Wind Energy Engineers
Engineer, Project Engineer, Utility Engineer, Wind Energy Consultant
see titles from the Marine Corps.
Environmental Engineering Management Officer
What they do:
Design underground or overhead wind farm collector systems and prepare and develop site specifications.
On the job, you would:
- Create or maintain wind farm layouts, schematics, or other visual documentation for wind farms.
- Recommend process or infrastructure changes to improve wind turbine performance, reduce operational costs, or comply with regulations.
- Create models to optimize the layout of wind farm access roads, crane pads, crane paths, collection systems, substations, switchyards, or transmission lines.
Engineering and Technology
- product and service development
- design
Math and Science
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
- physics
Arts and Humanities
Business
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Basic Skills
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- reading work related information
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Math
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
Verbal
- read and understand what is written
- communicate by speaking
Ideas and Logic
- use rules to solve problems
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
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People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Analytical Thinking
- Attention to Detail
- Initiative
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Dependability
- Integrity
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You might use software like this on the job:
Analytical or scientific software
- ANSYS simulation software
- The MathWorks MATLAB
Presentation software
Development environment software
- Microsoft .NET Framework
- Microsoft Visual Studio
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bachelor's degree or
master's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
$100,640
$58,730
$164,690
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You might like a career in one of these industries:
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In the military:
see titles from the Marine Corps.
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