Wind Energy Operations Managers

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Site Manager, Wind Operations Supervisor, Wind Plant Manager, Wind Site Manager

What they do:
Manage wind field operations, including personnel, maintenance activities, financial activities, and planning.
On the job, you would:
  • Supervise employees or subcontractors to ensure quality of work or adherence to safety regulations or policies.
  • Train or coordinate the training of employees in operations, safety, environmental issues, or technical issues.
  • Track and maintain records for wind operations, such as site performance, downtime events, parts usage, or substation events.

Knowledge

Business

  • management
  • human resources (HR)

Engineering and Technology

  • mechanical
  • product and service development

Safety and Government

  • public safety and security

Math and Science

  • arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics

Skills

Basic Skills

  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements

Social

  • understanding people's reactions
  • changing what is done based on other people's actions

Problem Solving

  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Abilities

Verbal

  • communicate by speaking
  • communicate by writing

Ideas and Logic

  • notice when problems happen
  • order or arrange things

Visual Understanding

  • quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things
  • see hidden patterns

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.

They do well at jobs that need:

  • Leadership
  • Dependability
  • Integrity
  • Attention to Detail
  • Cooperation
  • Initiative

Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Electronic mail software

  • IBM Lotus Notes
  • Microsoft Outlook Hot Technology

Presentation software

  • Microsoft PowerPoint Hot Technology

Facilities management software

  • Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
  • Oracle Enterprise Asset Management eAM

Education

Education: (rated 3 of 5)
associate's degree or
bachelor's degree
usually needed

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Job Outlook

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