Wind Turbine Engineer - USA

Do you believe wind power plants are critical to decarbonize our economies? If so, this opportunity is for you.

DNV GL, one of the world's premiere energy consultancies, is looking for a Wind Turbine Engineer to join our Renewables Advisory business. DNV GL provides a wide variety of services to help renewable and energy storage technology developers, users, investors, manufacturers, operators, and regulators better understand the performance of their equipment.

We are engineers, scientists, and project managers dedicated to the continued development and success of the renewable energy industry. This position can be based out of our Seattle, WA, San Diego, CA or Katy, TX (Houston, TX area) office or remote from anywhere in the continental U.S.

The candidate is to join the Independent Engineering (IE)-Turbine technology group, a small team that evaluates the risks associated with wind farm technology, providing (amongst other things) site suitability assessments, turbine technology reviews and construction monitoring reports of wind farms to project owners, lenders, equity investors, banks, etc.

Tasks May Include

• Perform turbine site suitability analysis with DNV GL-developed tools. Evaluate site suitability assessment prepared by OEMs.
• Contribute to wind turbine technology assessments, review, report writing, and client communication as part of technical due diligence for project financing, mergers & acquisitions, owner purchases, and other business needs.
• Remain current on new wind turbine technology, engaging with OEMs to understand latest technical details on new products and updates/revisions to existing products.
• Perform field and factory inspections of wind turbines and components as part of construction monitoring, operational projects assessments, manufacturing quality inspections, and potentially failure investigations.
• Review projects' O&M budgets and provide O&M costs projections using DNV GL's internal tools, including evaluation of expected major component failure rates.
• Prepare high quality written documentation and reports conveying work performed and results.
• Prepare detailed reports, memos, technical notes, and email correspondence to communicate clearly and honestly to clients with accuracy and technical rigor.
• Review root cause analysis (RCA) investigations performed by OEMs or others, in order to assess RCA's completeness and provide evaluation of associated risks and mitigants. Work may also include contributing to DNV GL's own RCAs, including investigations into turbine and component failures covering inspection, documentation of field conditions, causality mapping, and engineering calculations (as appropriate).
• Ability and interest to learn aero-elastic load simulations of turbines. Example work would include detailed evaluation of turbine loads to confirm site suitability, evaluating impacts of turbine modifications (hardware and software) on turbine loads, and assessing remaining useful life of aged turbines.
• Complete company required documentation in a timely manner such as Job Safety Analysis, Risk Assessments, time sheets, expense reports, inspection check sheets, tracking reports and scheduling controls.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in relevant engineering or physics disciplines required
  • Masters in Wind Energy Engineering, Mechanical, Aerospace, or Civil Engineering preferred
• 1 year of engineering experience within the wind energy industry required
  • Consulting experience a plus
  • Basic knowledge of wind turbine systems including gearboxes, blades, pitch and yaw systems, generators, turbine controllers, towers, electrical cabling, SCADA systems, and physical environment impact on structures
  • Experience with MATLAB, Python or other programming languages is a plus
  • Proficiency in reading and understanding mechanical drawings and electrical schematics is desired
• Proficient in MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 30% of the time, both domestic and international
• Strong written and verbal English language communication skills
  • Bilingual (Spanish) writing and verbal skills a plus
• We conduct a pre-employment background check and drug screen

Physical Requirements

• Ability to walk over rough or slippery terrain as experienced on heavy construction sites
• Ability to work in inclement weather conditions as experienced across North America and in locations where wind energy projects are typically located
• Ability to climb a wind turbine tower ladder with up to 30-35 lbs of gear on person, typically to 100-120m heights
• Sufficient physical fitness to perform multiple turbine climbs per day
• Ability to enter confined or enclosed spaces

Opportunities Beyond Business

Our mission is to safeguard life, property and the environment. By joining us, you will work towards our meaningful vision: to make a global impact for a safe and sustainable future. DNV GL offers a congenial working environment, competitive salaries, and an exceptional benefits package.

DNV GL is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

DNV GL is a global quality assurance and risk management company. Driven by our purpose of safeguarding life, property and the environment, we enable our customers to advance the safety and sustainability of their business. Operating in more than 100 countries, our professionals are dedicated to helping customers in the maritime, oil & gas, power and renewables and other industries to make the world safer, smarter and greener.

DNV GL is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to gender, religion, race, national or ethnic origin, cultural background, social group, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age or political opinion. Diversity is fundamental to our culture and we invite you to be part of this diversity!