What Do Wind Energy Project Managers Do (including Their Typical Day At Work)

Job Description

Wind Energy Project Managers 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. They also coordinate or direct development, energy assessment, engineering, or construction activities to ensure that wind project needs and objectives are met.

Other tasks include:

• 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.
• Develop scope of work for wind project functions, such as design, site assessment, environmental studies, surveying, or field support services.
• Provide verbal or written project status reports to project teams, management, subcontractors, customers, or owners.

We asked Wind Energy Project Managers how satisfied they are with their job. Here is what they said.

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75% of them said they were satisfied with their job and 62% said they find that their job makes the world a better place or helps to make someone else’s life better.

Typical Day At Work

On a daily basis, Wind Energy Project Managers supervise the work of subcontractors or consultants to ensure quality and conformance to specifications or budgets. They create wind energy project plans, including project scope, goals, tasks, resources, schedules, costs, contingencies, or other project information.

• 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.
• Provide verbal or written project status reports to project teams, management, subcontractors, customers, or owners.
• Lead or support negotiations involving tax agreements or abatements, power purchase agreements, land use, or interconnection agreements.
• Prepare wind project documentation, including diagrams or layouts.

Other responsibilities

Besides their typical day, Wind Energy Project Managers also prepare wind project documentation, including diagrams or layouts. They may also develop scope of work for wind project functions, such as design, site assessment, environmental studies, surveying, or field support services.

On a weekly to monthly basis, Wind Energy Project Managers Manage wind project costs to stay within budget limits. They might also Provide verbal or written project status reports to project teams, management, subcontractors, customers, or owners.

In addition, they Provide technical support for the design, construction, or commissioning of wind farm projects.

Although specific duties may vary, many of them Update schedules, estimates, forecasts, or budgets for wind projects.

To some Wind Energy Project Managers, it is also their responsibility to Review or evaluate proposals or bids to make recommendations regarding awarding of contracts.

Working life

More than 40 hours per week

Regular schedule like a 9 to 5

In a typical work week as a Wind Energy Project Manager, you can expect to work more than 40 hours per week.

Is this right for me

People who are suitable for this job tends to like starting up and carrying out projects. They like leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business..

They also like following set procedures and routines. They like working with data and details more than with ideas.

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