Career Overview
Design underground or overhead wind farm collector systems and prepare and develop site specifications.
Also Known As
- Engineer
- Project Engineer
- Utility Engineer
- Wind Energy Consultant
Alternate Job Titles
- Engineer
- Project Engineer
- SCADA Engineer (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition)
- Turbine Engineer
- Turbine Measurements Engineer
- Utility Engineer
- Wind Energy Consultant
- Wind Energy Engineer
- Wind Farm Designer
- Wind Farm Electrical Systems Designer
- Wind Farm Engineer
- Wind Farm Siting and Development Consultant
- Wind Power Specialist
- Wind Turbine Controls Engineer
- Wind Turbine Design Engineer
What You'll Do
In this role, your typical responsibilities include:
- 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.
Emerging Responsibilities
As this field evolves, you may also:
- Analyze meteorological data.
- Design electrical interconnections.
- Design wind turbine components.
- Estimate energy production by analyzing wind data.
Knowledge You'll Use
You'll need solid knowledge in these areas:
- Engineering and Technology
- Mathematics
- Design
- Physics
- English Language
- Computers and Electronics
- Administration and Management
Essential Skills
Success in this career requires strong skills in:
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
Key Abilities
This career requires key abilities in:
- Deductive Reasoning
- Mathematical Reasoning
- Written Comprehension
- Inductive Reasoning
- Number Facility
- Oral Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Written Expression
- Problem Sensitivity
- Near Vision
What Matters in This Career
This career tends to satisfy these work values:
- Achievement
- Working Conditions
- Recognition
- Independence
- Support
Education & Preparation
Typical Education: Bachelor's Degree
Related Work Experience Needed: Over 8 years, up to and including 10 years
On-the-Job Training: Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months
Education Details: Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
Experience Required: A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Technology You'll Use
Popular Technologies & Software
- Amazon Web Services AWS software
- Apache Subversion SVN
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Bentley MicroStation
- C#
- C++
- Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Extensible markup language XML
- Git
Tools & Equipment
- Barometric pressure sensors
- Cup anemometers
- Dataloggers
- Desktop computers
- Digital still cameras
- Digital video cameras
- Electronic temperature sensors
- Handheld global positioning system GPS units
- Laptop computers
- Light detection and ranging LIDAR systems
- Mainframe computers
- Portable meteorological stations
- Propeller anemometers
- Pyranometers
- Recording anemometers
Work Environment
- Spend Time Sitting
- Telephone Conversations
- Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams
- Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals
Salary & Job Market
Wages reported for the broader Engineers, All Other occupational group (BLS 2024), which includes Wind Energy Engineers.
| Salary Percentile | Annual Wage |
|---|---|
| Entry-Level (10th percentile) | $62,840 |
| Median | $117,750 |
| Top Earners (90th percentile) | $183,510 |
Workers Employed Nationally: 150,750
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Occupational data sourced from the O*NET OnLine database, developed by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Wage data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), 2024.