Wind Energy Operations Managers

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Job Outlook:
None
Education: Bachelor's degree
Salary
High: $218,550.00
Average: $141,190.00
Hourly
Average: $67.88

What they do:

Manage wind field operations, including personnel, maintenance activities, financial activities, and planning.

On the job, you would:

  • Supervise employees or subcontractors to ensure quality of work or adherence to safety regulations or policies.
  • Train or coordinate the training of employees in operations, safety, environmental issues, or technical issues.
  • Track and maintain records for wind operations, such as site performance, downtime events, parts usage, or substation events.

Personality

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Characteristics of this Career

88% Leadership  -  Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
85% Dependability  -  Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
80% Integrity  -  Job requires being honest and ethical.
79% Cooperation  -  Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
78% Attention to Detail  -  Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
78% Initiative  -  Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
76% Analytical Thinking  -  Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
76% Persistence  -  Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
75% Stress Tolerance  -  Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
73% Adaptability/Flexibility  -  Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
73% Concern for Others  -  Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
72% Self-Control  -  Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
71% Achievement/Effort  -  Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
64% 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.
62% Innovation  -  Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
59% Social Orientation  -  Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Strengths

95% Enterprising  -  Work involves managing, negotiating, marketing, or selling, typically in a business setting, or leading or advising people in political and legal situations. Enterprising occupations are often associated with business initiatives, sales, marketing/advertising, finance, management/administration, professional advising, public speaking, politics, or law.
78% Conventional  -  Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Values of the Work Environment

83% 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.
75% 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.
67% Relationships  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.

Aptitude

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

78% Oral Expression  -  The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
75% Oral Comprehension  -  The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
75% Written Comprehension  -  The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
75% Written Expression  -  The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
75% Problem Sensitivity  -  The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
75% Speech Recognition  -  The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
75% Speech Clarity  -  The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
72% Information Ordering  -  The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
69% Near Vision  -  The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
69% Deductive Reasoning  -  The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
69% Inductive Reasoning  -  The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
56% Fluency of Ideas  -  The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
53% Perceptual Speed  -  The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
53% Flexibility of Closure  -  The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Skills | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

59% Monitoring  -  Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
57% Active Listening  -  Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
57% Writing  -  Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
57% Speaking  -  Talking to others to convey information effectively.
57% Critical Thinking  -  Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
57% Reading Comprehension  -  Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
57% Social Perceptiveness  -  Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
57% Management of Personnel Resources  -  Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
55% Negotiation  -  Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
55% Coordination  -  Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
54% Complex Problem Solving  -  Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
54% Persuasion  -  Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
52% Instructing  -  Teaching others how to do something.
52% Judgment and Decision Making  -  Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
52% Active Learning  -  Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
52% Management of Financial Resources  -  Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.

Job Details

Responsibilities
Train employees on environmental awareness, conservation, or safety topics.
Conduct employee training programs.
Maintain operational records for green energy processes or other environmentally-sustainable activities.
Advise others on green energy or related technologies.
Direct facility maintenance or repair activities.
Purchase materials, equipment, or other resources.
Maintain operational records for green energy processes or other environmentally-sustainable activities.
Approve expenditures.
Negotiate contracts for environmental remediation, green energy, or renewable resources.
Recruit personnel.
Maintain operational records for green energy processes or other environmentally-sustainable activities.
Estimate green project costs.
Develop organizational goals or objectives.
Establish interpersonal business relationships to facilitate work activities.
Develop operating strategies, plans, or procedures for green or sustainable operations.
Prepare operational budgets for green energy or other green operations.
Supervise workers performing environmentally sustainable activities.
Direct maintenance and repair activities in green energy production facilities.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

100% Telephone  -  How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
100% Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
97% Responsible for Others' Health and Safety  -  How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job?
93% Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets  -  How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets?
90% 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?
89% Freedom to Make Decisions  -  How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
89% Work With Work Group or Team  -  How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
89% In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment  -  How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)?
88% 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?
87% Indoors, Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
85% Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results  -  What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
85% Frequency of Decision Making  -  How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
85% Consequence of Error  -  How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable?
81% Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)?
80% Responsibility for Outcomes and Results  -  How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers?
77% Coordinate or Lead Others  -  How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
75% Electronic Mail  -  How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
75% Outdoors, Exposed to Weather  -  How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions?
72% Importance of Being Exact or Accurate  -  How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
71% Outdoors, Under Cover  -  How often does this job require working outdoors, under cover (e.g., structure with roof but no walls)?
70% Time Pressure  -  How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
70% Exposed to Hazardous Conditions  -  How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions?
69% Exposed to High Places  -  How often does this job require exposure to high places?
68% Level of Competition  -  To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures?
65% Letters and Memos  -  How often does the job require written letters and memos?
64% Very Hot or Cold Temperatures  -  How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures?
63% Exposed to Hazardous Equipment  -  How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment?
62% Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection  -  How much does this job require wearing specialized protective or safety equipment such as breathing apparatus, safety harness, full protection suits, or radiation protection?
62% Physical Proximity  -  To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people?
57% Public Speaking  -  How often do you have to perform public speaking in this job?
57% Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting  -  How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions?
55% Spend Time Sitting  -  How much does this job require sitting?
55% Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable  -  How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable?
54% Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings  -  How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings?
54% Frequency of Conflict Situations  -  How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job?
53% Deal With External Customers  -  How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job?
52% Importance of Repeating Same Tasks  -  How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job?
89% Duration of Typical Work Week  -  Number of hours typically worked in one week.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Tasks & Values

93% Making Decisions and Solving Problems  -  Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
92% Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment  -  Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
89% Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others  -  Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
89% Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates  -  Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
87% Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials  -  Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
87% Scheduling Work and Activities  -  Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
86% Working with Computers  -  Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
86% Coaching and Developing Others  -  Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
86% 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.
86% Developing and Building Teams  -  Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
85% Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings  -  Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
83% Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work  -  Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
82% Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates  -  Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
82% Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment  -  Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles.
80% Controlling Machines and Processes  -  Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
80% Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment  -  Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft.
79% Documenting/Recording Information  -  Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
78% Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events  -  Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
78% Getting Information  -  Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
77% Training and Teaching Others  -  Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
76% Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge  -  Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
76% Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People  -  Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
75% Performing General Physical Activities  -  Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
73% Analyzing Data or Information  -  Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
73% Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others  -  Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
73% Handling and Moving Objects  -  Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
73% Thinking Creatively  -  Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
73% 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.
72% Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships  -  Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
71% Monitoring and Controlling Resources  -  Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.
70% 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.
69% Staffing Organizational Units  -  Recruiting, interviewing, selecting, hiring, and promoting employees in an organization.
69% Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others  -  Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
69% Selling or Influencing Others  -  Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions.
68% Assisting and Caring for Others  -  Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
68% Performing Administrative Activities  -  Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
67% Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment  -  Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used.
67% Processing Information  -  Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
65% Providing Consultation and Advice to Others  -  Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
63% Developing Objectives and Strategies  -  Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
61% Performing for or Working Directly with the Public  -  Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.

Getting Started

Education:
40%
Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)
35%
Bachelor's Degree

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