onshore wind energy engineer

Description

Onshore wind energy engineers design, install and maintain wind energy farms and equipment. They research and test locations to find the most productive location, test equipment and components such as wind-turbine blades, and develop strategies for more efficient energy production, and environmental sustainability.

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Related skills

• adjust engineering designs (essential · skill/competence)
• adjust voltage (essential · skill/competence)
• aerodynamics (essential · knowledge)
• approve engineering design (essential · skill/competence)
• civil engineering (essential · knowledge)
• conduct engineering site audits (essential · skill/competence)
• data storage (essential · knowledge)
• design automation components (essential · skill/competence)
• design wind turbines (essential · skill/competence)
• develop test procedures (essential · skill/competence)
• electric generators (essential · knowledge)
• electrical discharge (essential · knowledge)
• electrical power safety regulations (essential · knowledge)
• energy market (essential · knowledge)
• engineering principles (essential · knowledge)
• engineering processes (essential · knowledge)
• ensure compliance with environmental legislation (essential · skill/competence)
• ensure compliance with noise standards (essential · skill/competence)
• ensure compliance with safety legislation (essential · skill/competence)
• manage engineering project (essential · skill/competence)
• meteorology (essential · knowledge)
• mining, construction and civil engineering machinery products (essential · knowledge)
• perform data analysis (essential · skill/competence)
• perform project management (essential · skill/competence)
• perform scientific research (essential · skill/competence)
• promote innovative infrastructure design (essential · skill/competence)
• provide information on wind turbines (essential · skill/competence)
• read engineering drawings (essential · skill/competence)
• record test data (essential · skill/competence)
• renewable energy (essential · knowledge)
• report test findings (essential · skill/competence)
• research locations for wind farms (essential · skill/competence)
• technical drawings (essential · knowledge)
• test wind turbine blades (essential · skill/competence)
• types of wind turbines (essential · knowledge)
• use technical drawing software (essential · skill/competence)
• wind energy (essential · knowledge)
• advise on machinery malfunctions (optional · skill/competence)
• assemble electrical components (optional · skill/competence)
• assess financial viability (optional · skill/competence)
• business intelligence (optional · knowledge)
• cloud technologies (optional · knowledge)
• coordinate electricity generation (optional · skill/competence)
• data mining (optional · knowledge)
• design a mini wind power system (optional · skill/competence)
• design wind farm collector systems (optional · skill/competence)
• develop strategies for electricity contingencies (optional · skill/competence)
• draw blueprints (optional · skill/competence)
• electricity market (optional · knowledge)
• information structure (optional · knowledge)
• mechatronics (optional · knowledge)
• monitor electric generators (optional · skill/competence)
• operate meteorological instruments (optional · skill/competence)
• oversee pre-assembly operations (optional · skill/competence)
• perform a feasibility study on mini wind power (optional · skill/competence)
• promote sustainable energy (optional · skill/competence)
• respond to electrical power contingencies (optional · skill/competence)
• review meteorological forecast data (optional · skill/competence)
• run simulations (optional · skill/competence)
• smart grids systems (optional · knowledge)
• test procedures in electricity transmission (optional · skill/competence)
• unstructured data (optional · knowledge)
• utilise decision support system (optional · skill/competence)
• utilise machine learning (optional · skill/competence)

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