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Rosalind Fairweather

Wind Turbine Technician (GWO-Certified)
Amarillo

Professional Summary

Rosalind Fairweather is a GWO-certified wind turbine technician in Amarillo, Texas, with eleven years of hands-on experience keeping utility-scale wind plants online. She leads troubleshooting and major-component repairs across pitch, yaw, and gearbox systems, and has held plant uptime above 98 percent for four consecutive seasons. Recent work includes SCADA fault analysis, torque and blade-tension checks, and mentoring apprentice technicians on LOTO and climb safety. She is seeking a lead technician role where reliability, safety, and measurable generation gains are the standard.

Employment History

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.

Education

AAS Wind Energy Technology
Texas State Technical College · Sweetwater, TX
Jan, 2013 · May, 2015
Coursework covered wind turbine theory, electrical systems, mechanical drives, and site safety. Completed hands-on labs on gearbox assembly, pitch and yaw control, and SCADA troubleshooting. Graduated with a focus on utility-scale onshore maintenance and LOTO compliance.

Skills

GWO BST
GWO BTT
OSHA 30
NFPA 70E
CPR and First Aid
SCADA troubleshooting
Gearbox repair
Pitch and yaw systems
LOTO
Torque and tension measurement
Nacelle climbing
Blade inspection
Wind turbine commissioning
Electrical troubleshooting