Occupations/11-9199.09
Wind Energy Operations Managers
Manage wind field operations, including personnel, maintenance activities, financial activities, and planning.
Usually a certificate, vocational program, or associate degree — not a bachelor’s.
AI automation risk
35%
More resilient
Human characteristics
66%
Strong human-characteristic mix
Task orientation
43%
Mixed exposure
A day in this job
- Mostly human
Supervise employees or subcontractors to ensure quality of work or adherence to safety regulations or policies.
- Mostly routine
Track and maintain records for wind operations, such as site performance, downtime events, parts usage, or substation events.
- Mostly human
Train or coordinate the training of employees in operations, safety, environmental issues, or technical issues.
Split from the wording of these tasks, shown next to the occupation’s AI risk. It is not a separate score for each task, and it is not a forecast that the job disappears.
Core tasks
- 01Supervise employees or subcontractors to ensure quality of work or adherence to safety regulations or policies.
- 02Train or coordinate the training of employees in operations, safety, environmental issues, or technical issues.
- 03Track and maintain records for wind operations, such as site performance, downtime events, parts usage, or substation events.
- 04Oversee the maintenance of wind field equipment or structures, such as towers, transformers, electrical collector systems, roadways, or other site assets.
- 05Prepare wind field operational budgets.
- 06Develop relationships and communicate with customers, site managers, developers, land owners, authorities, utility representatives, or residents.
Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)
- Repeating same tasks3.06
- Degree of automation2.45
- Time sitting3.18
- Originality (ability)3.00
- Conflict situations3.14
- Hands-on objects/tools2.75
- Outdoors / weather3.99
- Disease exposure1.07
- Decision freedom4.57
Top abilities
- Oral Expression4.12
- Written Expression4.00
- Written Comprehension4.00
- Speech Recognition4.00
- Speech Clarity4.00
- Problem Sensitivity4.00
- Oral Comprehension4.00
- Information Ordering3.88
Essential skills
- Reading Comprehension3.88
- Active Listening4.00
- Writing3.75
- Speaking3.88
- Mathematics3.00
- Science2.00
- Critical Thinking3.88
- Active Learning3.00
- Learning Strategies3.00
- Monitoring3.88
CIP matches
Schools offering related programs
12 of 97 shown
Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.
| Institution | Program | Tuition | Admit | Grad 6-yr | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA · Public | Information Technology Project Management 11.1005 | $15,200 | 57% | 86% | 1 yr — 2 yr $122,038 Master's · CIP 11.10 |
Georgia State University Atlanta, GA · Public | Information Technology Project Management 11.1005 | $9,200 | 67% | 56% | 1 yr $67,660 2 yr — Master's · CIP 11.10 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC · Public | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia 09.0702 | $9,000 | 17% | 91% | 1 yr $66,171 2 yr — Master's · CIP 09.07 |
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA · Public | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia 09.0702 | $11,800 | 17% | 91% | 1 yr $65,477 2 yr $58,673 Bachelor's · CIP 09.07 |
St Cloud State University St. Cloud, MN · Public | Information Technology Project Management 11.1005 | $9,600 | 95% | 56% | 1 yr $63,005 2 yr $52,733 Bachelor's · CIP 11.10 |
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA · Public | Environmental/Natural Resource Economics 03.0204 | $19,600 | 55% | 86% | 1 yr $60,320 2 yr — Bachelor's · CIP 03.02 |
Metropolitan State University St. Paul, MN · Public | Information Technology Project Management 11.1005 | $9,600 | 82% | 48% | 1 yr $52,107 2 yr $57,318 Bachelor's · CIP 11.10 |
Stanford University Stanford, CA · Private nonprofit | Psychology, General 42.0101 | $62,400 | 4% | 96% | 1 yr $48,823 2 yr $40,368 Bachelor's · CIP 42.01 |
New York University New York, NY · Private nonprofit | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia 09.0702 | $60,400 | 12% | 88% | 1 yr $44,616 2 yr $49,019 Bachelor's · CIP 09.07 |
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL · Public | Library and Information Science 25.0101 | $17,500 | 45% | 85% | 1 yr $44,153 2 yr $44,431 Master's · CIP 25.01 |
Duke University Durham, NC · Private nonprofit | Environmental/Natural Resource Economics 03.0204 | $66,100 | 6% | 96% | 1 yr $44,091 2 yr $33,993 Master's · CIP 03.02 |
Century College White Bear Lake, MN · Public | Information Technology Project Management 11.1005 | $6,000 | 100% | 31% | 1 yr $43,798 2 yr $42,682 Associate · CIP 11.10 |