Wind Energy Engineers

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Job Outlook:
None
Education: Bachelor's degree
Salary
High: $168,320.00
Average: $111,280.00
Hourly
Average: $53.50

What they do:

Design underground or overhead wind farm collector systems and prepare and develop site specifications.

On the job, you would:

  • 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.

Personality

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Characteristics of this Career

91% Analytical Thinking  -  Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
89% Attention to Detail  -  Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
85% Initiative  -  Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
84% Adaptability/Flexibility  -  Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
84% Dependability  -  Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
84% Integrity  -  Job requires being honest and ethical.
82% Stress Tolerance  -  Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
82% Persistence  -  Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
81% Achievement/Effort  -  Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
81% Cooperation  -  Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
80% Independence  -  Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
76% Leadership  -  Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
75% Innovation  -  Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
73% Self-Control  -  Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Strengths

83% Realistic  -  Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Values of the Work Environment

89% Achievement  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
78% Working Conditions  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.
72% Recognition  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status.
72% Independence  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.

Aptitude

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

72% Deductive Reasoning  -  The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
69% Written Comprehension  -  The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
69% Inductive Reasoning  -  The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
69% Mathematical Reasoning  -  The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Skills | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

66% Reading Comprehension  -  Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.

Job Details

Responsibilities
Document design or operational test results.
Direct energy production or management activities.
Recommend technical design or process changes to improve efficiency, quality, or performance.
Research design or application of green technologies.
Test green technologies or processes.
Test green technologies or processes.
Provide technical guidance to other personnel.
Conduct quantitative failure analyses of operational data.
Monitor processes for compliance with standards.
Direct energy production or management activities.
Determine design criteria or specifications.
Design energy production or management equipment or systems.
Create graphical representations of energy production systems.
Create graphical representations of energy production systems.
Design energy production or management equipment or systems.
Evaluate the characteristics of green technologies.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

98% Electronic Mail  -  How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
88% Spend Time Sitting  -  How much does this job require sitting?
82% Telephone  -  How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
80% Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
80% Structured versus Unstructured Work  -  To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?
79% Importance of Being Exact or Accurate  -  How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
77% Indoors, Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
76% Work With Work Group or Team  -  How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
76% Freedom to Make Decisions  -  How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
68% Time Pressure  -  How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
67% Contact With Others  -  How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
70% Duration of Typical Work Week  -  Number of hours typically worked in one week.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Tasks & Values

95% Working with Computers  -  Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
81% Getting Information  -  Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
77% Making Decisions and Solving Problems  -  Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
75% Processing Information  -  Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
73% Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others  -  Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
73% Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates  -  Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
72% Analyzing Data or Information  -  Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
71% Documenting/Recording Information  -  Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
70% Providing Consultation and Advice to Others  -  Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
69% Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge  -  Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
69% Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work  -  Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
68% Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards  -  Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
67% Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information  -  Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
67% Communicating with People Outside the Organization  -  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.
65% Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships  -  Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.

Getting Started

Education:
70%
Bachelor's Degree
14%
Master's Degree

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