when unsafe acts are being practiced. Adheres to all safety standards and procedures. Identifies gaps in safety standards as well as safety risks in the environment, implements effective risk mitigation and provides recommendations to higher level technical staff and management
• Demonstrates and promotes integrity, solid initiative, as well as a no-compromise focus on safety and quality of work on a continuous basis. Also may assist with or perform basic quality audits of less proficient staff
• Performs skilled level blade composite maintenance
• Performs intermediate level wind turbine maintenance or installation tasks as assigned. This includes proficient operation and use of tools (including but not limited to specialized calibration, hydraulic, power tools) and basic turbine equipment. Documents tasks where required and enters data into company system, such as SAP
• Effectively gathers information regarding turbine performance / issues. May diagnose, recommend, and implement solutions up to intermediate routine issues. Seeks assistance when encountering turbine issues outside trained skill level to ensure achieved resolution
• Follows basic structured problem-solving process to complete troubleshooting and diagnostic tasks to include the use of diagnostic tools (e.g. basic fluke meter functions, hydraulic pressure gauge). Self-initiates and performs most work tasks as well as follows defined instructions and maintenance schedules, implementing plans as directed and performs according to written and verbal instruction from higher level technical staff
• Effectively promotes healthy team environment through assisting teammates in accomplishing goals as well as mentoring lower level technical staff. Visibly supports and promotes team spirit and collaboration, and supports change initiatives and actively looks for improvement opportunities to job appropriate processes and procedures and communicates through appropriate channels or implements improvements using the appropriate control management protocol
• Interfaces with customer and may respond to customer inquiries. Will refer complex customer inquiries to higher level technical staff or manager. Demonstrates professional customer focus at all times