Senior-Level

Wind Projects Supervisor

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.

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Job markets for Wind Projects Supervisors
Employment concentration · ~382 areas
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What it's like

What it's like to be a Wind Projects Supervisor

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.

AchievementHigh
IndependenceHigh
RecognitionAbove avg
Working ConditionsAbove avg
RelationshipsModerate
SupportModerate
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Career Paths

Where this role sits in the broader career landscape — and where it can take you.

$239K$179K$119K$60K$0KLower paying387 metro areas, sorted by salary level
All experience levels1
This level's estimated range
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1 BLS OEWS May 2024 covers all Wind Projects Supervisors (SOC 11-9199.10), not just this title · BEA RPP 2023
* Top salaries exceed this figure. BLS caps reported wages at ~$240K to protect individual privacy in high-earning roles.
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The Broader Landscape

Roles like this one sit within a broader occupational category. The numbers below reflect that full landscape — helpful for context, but your specific experience will depend on level, specialty, and where you work.

$69K–$228K
Salary Range
10th – 90th percentile
631K
U.S. Employment
+4.5%
10yr Growth
107K
Annual Openings

How this category is changing

$74K$71K$68K$65K$62K201920202021202220232024$62K$74K
BLS OEWS May 2024 · BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034

Skills & Requirements

Critical ThinkingReading ComprehensionWritingSpeakingActive ListeningJudgment and Decision MakingCoordinationSocial PerceptivenessMonitoringActive Learning
O*NET OnLine · Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Federal data: BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (May 2024) · BLS Employment Projections · O*NET OnLine
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