A senior field supervisor on a wind-energy project portfolio, you oversee multiple wind sites or construction phases — supervising site supervisors, coordinating across projects, managing safety and quality, and the senior field judgment that less-experienced supervisors route up.
A typical week often involves site visits, supervisor coaching, owner and EPC coordination, and the steady cadence of safety and quality oversight — walking active wind project sites, coaching site supervisors through escalations, sitting in owner-EPC meetings, prepping cross-project status reports. You're often the senior field voice when multiple wind projects need coordinated leadership. Schedule adherence, safety performance, and quality at commissioning are the operating measures.
What's harder than people expect is the remote-site geography — wind projects tend to be in rural areas, and senior supervisors covering multiple sites often live on the road or fly between locations. Variance across employers is real: at major renewable EPCs you have project-controls infrastructure; at smaller developers or specialty contractors the senior supervisor wears more hats.
People who tend to thrive here are comfortable with extended travel, respected across multiple crews, and skilled at coaching supervisors through unfamiliar situations. PMP, OSHA 30, and wind-specific safety credentials anchor advancement. The trade-off is the lifestyle geography — months on the road across the project portfolio.
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View all Business Operations roles →A senior field supervisor on a wind-energy project portfolio, you oversee multiple wind sites or construction phases — supervising site supervisors, coordinating across projects, managing safety and quality, and the senior field judgment that less-experienced supervisors route up.
Median pay for a Wind Projects Supervisor is about $137K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $69K to $228K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Speaking, and Active Listening.
Most people in this role hold a bachelor's degree.
Employment in this field is projected to grow about 4.5% through 2034, with roughly 630,980 people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Wind Development Director, Wind Operations Supervisor, and Wind Development Leader.
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