Skills
64 skills are associated with this occupation.
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Essential knowledge
15 skills
Essential skills / competences
22 skills
Optional knowledge
8 skills
Optional skills / competences
19 skills
Overview
Onshore wind energy engineer work is about designing, installing and maintaining wind farms and equipment, testing locations and components, and improving energy production and environmental sustainability.
In job descriptions, look for site audits, feasibility studies, wind turbine blades, electrical transmission tests, engineering principles, data analysis, environmental compliance, safety compliance and sustainable energy planning.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Onshore wind energy engineers connect site conditions, turbine equipment and energy-production goals. Work can include feasibility studies, engineering site audits, blade testing, installation support, maintenance planning and environmental or safety checks.
Skills and specializations
Useful skills include wind energy, engineering principles, data analysis, testing turbine blades, auditing sites and understanding electricity transmission procedures. Specialization may focus on site selection, turbine components, grid connection, sustainability or operational performance.
Salary context
Salary context depends on project scale, technical accountability, field-site responsibility, compliance duties and whether the role designs systems or supports operation. Roles owning feasibility decisions and test interpretation carry broader engineering responsibility.
Career paths
Development can lead to senior wind engineering, project engineering, site assessment, turbine technology, operations performance or renewable-energy consulting. Combining field evidence with data analysis is a strong path in this occupation.
Good to know
Check adverts for the project stage: design, installation, maintenance, performance analysis or compliance. Also note whether the role names turbines, blades, substations, transmission tests, environmental assessment or site audits.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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Occupation group
energy engineer (2149.9)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/ba490796-46f7-45b7-827b-db6882fca3e1 |
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| ESCO code | 2149.9.6 |
| ISCO group | 2149 |
| Concept type | Occupation |