Aliaga & Bergama wind farms · Izmir, Türkiye
Wind turbine field service technician
I have been working on wind turbines since 2013 — Enercon, Nordex, Nordex-Acciona and Vestas machines, mechanical and electrical. Tower erection, commissioning, scheduled service, fault finding, and major component exchange with a crane on site. Somewhere past three hundred turbines by now, in enough weather to have an opinion about most of it.
- 13 years
- On site since 2013
- 300+
- Turbines worked on
- 4
- Manufacturer platforms
- GWO
- Certified, current
What I actually do
A wind turbine is a power station that has to be serviced 80 metres in the air, in whatever weather the site gives you. The work is part mechanical, part electrical, and mostly diagnostic: something has stopped, and the machine is telling you about it in alarm codes and trend curves rather than words.
My background is mechanical — I started in 2013 erecting Enercon steel-concrete hybrid towers — and the electrical side came from the years after that, on service crews where you are expected to do both. Gearbox, converter, yaw and pitch fault finding; blade inspections; torque and tensioning work; commissioning and the reports that go with it.
I am based in Izmir and currently work the Aliaga and Bergama wind farms for Bilgin Enerji. I have also worked project sites across Europe with international crews, which is where most of my English comes from.
- Platforms
- Enercon E70, E82, E92Nordex Beta, Delta 111, Delta 131Vestas V126, V136Nordex Acciona 3 MW class
- Certificates
- GWO Basic Safety TrainingVestas SIT TrainingWorking at heightElectrical work at height
- Core work
- Fault finding and diagnosticsScheduled and preventive serviceCommissioningMajor component exchange
- Languages
- Turkish — nativeEnglish — advanced
Where I have worked
- March 2021 — present · Bilgin Enerji
Field Service Technician
Scheduled maintenance, mechanical service and electrical fault finding on the Aliaga and Bergama wind farms. Gearbox, converter, yaw and pitch diagnostics; blade inspections; part of the crew on major component exchanges. Commissioning and reporting after service.
- 2020 — 2021 · Fu Enerji, Lacivert Vinç
Installation & Assembly Technician
Erection work on Vestas V136 3.45 MW and other machines: tower, nacelle and rotor assembly, torque and tensioning, connection checks and electrical fault finding. Vestas SIT certified.
- 2018 — 2019 · Genba Energy, Siemens, Monsson
Service Technician & Site Store
Mechanical and electrical maintenance on an 18-turbine 3 MW Acciona site; service and assembly work in Balikesir; spare part and materials management for a wind farm site store.
- 2016 — 2018 · Hareket, EU Montage Danmark ApS
Installation & Electrical Technician
Turbine erection projects in Türkiye and across Europe: tower and nacelle assembly, cabling and connection checks, scheduled maintenance, working alongside international crews.
- 2013 — 2016 · Enercon GmbH
Steel-Concrete Tower Assembly Technician
Hybrid tower erection on Enercon machines: segment joining, tensioning and mechanical assembly as part of the site erection crew. My first job in the industry.
Things I have written and built
Most of what is written about this trade online was written by people who have never been up a tower. These are my attempt at the opposite. All free, no sign-up, and they work offline once you have opened them — which matters at the foot of a tower with no signal.
The Turbine Tech
I run a YouTube channel called The Turbine Tech, in English, about the work itself: what is inside these machines, how the faults show up and what the job is actually like. If you are thinking about this trade, or you already do it and want to compare notes, that is the other place to find me.
Contact
Available for field projects, service work and consulting
[email protected]