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Wind Energy Operations Managers

Manage wind field operations, including personnel, maintenance activities, financial activities, and planning.
Related: Geothermal Production Managers  Hydroelectric Production Managers  Wind Energy Development Managers  Wind Energy Engineers  Wind Turbine Service Technicians 
Industries: Government 

  • Summary

  • Details

    • Work Activities

    • Maintain operations records, such as work orders, site inspection forms, or other documentation.
    • Review, negotiate, or approve wind farm contracts.
    • Develop relationships and communicate with customers, site managers, developers, land owners, authorities, utility representatives, or residents.
    • Review, negotiate, or approve wind farm contracts.
    • Establish goals, objectives, or priorities for wind field operations.
    • Estimate costs associated with operations, including repairs or preventive maintenance.
    • 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.
    • Order parts, tools, or equipment needed to maintain, restore, or improve wind field operations.
    • Prepare wind field operational budgets.
    • Manage warranty repair or replacement services.
    • Track and maintain records for wind operations, such as site performance, downtime events, parts usage, or substation events.
    • Oversee the maintenance of wind field equipment or structures, such as towers, transformers, electrical collector systems, roadways, or other site assets.
    • Develop processes or procedures for wind operations, including transitioning from construction to commercial operations.
    • Monitor and maintain records of daily facility operations.
    • Train or coordinate the training of employees in operations, safety, environmental issues, or technical issues.
    • Provide technical support to wind field customers, employees, or subcontractors.
    • Recruit or select wind operations employees, contractors, or subcontractors.

    Skills

    • Monitoring
      • Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
    • Repairing
      • Repairing machines or systems using the right tools.
    • Technology Design
      • Making equipment and technology useful for customers.
    • Management of Material Resources
      • Managing equipment and materials.
    • Service Orientation
      • Looking for ways to help people.
    • Social Perceptiveness
      • Understanding people's reactions.
    • Coordination
      • Changing what is done based on other people's actions.
    • Writing
      • Writing things for co-workers or customers.
    • Science
      • Using scientific rules and strategies to solve problems.
    • Quality Control Analysis
      • Testing how well a product or service works.
    • Judgment and Decision Making
      • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
    • Management of Financial Resources
      • Making spending decisions and keeping track of what is spent.
    • Instructing
      • Teaching people how to do something.
    • Systems Evaluation
      • Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.
    • Management of Personnel Resources
      • Selecting and managing the best workers for a job.
    • Systems Analysis
      • Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
    • Operations Monitoring
      • Watching gauges, dials, or display screens to make sure a machine is working.
    • Installation
      • Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs.
    • Equipment Maintenance
      • Planning and doing the basic maintenance on equipment.
    • Active Listening
      • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
    • Troubleshooting
      • Figuring out what is causing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs to not work.
    • Reading Comprehension
      • Reading work-related information.
    • Speaking
      • Talking to others.
    • Active Learning
      • Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.
    • Operations Analysis
      • Figuring out what a product or service needs to be able to do.
    • Negotiation
      • Bringing people together to solve differences.
    • Learning Strategies
      • Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.
    • Mathematics
      • Using math to solve problems.
    • Complex Problem Solving
      • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
    • Time Management
      • Managing your time and the time of other people.
    • Critical Thinking
      • Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
    • Equipment Selection
      • Deciding what kind of tools and equipment are needed to do a job.
    • Persuasion
      • Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.
    • Programming
      • Writing computer programs.
    • Operation and Control
      • Using equipment or systems.

