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
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Gortahile Windfarm, Co Laois
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.
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.
How can you make a difference?
As a Wind Turbine Service Technician, you will be responsible for the servicing and maintenance of Nordex wind turbines covering turbines at Gortahile Windfarm, Co Laois. 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.
What will you be doing?
You will be responsible for Wind Turbine availability, which means physically troubleshooting turbines not performing to capacity on various wind farms, as well as analysing data and other information to be able to create and support implementing action plans that will increase performance in the fleet.
Key responsibilities for this role include:
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:
What we can offer you?
Health & Wellbeing - The Health and Wellbeing of our employees is incredibly important, which is why we have different benefits for our employees including:
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.
The closing date for this role is Friday 13th November 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)
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.
The development, manufacture, project management and servicing of wind turbines in the onshore segment has been the core competence and passion of the Nordex Group and its more than 10,900 employees worldwide for 40 years.
As one of the world's largest wind turbine manufacturers, the Nordex Group offers high-yield, cost-efficient wind turbines that enable long-term and economical power generation from wind energy in all geographical and climatic conditions. The focus is on turbines in the 3 to 7 MW class, and the Group’s comprehensive product portfolio offers individual solutions for both markets with limited space and regions with limited grid capacities. A global service network, of around 380 service points throughout 30 countries, delivers service quickly to keep our systems running smoothly. The Group covers the needs of all customer segments within the global wind market, from large energy suppliers to SMEs operating power plants. With more than 61 GW of installed capacity worldwide, Nordex Group systems deliver sustainable energy throughout more than 80 per cent of the world’s energy market (excluding China).
Nordex SE is listed on the TecDAX and MDAX of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ISIN: DE000A0D6554). The headoffice of the company, with the Management Board and central corporate functions, is located in Hamburg, while the legal entity is registered in Rostock. At production facilities in Germany, Spain, Brazil, the US, and India, the Nordex Group produces nacelles, rotor blades and concrete towers. The Group also maintains offices and branches in more than 30 countries.
