Wind & Site Engineer (m/f/d)

Nordex Group; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Medical Insurance with HSA / FSA

Dental Insurance & Vision Insurance

Disability Insurance (Short/Long-term)

Life and AD&D Insurance

401(k) with Employer Match

Student Debt Repayment & Tuition Reimb

Job summary

Nordex Group seeks a Wind and Site Engineer to support the North American sales team by evaluating wind resources, recommending turbine models, and preparing site assessment reports for prospective wind energy projects.

You will develop wind flow models, analyze AEP, and optimize layouts to improve bid competitiveness while reducing costs. Travel up to 10% is expected, with strong collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Meteorology, Atmospheric Sciences, Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Science, Renewable Energy, or related field. Master’s preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years in wind energy, preferably wind resource assessment or energy yield analysis.
• Strong knowledge of boundary layer meteorology and wind turbine loads.
• Proficiency with wind resource analysis tools such as WindPRO, WAsP, OpenWind, QGIS.
• Experience with wind farm layout optimization and meteorological data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Serve as SME on meteorological conditions and turbine suitability for wind projects.
• Perform wind resource assessments using WindPRO, WAsP, and similar tools.
• Process and analyze met data from towers, SoDARs, LiDARs, including data cleaning and turbulence assessments.
• Develop wind flow models and AEP analyses, including losses and uncertainties.
• Evaluate extreme wind conditions and fatigue loading impacts on turbine performance.
• Develop and recommend curtailment strategies for turbulence mitigation.
• Prepare Site Assessment Reports to support sales and service activities.
• Collaborate with Sales Managers to optimize layouts and maximize AEP.
• Support customer needs through project analyses, site visits, and GIS analyses.
• Work across multiple projects with strict deadlines and high-quality deliverables.

Skills

Wind resource assessment

WindPRO

WAsP

Site layout optimization

Turbine performance analysis

Data analysis

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Meteorology or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

WindPRO

WAsP

OpenWind

QGIS

Microsoft Office

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Chicago, IL, US, 60606 West Branch, IA, US, 52358 Portland, OR, US

POSITION SUMMARY

The role of Wind and Site Engineer directly supports Nordex's mission to develop and deliver clean power plants that make 100% renewable energy a reality for the world. As a Wind and Site Engineer, you will support the North American sales team by evaluating wind resources, recommending appropriate turbine models, determining annual energy production, and preparing site assessment reports for prospective wind energy projects. This role is instrumental in optimizing project layouts, improving bid competitiveness, and reducing the cost of energy through advanced site and resource analysis.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Serve as the subject matter expert on meteorological conditions and turbine suitability for prospective wind projects.
• Perform wind resource assessments using software such as WindPRO, WAsP, and other industry-standard modeling tools.
• Process and analyze meteorological data from met towers, SoDARs, and LiDARs, including data cleaning, long-term MCP analysis, and turbulence assessments.
• Develop wind flow models and perform annual energy production (AEP) analyses, including losses, uncertainties, and site-specific environmental conditions.
• Evaluate extreme wind conditions, turbulence intensity, fatigue loads, flow inclination, temperature, and air density impacts on turbine performance.
• Develop and recommend curtailment strategies when site conditions require mitigation of turbulence or fatigue loading.
• Prepare comprehensive Site Assessment Reports to support sales and service sales activities.
• Collaborate closely with Sales Managers to optimize layouts and maximize annual energy production for customer projects.
• Support customer needs through project analyses, site visits, customer meetings, shadow flicker studies, sound assessments, GIS analysis, meteorological campaign design, and basic balance-of-plant (BOP) evaluations.
• Work effectively across multiple concurrent projects while meeting strict deadlines and maintaining high-quality deliverables.

WHAT YOU HAVE

• Bachelor's degree in Meteorology, Atmospheric Sciences, Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Science, Renewable Energy, or a related field; Master's degree preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in the wind energy industry, preferably in wind resource assessment or energy yield analysis.
• Strong knowledge of boundary layer meteorology, wind turbine mechanical loads, meteorological instrumentation, and statistical uncertainty analysis.
• Proficiency with WindPRO, WAsP, OpenWind, QGIS, Microsoft Office, and wind resource analysis tools.
• Experience with wind farm layout optimization and meteorological data analysis.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, work under tight deadlines, and collaborate across interdisciplinary teams.
• Strong customer-facing communication and presentation skills.
• Working knowledge of IEC 61400 standards preferred.
• Experience with CFD wind modeling, MATLAB, Visual Basic programming, SQL, Access databases, and GIS platforms such as ArcGIS, Global Mapper, or QGIS is considered an asset.
• Willingness to travel up to 10% as required.
• Driving is an essential function of the job. Must possess a full valid driver's license and be insurable under our auto insurance policy. This position will be subject to periodic driver's abstract checks to confirm continued insurability.

Nordex places the highest priority on the safe operations of its business. As such, we are seeking a candidate who is committed to maintaining and promoting safety standards at all times. The ideal candidate must:

• Demonstrate a strong understanding of and commitment to safety protocols and procedures.
• Ensure compliance with all safety regulations and company policies.
• Proactively identify and mitigate potential safety hazards.
• Properly use applicable safety equipment, including but not limited to eye protection, hearing protectors, steel-toe boots, and hard hats. Loose-fitting clothes and jewelry are not permitted.
• Communicate effectively with team members and management to ensure a safe working environment.
• Speak and understand English fluently to effectively communicate safety and job-related information, follow safety instructions, and collaborate with English-speaking supervisors and team members.

At Nordex, you'll have the opportunity to help shape the future of renewable energy while working with a global leader in wind power technology. Join our team and help power a sustainable future.

WHAT WE OFFER

In addition to the opportunity to make our world a little more sustainable, we offer you:

• Paid Time Off - Three (3) weeks accrued (120 hours)
• Medical Insurance with Health Savings Account (HSA) / Flex Spending Account (FSA)
• Dental Insurance & Vision Insurance
• Short-Term / Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• 401(k) with Employer Match
• Student Debt Repayment & Tuition Reimbursement
• Wellbeing, Family Planning, and Voluntary Benefits

*some offers may vary by location

Nordex adheres to a policy of equal employment opportunity. All employment decisions are made without regard to religion, age, sex, color, national origin, handicap, or other protected class and in full compliance with all federal and state laws.

Severely disabled applicants and applicants of equal status will be given special consideration in the event of equal suitability.

ABOUT THE NORDEX GROUP

The manufacture of wind energy plants in the on-shore segment has been our core competence and passion for around 40years. With more than 57GW installed capacity worldwide, our turbines supply sustainable energy to more than 80% of the global energy market and we are one of the largest companies in the wind industry. National subsidiaries in more than 40markets and production facilities in Germany, Spain, Brazil, the USA, Mexico and India offer our more than 10,400employees the opportunity for international and intercultural cooperation.

We are growing and together driving forward the expansion of alternative energies worldwide - if you wish, from now on with you. Join the #TeamNordex