Managing operations across one or more wind facilities — maintenance schedules, technician staffing, performance optimization, environmental compliance. Half operations leader, half asset manager, with availability and capacity factor as the metrics leadership cares about most.
Wind Operations Manager pay typically runs $100K–$179K at this level, and jobs in this field are projected to grow 5% through 2034.
As a Wind Operations Manager, you manage the day-to-day operations of wind energy assets. You're overseeing technicians, coordinating maintenance, monitoring turbine performance, managing vendors, and ensuring wind assets generate power reliably. It's operational leadership in the renewable energy sector.
Your day involves performance monitoring and coordination. You might review overnight availability and production, then troubleshoot a down turbine, then coordinate maintenance scheduling, then work with the OEM on a warranty issue, then report on operational performance. Wind operations requires technical understanding combined with operational management skills.
The hardest part is maximizing availability while managing costs. Every hour a turbine is down is lost revenue. But maintenance costs money too. You're constantly optimizing the trade-off between spending on maintenance and capturing production. The people who thrive here are analytically minded about asset performance and can manage distributed teams effectively.
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View all Operations roles →Managing operations across one or more wind facilities — maintenance schedules, technician staffing, performance optimization, environmental compliance. Half operations leader, half asset manager, with availability and capacity factor as the metrics leadership cares about most.
Median pay for a Wind Operations Manager 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 Active Listening, Monitoring, Speaking, Reading Comprehension, and Critical Thinking.
Most people in this role hold a postsecondary certificate.
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 Operations Director, Wind Operations Coordinator, and Field Service Technician.
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