Senior Wind Analyst

The Company
My Client is a highly successful commercial organisation tasked with managing the non-regulated businesses of a group Group both nationally and internationally. My client sources, builds, owns and operates power plants and provides a full range of engineering and consultancy services to clients in power sectors worldwide.
My client enjoys an unrivalled reputation in the energy sector internationally and are currently experiencing a period of unprecedented activity both at home and internationally.

The Role
The successful candidates main responsibilities will be:
• 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 re-verification 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:
• 10+ years 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