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Wind Energy Development Managers

$128.62K Median Salary 79.2K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 8% Job Growth

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About This Career

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.

Reported Job Titles

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

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Abilities

Deductive Reasoning

Inductive Reasoning

Oral Comprehension

Written Comprehension

Oral Expression

Problem Sensitivity

Speech Clarity

Speech Recognition

Written Expression

Near Vision

Information Ordering

Category Flexibility

Flexibility of Closure

Fluency of Ideas

Mathematical Reasoning

Number Facility

Selective Attention

Knowledge

Administration and Management

English Language

Building and Construction

Engineering and Technology

Economics and Accounting

Customer and Personal Service

Design

Mathematics

Computers and Electronics

Mechanical

Skills

Critical Thinking

Reading Comprehension

Speaking

Writing

Active Listening

Coordination

Judgment and Decision Making

Monitoring

Social Perceptiveness

Active Learning

Complex Problem Solving

Management of Personnel Resources

Negotiation

Time Management

Persuasion

Management of Financial Resources

Management of Material Resources

Mathematics

Systems Analysis

Systems Evaluation

Technology Skills

Project management software

Presentation software

Spreadsheet software

Geographic information system

Electronic mail software

Video conferencing software

Enterprise resource planning ERP software

Office suite software

Word processing software

Computer aided design CAD software

Internet browser software

Process mapping and design software

Tools

Anemometers

Weather stations

Barometers

Notebook computers

Digital cameras

Temperature transmitters

Portable data input terminals

Digital camcorders or video cameras

Solar radiation surface observing apparatus

Desktop computers

Personal computers

Global positioning system GPS receiver

Wind surface observing apparatus

Soil core sampling apparatus

Abilities

Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
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.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
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).
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
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.
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).
Mathematical Reasoning: The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
Number Facility: The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.

Knowledge

Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Building and Construction: Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

Skills

Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
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.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Management of Personnel Resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
Negotiation: Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
Management of Financial Resources: Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
Management of Material Resources: Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.
Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

Technology Skills

Project management software: Mavenlink; Microsoft Project
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Geographic information system: ESRI ArcView; Geographic information system GIS systems
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Video conferencing software: Teleconferencing software
Enterprise resource planning ERP software: Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne; Oracle PeopleSoft; Oracle PeopleSoft Financials; SAP software
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Computer aided design CAD software: Autodesk AutoCAD; Autodesk Revit
Internet browser software: Web browser software
Process mapping and design software: Microsoft Visio

Tools

Anemometers: Thermoanemometers
Weather stations: Portable meteorological stations
Barometers:
Notebook computers: Laptop computers
Digital cameras:
Temperature transmitters: Electronic temperature sensors
Portable data input terminals: Data acquisition equipment; Data loggers
Digital camcorders or video cameras: Digital video cameras
Solar radiation surface observing apparatus: Pyranometers
Desktop computers:
Personal computers:
Global positioning system GPS receiver: Global positioning system GPS receivers
Wind surface observing apparatus: Sonic detection and ranging SODAR equipment; Wind vanes
Soil core sampling apparatus: Grab samplers

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