Lead Wind Turbine Technician
Panhandle Wind Services · Amarillo, TX
Jan, 2021 · Present
• Maintained fleet uptime above 98.4 percent across 42 turbines over four seasons, recovering an estimated 11,200 MWh of generation from unplanned downtime.
• Led gearbox, pitch, and yaw repairs, including bearing and oil-change programs, and documented torque and blade-tension checks after every major intervention.
• Troubleshot SCADA alarms and network faults, cutting mean time to repair by about 28 percent and reducing repeat visits from 6.2 to 2.1 per turbine per year.
• Completed up to 8 climbs per week on utility-scale turbines, enforcing LOTO, fall-arrest, and confined-space procedures with a zero-injury record.
• Mentored three apprentice technicians on component identification, tensioner setup, and safe blade handling, raising the team first-pass repair rate to 86 percent.
Wind Technician II
High Plains Renewables · Lubbock, TX
Jan, 2018 · Dec, 2020
• Maintained assigned turbines at 99.1 percent uptime over three seasons, supporting about 240 MWh of annual generation per machine on a 12-turbine site.
• Performed gearbox oil analysis and pitch-actuator repairs, including yaw-brake and nacelle access work, and logged torque values after each job.
• Diagnosed SCADA communication drops and turbine-controller faults, shortening average troubleshooting time from 4.5 hours to 2.6 hours.
• Completed up to 6 climbs per week and enforced LOTO plus blade-lockout procedures, with no recordable incidents during the tenure.
• Assisted with blade tension checks and hub inspections, improving first-time fix rate on pitch faults to 78 percent.
Apprentice Electrician
Lone Star Electrical · Amarillo, TX
Jan, 2015 · Dec, 2017
• Completed a three-year apprenticeship installing and troubleshooting wind-farm electrical systems, including nacelle, substation, and collection-circuit work.
• Applied LOTO, arc-flash, and NFPA 70E practices daily, completing OSHA 30 and earning a zero-injury record across 18 months of site work.
• Performed torque checks on bolted connections and tensioned control cables, reducing loose-hardware callbacks by about 40 percent.
• Supported gearbox and pitch-system power and sensor repairs, including yaw-drive wiring and turbine-controller swaps on eight machines.
• Handled SCADA cabling and network commissioning, helping bring a 10-turbine block online two weeks ahead of schedule.