Would you like the opportunity to work in Australia for one of the world leaders in wind energy? We’re looking for a driven, innovative and organised individual so that we can give you the chance to develop your career and provide expertise and leadership to our client.
Experience / Qualifications:
- Relevant Degree in Engineering or Science.
- Minimum 8 years’ experience working in a comparable technical role.
- Advanced skills in the use of MS Excel and experience with other MS packages.
- Strong working knowledge of wind farm analysis software including Openwind, CFD and WindPro.
- Strong working knowledge of GIS and CAD software including ESRI, ArcGIS and AutoCAD.
- Demonstrated leadership qualities and capabilities.
- Strong technical report writing.
- Current driver’s license.
- Willingness and flexibility to travel both interstate and overseas, as required
Key responsibilities:
Manage a small team of wind engineers to deliver quality, on time and innovative solution
Undertake wind farm energy resource assessments by:
- Developing detailed and optimised wind farm layout designs
- Calculating long-term wind speed estimations
- Developing energy production predictions for wind farms
Contribute to Data Analysis and QA by:
- Sourcing reference data sets
- Undertaking QA procedures and control of data sets
- Analysing data for use in design and evaluation tools
- Analysing AEAG monitoring station data.
Provide technical and project management inputs to the work of the Engineering & Construction Department, including:
- Coordinating and overseeing, wind monitoring station (mast & SODAR) maintenance, installation and decommissioning by third-party contractors
- Progress quote/estimate proposals and defining scope of work from third-party contractors
- Ensuring third-party contractors perform services to an agreed professional standard and to the full extent of their contracted obligations, by compilation of project specification documentation and review and archiving of contractor reports
- Overseeing the automatic downloading of monitoring station data and assisting with the management of downloading software and hardware
- Completing regular data reviews, including fault identification and regular reporting
- Contribute to monthly upload of data to the Citrix-based database, including data validation activities
- Contribute to the implementation of the clients meteorological mast safety instruction requirements.
Contribute to the clients site prospecting process by:
- Site identification and completion of area evaluations for wind resource
- Assessing shortlisted priority wind farm prospect sites for further development focus
- Completing preliminary layout design
- Producing preliminary energy predictions based on turbine types and wind resource
- Contribute to due diligence of potential wind farm site acquisitions (at all stages of development) through the review of 3rd party wind data sets
- Assist with wind monitoring activities including downloading of monitoring station data, fault diagnosis and monitoring station condition monitoring from time to time as required
- Assist with Wind Farm Operational Services including turbine Power Performance Testing, turbine availability assessment, wind farm performance assessment and procedure verification from time to time as required
Maintain up to date knowledge of:
- The wind power industry in Australia from both a technical and broader market perspective
- Industry and government wind resource assessments
- Turbine suppliers and models
- Relevant international and Australian standards
- Be familiar with and act in accordance with the client’s Health, Safety and Environmental policies.
If this role seems of interest to you, apply today!
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