Description
Lead or manage the development and evaluation of potential wind energy business opportunities, including environmental studies, permitting, and proposals. May also manage construction of projects.
Interests
- Enterprising
- Conventional
Work Values
- Achievement
- Independence
- Recognition
Work Styles
- Persistence
- Attention to Detail
- Integrity
- Initiative
- Adaptability/Flexibility
Tasks
- Coordinate or direct development, energy assessment, engineering, or construction activities to ensure that wind project needs and objectives are met.
- Manage wind project costs to stay within budget limits.
- Lead or support negotiations involving tax agreements or abatements, power purchase agreements, land use, or interconnection agreements.
- Create wind energy project plans, including project scope, goals, tasks, resources, schedules, costs, contingencies, or other project information.
- Supervise the work of subcontractors or consultants to ensure quality and conformance to specifications or budgets.
Work Activities
- Communicating with People Outside the Organization
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
- Getting Information
Detailed Work Activities
- Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
- Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
- Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
- Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
- Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
Technology Skills
- Project management software
- Presentation software
- Spreadsheet software
- Geographic information system
- Electronic mail software
Abilities
- Deductive Reasoning
- Inductive Reasoning
- Oral Comprehension
- Written Comprehension
- Oral Expression
Skills
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Writing
- Active Listening
Knowledge
- Administration and Management
- English Language
- Building and Construction
- Engineering and Technology
- Economics and Accounting
Most Common Education Level
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Certificates
Certificate name
Energy Risk ProfessionalCertifying Organization
Global Association of Risk Professionals
Type
Core
Certificate name
TS: Managing Projects with Microsoft Project 2010Certifying Organization
Microsoft Corporation
Type
Certificate name
Certified Renewable Energy ProfessionalCertifying Organization
Association of Energy Engineers
Type
Advanced
Certificate name
Project Management ProfessionalCertifying Organization
Project Management Institute
Type
Advanced
Income Percentile
The income percentiles show how earnings are distributed within a profession. The 10th percentile means that 10% of workers earned less than that amount. The median (50th percentile) indicates that half of workers earned more, and half earned less. The 90th percentile reflects what the top 10% of earners in the field make.
| Income Percentile | Annual Income |
|---|---|
| Low (10%) | $57,010 |
| Median (50%) | $122,090 |
| High (90%) | 239,200+ |
Employability
There are currently 1,282,500 jobs in this career path. Over the next 10 years, that number is expected to increase to 1,356,200 positions, reflecting a projected growth of 6%.
The Projected Job Growth figure refers to the expected increase or decrease in employment within a specific career field over a certain period of time.
Projected Job Growth of 6%
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