    Abilities

    • Depth Perception
      • Deciding which thing is closer or farther away from you, or deciding how far away it is from you.
    • Arm-Hand Steadiness
      • Keeping your arm or hand steady.
    • Near Vision
      • Seeing details up close.
    • Stamina
      • Exercising for a long time without getting out of breath.
    • Memorization
      • Remembering words, numbers, pictures, or steps.
    • Hearing Sensitivity
      • Telling the difference between sounds.
    • Speech Clarity
      • Speaking clearly.
    • Category Flexibility
      • Grouping things in different ways.
    • Originality
      • Creating new and original ideas.
    • Information Ordering
      • Ordering or arranging things.
    • Speed of Limb Movement
      • Quickly moving your arms and legs.
    • Response Orientation
      • Quickly deciding if you should move your hand, foot, or other body part.
    • Sound Localization
      • Noticing the direction that a sound came from.
    • Rate Control
      • Changing when and how fast you move based on how something else is moving.
    • Dynamic Flexibility
      • Quickly and repeatedly bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching out with your body, arms, and/or legs.
    • Gross Body Coordination
      • Moving your arms, legs, and mid-section together while your whole body is moving.
    • Oral Comprehension
      • Listening and understanding what people say.
    • Multilimb Coordination
      • Using your arms and/or legs together while sitting, standing, or lying down.
    • Mathematical Reasoning
      • Choosing the right type of math to solve a problem.
    • Speech Recognition
      • Recognizing spoken words.
    • Manual Dexterity
      • Holding or moving items with your hands.
    • Finger Dexterity
      • Putting together small parts with your fingers.
    • Static Strength
      • Lifting, pushing, pulling, or carrying.
    • Written Comprehension
      • Reading and understanding what is written.
    • Flexibility of Closure
      • Seeing hidden patterns.
    • Time Sharing
      • Doing two or more things at the same time.
    • Inductive Reasoning
      • Making general rules or coming up with answers from lots of detailed information.
    • Glare Sensitivity
      • Seeing something even if there is a glare or very bright light.
    • Far Vision
      • Seeing details that are far away.
    • Visual Color Discrimination
      • Noticing the difference between colors, including shades and brightness.
    • Spatial Orientation
      • Knowing where things are around you.
    • Speed of Closure
      • Quickly knowing what you are looking at.
    • Problem Sensitivity
      • Noticing when problems happen.
    • Night Vision
      • Seeing at night or under low light.
    • Number Facility
      • Adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing.
    • Visualization
      • Imagining how something will look after it is moved around or changed.
    • Oral Expression
      • Communicating by speaking.
    • Deductive Reasoning
      • Using rules to solve problems.
    • Dynamic Strength
      • Exercising for a long time without your muscles getting tired.
    • Auditory Attention
      • Paying attention to one sound while there are other distracting sounds.
    • Peripheral Vision
      • Seeing something to your side when your are looking ahead.
    • Explosive Strength
      • Jumping, sprinting, or throwing something.
    • Trunk Strength
      • Using your lower back and stomach.
    • Selective Attention
      • Paying attention to something without being distracted.
    • Written Expression
      • Communicating by writing.
    • Extent Flexibility
      • Bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching with your body, arms, and/or legs.
    • Wrist-Finger Speed
      • Making fast, simple, repeated movements of your fingers, hands, and wrists.
    • Gross Body Equilibrium
      • Keeping your balance or staying upright.
    • Control Precision
      • Quickly changing the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat.
    • Perceptual Speed
      • Quickly comparing groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.
    • Reaction Time
      • Quickly moving your hand, finger, or foot based on a sound, light, picture or other command.
    • Fluency of Ideas
      • Coming up with lots of ideas.

    Knowledge

    • Building and Construction
      • Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
    • Mechanical
      • Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
    • Engineering and Technology
      • Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
    • Customer and Personal Service
      • Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
    • Administrative
      • Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
    • Philosophy and Theology
      • Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
    • Physics
      • Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub-atomic structures and processes.
    • Public Safety and Security
      • Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
    • Therapy and Counseling
      • Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
    • Biology
      • Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
    • English Language
      • Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
    • Medicine and Dentistry
      • Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
    • Communications and Media
      • Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
    • Food Production
      • Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
    • Fine Arts
      • Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
    • History and Archeology
      • Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
    • Economics and Accounting
      • Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
    • Personnel and Human Resources
      • Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
    • Telecommunications
      • Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
    • Mathematics
      • Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
    • Education and Training
      • Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
    • Psychology
      • Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
    • Geography
      • Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
    • Transportation
      • Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
    • Sales and Marketing
      • Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
    • Administration and Management
      • Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
    • Production and Processing
      • Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
    • Law and Government
      • Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
    • Foreign Language
      • Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
    • Sociology and Anthropology
      • Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures, and their history and origins.
    • Chemistry
      • Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
    • Computers and Electronics
      • Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
    • Design
      • Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

    Education

    Education
    Bachelor's degree
    Work Experience
    Less than 5 years work experience
    Training
    No on-the-job training
    Education and Training Opportunities

    Pay

    Washington Annual Salary
    165080/yr
    Washington Hourly Wage
    79.37/hr

    Washington Employment Trends

    Currently Employed
    1,356,200
    Yearly Projected Openings
    105800

    Personality

    Enterprising: 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

    Tools

    • Acoustic ear muffs or defenders
    • Adjustable widemouth pliers
    • Adjustable wrenches
    • Ammeters
    • Anemometers
    • Calipers
    • Desktop computers
    • Fire escape equipment
    • Forklifts
    • Hard hats
    • Infrared imagers
    • Laser fax machine
    • Lubricating oil testing kit
    • Megohmmeters
    • Microcontrollers
    • Micrometers
    • Notebook computers
    • Oscilloscopes
    • Personal computers
    • Photocopiers
    • Safety glasses
    • Safety harnesses or belts
    • Screwdrivers
    • Slings
    • Special purpose telephones
    • Torque tools
    • Torque wrenches
    • Tower cranes
    • Two way radios
    • Vibration testers
    • Voltage or current meters

    Technology

    • Analytical or scientific software
    • Calendar and scheduling software
    • Compliance software
    • Computer aided design CAD software
    • Data base user interface and query software
    • Electronic mail software
    • Enterprise resource planning ERP software
    • Facilities management software
    • Industrial control software
    • Internet browser software
    • Inventory management software
    • LAN software
    • Office suite software
    • Presentation software
    • Project management software
    • Spreadsheet software
    • Time accounting software
    • Video conferencing software
    • WAN switching software and firmware
    • Word processing software

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