Key Skills

Job Description

Do you share our passion of renewable energy for a greener and sustainable future? We are currently looking to recruit a Senior Lead Technician on a Permanent basis to join the team working from our new Inverness service point supporting windfarms including Kilbraur and Burn O'Whilk. Contract Type: Permanent Location: Inverness Hours: Our core hours are 37 per week (Monday – Thursday 8am – 4:30pm and Friday 8am till 1pm) with a requirement to work overtime when required. As our Technicians are required to work overtime and on call there is a requirement for successful candidates to live within a radius of up to 1 hour from the windfarm. How can you make a difference? The Senior Lead Technician role supervises as group of Lead Technicians covering a number of wind farm across the Highlands area, ensuring tasks and works within this region are completed within specified timeframes and to the highest quality standards. What will you be doing? Key Responsibilities For This Role Include Analysing defects on WTG’s where necessary in communication with LOM / Tech Ops Autonomously making complex repairs on the Turbines Carrying out planned maintenances and Inspection activities Ensuring reports and check lists are prepared so the LOM is informed of site activities Documentation and completion of Snag Lists from Maintenances Training of New Technicians in the area Liaise with Clients and or site Management Project management of Large works Prioritising works to minimise downtime and costs Supervising local teams and vehicles Ensuring any spare part requirements for the area are ordered in a timely manner Management of Subcontractors at site. Technical reporting of Major Failures. Agreement of the two-week planner with Lead Techs and the Service Coordinator Assessment of Team performance through appraisal system Dealing with any disciplinary issues with support of LOM What are we looking for? The successful candidate will have proven experience both as a Service Technician and more recently as a Lead Technician. You will be qualified up to at least Level 3 (HNC / ONC) and have completed STTM 1 & 2. You will have experience of leading and supervising a team and have strong interpersonal and communication skills. Other Qualities Required For This Role Include Good planning & Organisational skills Strong customer focus Computer literate with the ability use MS Office, In House Databases and Workload Management Systems This role will also require the candidate to travel on a regular basis which will also include nights away from home. What we can offer you? Time Off Our teams receive 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). You will also an 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. Benefits Health & Wellbeing - The Health and Wellbeing of our employees is incredibly important, which is why we have different benefits for our employees including: 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 25th September 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.

Core Responsibilities

The Senior Lead Technician supervises a team of Lead Technicians across the Highlands to ensure wind farm maintenance and repairs are completed to high quality standards. Responsibilities include project management, technical reporting, team performance appraisals, and coordinating with clients and site management.

Requirements

Candidates must have proven experience as a Service and Lead Technician with a minimum Level 3 (HNC/ONC) qualification and STTM 1 & 2 certifications. Strong leadership, planning, and communication skills are required, along with the ability to travel and work on-call.

Benefits

• Annual leave
• Birthday leave
• Employee assistance programme
• Bike2work scheme
• Paid eye tests
• Company sick pay scheme
• Private healthcare
• Volunteering days
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Enhanced adoption leave
• Compassionate leave
• Life insurance
• Professional subscription reimbursement