- Location -
- Ireland/Eire
- Job type -
- Permanent
- Contact name -
- Joe Synes
- Salary -
- Excellent + Benefits
- Job ref. -
- HDE3728
- Tel. -
- 0845 257 6971
Our client is a hugely successful international energy company. Due to continued growth of their renewables business they are now seeking a Senior Wind Analyst to join their team based in Dubin, Ireland.
Senior Wind Analyst - Dublin
Our client is a highly successful international energy business tasked with managing the non-regulated businesses of one of Ireland’s premier utility groups both nationally and internationally. Our client sources, builds, owns and operates power plants and provides a full range of engineering and consultancy services to clients in the high voltage and power sectors worldwide. With over 1,100 staff, their expertise covers all aspects of energy projects from: developing and building power projects; to project engineering, environmental and asset management services; and from plant operation and maintenance; to power generation, trading and supply. They enjoy an unrivalled reputation in the energy sector internationally and are currently experiencing a period of unprecedented activity both at home and internationally. In parallel they have embarked on an ambitious growth strategy with a focus on increasing their investment in conventional power projects and in growing their renewables business, mainly in the areas of wind and ocean energy.
The team provides project management services to the Wind Development and International Investment divisions of the group. They has a strategic target of developing 600MW of wind energy on the Island of Ireland & 200MW in mainland UK by 2012. The company is active internationally in acquiring and developing wind energy assets. As a result of this aggressive strategy, our client is currently looking for a Senior Wind Analyst to join their team based in Dublin, Ireland
The Role of Senior Wind Analyst
The successful candidate will report to the Key Account Manger (KAM) and whose main responsibilities are:
• The utilisation of Wind analysis software packages (WAsP, WindPRO, GH Windfarmer, WindFarm) for the calculation of P50,P75 & P90 figures
• Energy yield verification including power curve testing
• Analysis of operational wind farm SCADA data and reverification of energy yields
• Recommendation of WTG selection for each wind farm site
• Wind farm layout & optimisation
• Awareness of technology advances, including short term forecasting, weather station correlation, developments in energy yield prediction
• Preparation of energy yield reports from raw data
• Review of third party energy yields reports
• Noise / shadow flicker / telecommunication impact reports
• Wind monitoring programmes / met masts / wind data collection
• Gathering, validation and analysis of wind resource and other meteorological data.
• Modelling of the variation of the wind resource over ground and in complex terrain and /or forested areas, using software packages such as WAsP, Windfarmer etc.
• Analysis of risk or uncertainty in connection with windfarm energy yield predictions.
• Processes of determining appropriate turbine class requirements for a prospective windfarm site.
• Management of installation, maintenance and removal of temporary meteorological masts.
• Auditing wind measurements from potential acquisition sites.
The successful candidate should have the following skills and experience:
• Significant experience in wind analysis and energy yield prediction
• A good engineering/physical science degree or equivalent
• Strong analytical & IT skills
• Ability to balance attention to detail with engineering judgment
• High levels of energy and motivation
• Have a capability to communicate clearly to other specialists and to the client
• Flexibility and willingness to travel on an ongoing basis
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Work as part of a team and develop the core knowledge within the team
• Display a thorough knowledge of wind energy development
• Have a full clean driving licence
If you want to join this dynamic company with a turnover in excess of €800 million and project experience in 115 countries, a company that partners with international funding agencies and governments, is backed by 80 plus years of experience and is about to embark on a highly ambitious Renewable Energy strategy, then choose apply today. They offer an excellent salary and benefits package, continuous personal and professional development, not to mention, the opportunity to expand your career across our group wide businesses. By joining this company, you are joining a company that values its people and their futures.
If you have the required skills and experience for this role please forward your CV ASAP to joe.synes@hdenergy.co.uk.
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