A project-manager role focused on wind power projects, you own the construction-and-commissioning execution of a wind farm — running schedule, budget, EPC coordination, owner's engineer relations, and the financing-milestone calendar.
A typical week often involves construction status, EPC coordination, owner reporting, and the steady cadence of capital-partner engagement — running progress meetings with the EPC, working through commercial issues like change orders or warranty matters, prepping reports for investors and lenders, fielding utility coordination items. You're often balancing schedule discipline with the financing milestones that shape project cash flows. Schedule, budget, and commercial-operating-date readiness are the operating measures.
The harder part is often the EPC-dependency dynamic — the project's fate rides heavily on the construction contractor's performance, and the PM's role is partly to maintain that performance without crossing into project-management overreach. Variance across employers is wide: at major IPPs and developers you have institutional support; at smaller developers you're running with less infrastructure.
People who tend to thrive here have construction-management discipline, financial fluency, and the political touch for owner-EPC tension management. PMP, PE, and renewable-specific credentials anchor advancement. The trade-off is the multi-year project intensity and frequent travel to remote project sites.
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View all Business Operations roles →A project-manager role focused on wind power projects, you own the construction-and-commissioning execution of a wind farm — running schedule, budget, EPC coordination, owner's engineer relations, and the financing-milestone calendar.
Median pay for a Wind Power Project 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 Critical Thinking, Writing, Speaking, Reading Comprehension, 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 Energy Project Director, Renewable Power Director, and Project Development Director.
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