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Wind Energy Development Managers

  • Bright Outlook
  • Rapid Growth
  • Numerous Job Openings

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.

What you’d do

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Update schedules, estimates, forecasts, or budgets for wind projects.

Skills that matter

  • Critical Thinking
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Speaking
  • Writing
  • Active Listening
  • Coordination

How to get there

Considerable preparation: most need a four-year bachelor's degree

Also called

  • Business Development Director
  • Business Development Manager
  • Development Director
  • Development Manager
  • Project Development Leader
  • Renewable Project Management and Construction Director

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