Plant Technician - Electrical

Wärtsilä Energy leads the transition towards a 100% renewable energy future. We help our partners to accelerate their decarbonisation journeys through our market-leading technologies and power system modelling expertise. These cover decarbonisation services, future-fuel enabled balancing power plants, hybrid solutions, energy storage and optimisation technology, including the GEMS Digital Energy Platform.

Did you know Wärtsilä has delivered 79 GW of power plant capacity and more 125 energy storage installations in 180 countries around the world?

In this fast changing world of energy, we are constantly on the lookout for future-oriented talent to join our team and to work towards enabling sustainable societies through innovation in technology and services - together. Want to join the ride?

Job Description – Plant Technician, Electrical - Curacao

We are always on the lookout for a talent with a growth mindset – are you the one? 

The world of energy is changing faster than ever before, and our customers’ operating environment is becoming more and more complex. At Wärtsilä, we want to lead the transition towards a 100% renewable energy future with our lifecycle services, energy storage and optimisation technologies and future-fuel enabled engine power plants.

In Energy Services, we support Wärtsilä’s customers in meeting their business and decarbonisation goals. We do this by optimising cost, emissions and reliability at a plant and microgrid level. We implement solutions such as decarbonisation services and outcome-based service agreements, which include quantifiable targets that are mutually agreed based on customer needs. Growing the coverage of these service agreements is a strategic priority for Wärtsilä. 

We are now looking for a high performing, future-oriented and talented Plant Technician, Electrical to join our team in and support the implementation of our strategy to drive decarbonisation in our Decarbonisation Services Agreement in Curaçao.

Duties and responsibilities

• Responsible for economical and safe maintenance of the plant during the designated shift. To comply with all safety regulations including isolation, lock out and tag out.
• Responsible for maintaining the machines and auxiliary equipment in good conditions of cleanliness.
• Responsible for starting the local and remote engines and synchronising them. Presenting immediate solutions of protection of the equipment in cases of possible flaws.
• Assist Maintenance Supervisor as required.
• Coach and mentor other technicians and general labour.
• Resolve abnormalities that occur in the DC system of the plant.
• Inspect engines electrical systems of the engines, auxiliary equipment and other existent equipment in the plant to detect electrical faults and take the necessary steps for the prevention and correction of the referred abnormalities.
• Be able to identify and correct abnormalities that occur to the excitation systems of the engines as well as the test the protection and supervision equipment of these excitation systems.
• Reconditioning and overhaul of engine’s electrical components.
• Carry out corrective inspections and maintenance of all electrical equipment and supervision of the engines.
• Maintenance of electrical tools, fixtures, cutting tools and hand tools
• Support Techncial Advisor during troubleshooting
• Carry out planned and corrective maintenance of battery storage system including battery racks, modules, rack switchgear, GridSolv Quantum enclosure and internal components, ACC and DCC internal cabinet and internal components, inverter and inverter transformer
• Conduct site checks and inspections on the battery storage system

Desired Education

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent

Desired Skills

• Operation Management
• Customer understanding
• Engine knowledge
• Auxiliary system knowledge
• Electrical systems
• Engine control systems
• Control room knowledge
• Battery Storage System knowledge
• Trouble shooting
• Technical drawings and flow charts
• Measurement equipment, Mechanical/Electrical

Additional Skills

• Communications skills
• Cost awareness & effectiveness
• Teamwork skills
• Wärtsilä quality, safety, environment skills
• Excellent English communication skills (verbal and written)

Last application date: 29/08/2025 

At Wärtsilä we value, respect and embrace all our differences, and are committed to diversity, inclusion and equal employment opportunities; everyone can be their true self and succeed based on their job-relevant merits and abilities. 

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Wärtsilä is a global leader in innovative technologies and lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. Our team of 17,800 professionals, in more than 280 locations in 79 countries, shape the decarbonisation transformation of our industries across the globe. Read more on www.wartsila.com. 
 

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