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OwnEnergy Wind Energy CareersOwnEnergy strives to provide superior service to our partners, and that begins by recruiting talented individuals who share our core values and commitment to sustainability. We take great pride in the industry-leading professionals who make up our current staff, and as interest in renewable wind energy systems grows, so does our team.

Join us in making a perpetual difference in the world of today and tomorrow. With a sustainable work environment, a collaborative atmosphere, boundless innovation and a community-minded spirit, a career with OwnEnergy offers promise for your own future—and for future generations.

Available Positions

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GIS and Wind Resource Analyst

OwnEnergy is seeking to hire an energetic, passionate and detail-focused individual with at least one year of experience conducting wind resource assessments, analyzing meteorological tower data, or working with GIS software. This role will consist of two different, but strongly integrated, disciplines- (1) GIS and (2) Wind Resource.

Sample Tasks: 

 

Conduct GIS Desktop Study for prospective wind farm site, considering the onsite wind resource, environmental and aviation/FAA/radar factors, setback constraints, topography, exposure, and access to transmission. 

Conduct a full wind resource assessment study for a specific wind farm site, with several onsite met towers, ultimately to derive a Net Capacity Factor estimate for several turbines, with different hub heights and layouts.

Collect, process and quality control raw meteorological wind data.

Use our internal GIS system, proactively screen and locate optimal wind farm sites throughout the US.

Locate all residential structures and roads within a project footprint, and generate setback constraints map.

Based on onsite wind data, topography and setback constrains, optimize a turbine layout to minimize losses.

Download the most recent GIS layers for protected/endangered species, airports, land control, etc.

Requirements: 

 

  • Ability to live and work in the New York City Area
  • 1+ years of wind resource and/or GIS experience.
  • Bachelors degree (or higher) in physics, engineering, mathematics, geography or other similar quantitative field.
  • Familiarity with the following software programs a plus: Pitney Bowes MapInfo, Global Mapper, Windographer, WindPro, NRG Symphonie Software, Google Earth, Microsoft Excel and Word.
  • Ability to operate at an extremely detailed level in a high intensity environment.

 

Additional on the job training will be provided as needed. 

Please sumbit your resume by emailing it to robert.shelton@ownenergy.net.

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