Occupations/11-9199.10
Wind Energy Development Managers
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.
Usually a four-year bachelor’s degree.
AI automation risk
46%
Mixed exposure
Human characteristics
47%
Balanced human and task mix
Task orientation
22%
More resilient
A day in this job
- Mostly human
Lead or support negotiations involving tax agreements or abatements, power purchase agreements, land use, or interconnection agreements.
- Mostly routine
Create wind energy project plans, including project scope, goals, tasks, resources, schedules, costs, contingencies, or other project information.
- Mostly human
Supervise the work of subcontractors or consultants to ensure quality and conformance to specifications or budgets.
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
- 01Coordinate or direct development, energy assessment, engineering, or construction activities to ensure that wind project needs and objectives are met.
- 02Manage wind project costs to stay within budget limits.
- 03Lead or support negotiations involving tax agreements or abatements, power purchase agreements, land use, or interconnection agreements.
- 04Create wind energy project plans, including project scope, goals, tasks, resources, schedules, costs, contingencies, or other project information.
- 05Supervise the work of subcontractors or consultants to ensure quality and conformance to specifications or budgets.
- 06Develop scope of work for wind project functions, such as design, site assessment, environmental studies, surveying, or field support services.
Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)
- Repeating same tasks2.27
- Degree of automation1.55
- Time sitting4.17
- Originality (ability)2.88
- Conflict situations3.09
- Hands-on objects/tools1.91
- Outdoors / weather2.32
- Disease exposure1.05
- Decision freedom4.43
Top abilities
- Written Comprehension4.00
- Oral Comprehension4.00
- Inductive Reasoning4.00
- Deductive Reasoning4.00
- Written Expression3.88
- Speech Recognition3.88
- Speech Clarity3.88
- Problem Sensitivity3.88
Essential skills
- Reading Comprehension3.88
- Active Listening3.75
- Writing3.88
- Speaking3.88
- Mathematics3.00
- Science1.75
- Critical Thinking4.00
- Active Learning3.38
- Learning Strategies2.75
- Monitoring3.50
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 |