Onshore Wind Project Optimisation Manager (Senior)

Hunter Philips Executive Search; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Hunter Philips Executive Search is seeking a Senior Onshore Wind Project Optimisation Manager to strengthen its technical optimisation capability across a German onshore wind portfolio. The role sits at the intersection of Wind & Site, Development, Engineering, Asset Management, and Investment, focusing on improving project performance before capital deployment.

You will assess projects approaching investment decision, challenge assumptions, and identify opportunities to enhance yield and value,

Qualifications

• Strong technical knowledge of onshore wind projects, particularly around yield, turbines, layouts and site considerations.
• 5+ years experience within the wind industry (technical capability prioritized).
• Ability to look beyond a single discipline and understand overall project.
• Challenge technical and commercial assumptions rather than just executing a workstream.
• Experience working across technical and commercial stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills to discuss projects with senior management and investors.
• Ideally involved in feasibility, investment decisions, FID, business cases or technical due diligence.

Responsibilities

• Assess onshore wind projects approaching investment decision/FID and identify optimisation opportunities.
• Review and challenge energy yield, turbine selection, site layout, and project assumptions.
• Understand how technical decisions affect CAPEX, OPEX, and the investment case.
• Compile technical and commercial information into a clear, investment-ready narrative.
• Prepare and coordinate inputs for investment committees, FID and investor discussions.
• Answer technical questions from senior management and investors.
• Collaborate with Development, Engineering, Wind & Site, O&M, Asset Management and commercial teams.
• Challenge assumptions across workstreams to clarify risks and opportunities.
• Identify opportunities to improve project performance, yield and long-term value.
• Bring structure and ownership to the project optimisation process.

Skills

Onshore wind optimisation

Energy yield assessment

Turbine layout design

Technical due diligence

Cross-functional collaboration

Investment appraisal

Job description

Onshore Wind Project Optimisation Manager (Senior)

Location: Germany - Remote

The Opportunity:

We are supporting an established renewable energy developer looking to strengthen its technical optimisation capability across its German onshore wind portfolio.

This is a cross-functional position sitting between Wind & Site, Development, Engineering, Asset Management and Investment.

Rather than focusing purely on engineering delivery or operational asset management, you will assess projects approaching investment decision/FID, challenge the underlying technical and commercial assumptions and identify opportunities to improve project performance and economics before capital is deployed.

There is significant flexibility around the position.

Your Responsibilities:

• Assess onshore wind projects approaching investment decision/FID and identify technical and commercial optimisation opportunities.
• Review and challenge energy yield, turbine selection, site layout, technical design and project assumptions.
• Understand how technical decisions influence CAPEX, OPEX, project performance and the overall investment case.
• Bring together technical and commercial information into a clear, investment-ready project narrative.
• Prepare and coordinate technical input for investment committee, FID and investor discussions.
• Anticipate and respond to technical questions from senior management and investment stakeholders.
• Work closely with Development, Engineering, Wind & Site, O&M, Asset Management and commercial teams.
• Challenge assumptions across different workstreams and ensure key technical risks and opportunities are understood before investment.
• Identify opportunities to improve project performance, yield and long-term value.
• Bring greater structure and ownership to the project optimisation process.

Your Background:

• Strong technical knowledge of onshore wind projects, particularly around yield, turbines, layouts and site considerations.
• 5+ years experience within the wind industry, although technical capability is more important than a specific number of years.
• Experience looking beyond an individual technical discipline and understanding the overall project.
• The ability to challenge technical and commercial assumptions rather than simply execute a defined workstream.
• Experience working across technical and commercial stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills and the confidence to discuss projects with senior management and investment stakeholders.
• Ideally, previous involvement in project feasibility, investment decisions, FID, business cases or technical due diligence.