Plant Technician

Join us in this role where you’ll be responsible for day-to-day balance of plant (BOP) support for assigned operating renewable assets, incl. on-site high voltage (HV) operation and maintenance oversight of assigned assets in order to achieve safe and reliable asset performance.

Welcome to US Onshore Operations
You’ll be part of Central Region Operations located in Marion, KS at out Sunflower Wind Farm where you, together with your colleagues, will assist the monitoring and maintaining of renewable energy projects throughout the US Onshore portfolio. You’ll be exposed to old and new tasks and be part of a larger team with extensive experience in the renewables industry.

As a team, we work together to safely operate our projects all while maintaining top tier quality and efficiency. We strive to maintain positive and safe relationships with our O&M partners.

You’ll play an important role in:

• performing or delegating all BOP planned and unplanned maintenance activities of assigned sites

• overseeing High Voltage operations at sites during unusual events

• implementing and maintaining strong QHSE culture at assigned sites incl. performing frequent quality and safety audits of work

• supporting development of BOP spare parts, planning purchases, and ensuring equipment is kept at the highest possible standard maximizing availability, reliability, and efficiency

• addressing and coordinating BOP related facility faults in overnight hours and providing initial assessment of issues

• demonstrating work planning, activity scheduling, and follow up skills to assure work conformance.

To succeed in the role, you:

• have minimum of three years’ experience in operations or maintenance in power generation, transmissions, distribution, or a related field, incl. two years in the wind or solar industry, or a journeyman, master electrician license, or a wind or solar technician certificate as substitute for two years of experience

• may be qualified as a lineman, electrician, millwright, or control technician or have served time in the armed services as substitute for experience

• have more than a year of substation and HV experience

• are physically able to utilize mowers, tractors, and other mechanized equipment for prolonged periods of time, and preferably can perform repairs on mechanized equipment

• are physically able to satisfy safety requirements using diagnostic equipment, troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining substation equipment such as electrical control circuits, transformers, high voltage breakers, and collection lines.

Maybe you’ve read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don’t quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.

Shape the future with us
Send your application to us as soon as possible. We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we’ve found the right candidate.

As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via [email protected].

Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages and answer the screening questions relevant for your country. We don't take applications or inquiries from external recruiters or agencies into account for this position.

About the job
Application deadline:
24 January 2025

Location:
Marion, US

Field of work:
Operations and technicians

Employment type:
Permanent

Work hours:
Full-time

Workplace:
On-site

Imagine a future with Ørsted

About Ørsted
- We develop, construct, and operate offshore and onshore wind farms, solar energy farms, storage facilities, and bioenergy plants in Europe, Asia, and North America.

- Our vision is to create a world that runs entirely on green energy.

- We’ve been ranked as one of the world’s most sustainable energy companies for the past six years.

- We’re headquartered in Denmark.

- We have over 8,600 employees, working in 15 countries and growing.

An inclusive team
Ørsted wants all employees to have the same opportunities for impact and growth, regardless of age, nationality, disability, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or beliefs. We’re committed to secure an inclusive work environment characterised by a respect for all people so everyone feels free to openly share their input and ideas.