Wind Technician, Pincher Creek

**WHO WE ARE**

“Energizing the Future.”

TransAlta owns, operates, and develops a diverse fleet of electrical generation assets in Canada, the United States, and Australia, providing municipalities, industries, and businesses with safe, low-cost, and reliable clean electricity. For over 111 years, TransAlta has been a responsible operator and proud community member where its employees work and live. We are committed to fostering a dynamic, productive, and safe work environment. Our employees contribute to a diverse, open, and transparent culture with clear accountabilities, strong leadership, and challenging opportunities for personal career growth.

**Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion**

It is our collective mission to ensure that every single employee feels a sense of inclusion and belonging and can show up to work as their true authentic self. TransAlta is committed to hiring a diverse workforce including women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, and members of the LGBTQ2+ community. TransAlta believes that diversity enhances the quality of its performance, is an essential element of effective corporate governance, and cultivates a strong workplace culture.

**ABOUT THE ROLE**
- month business plan in alignment with the Supervisor’s business plan. This role is accountable to ensure the portfolio adheres to TransAlta’s operating model.

**WHAT YOU WILL DO**
- Ensure optimal performance through daily work scheduling, planning, and implementation of maintenance, service, and repair of wind turbine equipment through a team of wind technicians and contractors capable of producing the agreed deliverables.
- Support the daily to three-month business plan in alignment with the Supervisor’s business plan through driving operational performance, achievement of business results and continuous improvement.
- Ensure operational compliance to EHS, NERC, OHS, etc., plant availability, and cost standards through daily review of work orders for accuracy, completeness, and inventory updates; daily facility metric reporting and accurate record keeping; and monitoring of Synergi report entering and record keeping
- Drive for results in the areas of safety, compliance, plant availability, and cost through providing technical support and assistance to wind technicians; ensuring all routine and preventative maintenance is performed accurately, on time, and of a high quality and documented.
- Support the Supervisor in selecting, developing, and managing a high-performance team of employees and contractors to achieve expected outcomes of the plants. This includes assigning tasks within a team of Technicians (of up to a three-month deliverable) and holding them accountable for delivery.
- Support the Supervisor to ensure staff are adequately trained, qualified and competent in their roles and compliant with mandatory training.
- Identifying and mitigating risk that could negatively impact the agreed to outcomes or business results, and identifying and realizing opportunities that could positively impact the agreed to outcomes or business results.
- Establish a collaborative work environment within the team, peers, stakeholders and support groups to ensure issues may be resolved in a professional and productive manner.
- Deliver after-hours support (on call) as needed to support the site in close working relationship with the Wind Control Centre and the Supervisor.

**WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU**
- Appropriate trade certification in a related discipline with years of related progressive experience
- Preference for Vestas Wind Turbine (V80) experience of 4 year or more, or related experience
- Comprehensive understanding of concepts and principles within own discipline and knowledge of others
- Thorough understanding of the operational aspects of the plant - technical, compliance, and financial
- Plant risk and related mitigation strategies
- Understanding of site contractual obligations, procurement processes, and vendor qualifications
- Has strong understanding of how related teams coordinate their efforts and resources to achieve objectives.
- Demonstrated capability to:

- Develop, implement and manage the daily to three-month business plan
- Monitor, analyze and forecast operations performance.
- Identify and mitigate risks / realize opportunities.
- In consultation with the Supervisor, support stakeholder relationships and/or needs internally and externally.
- Operate successfully in a multi-tasking environment with changing priorities.
- Identify and implement business and / or productivity improvement initiatives.
- Coach and mentor team members
- Build, engage, lead and motivate cross-functional teams.
- Set priorities for and coach team members to meet agreed deliverables.
- Stay calm under pressure - obtains timely input before making decisions.
- Make hard decisions while maintaining the respect of others.
- Collaborate with peers and engage cross-functional suppor