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Principal Wind Turbine Technology Engineer
Posted 4 months ago
About the role
- Principal Wind Turbine Technology Engineer enhancing wind power plants reliability and performance with data-driven analysis. Opportunity to work at the forefront of wind energy technology with DNV.
Responsibilities
- Provide thought leadership on wind turbine technology, shaping methodologies, best practices, and technical standards across projects and contributing to the broader industry dialogue.
- Use a combination of fundamental engineering principles and practical judgement to support customers with a range of technical challenges.
- Mentor and develop engineers, providing technical guidance, reviewing work, and building capability in engineering judgement, analysis, and client engagement.
- Contribute to and lead wind turbine technology assessments, technical due diligence, reporting, and client communication.
- Manipulate and analyze wind turbine SCADA, meteorological, and operational data to generate insights on reliability, performance, root cause failure analysis, and life extension.
- Remain current on wind turbine technology, engaging with OEMs to understand new products, updates, and technical details.
- Lead and participate in root cause analysis (RCA) investigations, including field inspections, documentation, causality mapping, and engineering calculations.
- Review RCAs performed by OEMs or third parties to assess completeness, risks, and mitigations.
- Perform field and factory inspections of wind turbines and components for construction monitoring, operational assessments, manufacturing quality, and failure investigations (up to ~20% travel).
- Drive continuous improvement (Operational Excellence) initiatives, identifying opportunities to improve quality, consistency, and efficiency across projects and workflows.
- Leverage and advance digital tools, data pipelines, and analytics capabilities to enhance technical delivery, scalability, and insight generation.
- Maintain, manipulate, and visualize large datasets; contribute to development and enhancement of tools and interfaces to improve efficiency and outcomes.
- Prepare high-quality client deliverables including technical reports, presentations, and calls, ensuring clarity of methods, findings, and recommendations.
- Lead proposal development and support business development activities including discovery, scoping, and bidding.
- Collaborate with colleagues and customers to define scopes, budgets, and timelines, providing and receiving constructive feedback.
- Manage small to medium projects in line with DNV processes, including resources, budgets, schedules, and quality.
- Cultivate strong, trusted relationships with colleagues, customers, and stakeholders.
- Support internal service and capability development across teams and regions.
- Take ownership of work while contributing effectively within a team environment.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, mathematics, or a related field.
- Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in a similar role.
- At least 5 years of experience focused on utility-scale wind turbine blades.
- Willingness to learn about and work on different aspects of wind technology as customer requirements and the market evolves over time.
- Proficiency in statistical analysis tools such as Python, MATLAB, or similar; familiarity with Python programming is preferred.
- Detailed understanding of wind turbine technology including design principles, loads, and controls.
- Familiarity with wind turbine operational data and relevant performance metrics.
- Strong analytical background and ability to apply mathematical reasoning to physical and statistical problems.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent interpersonal and project management skills.
- Experience in customer-facing roles.
- High level of integrity and respect for confidentiality.
- Strong English language written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present technical information clearly in written, visual, and verbal formats.
- (The employee would be required to draft and review internal documents in English to be used throughout North America.)
- We conduct pre-employment background screening
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, OneDrive, SharePoint).
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 20% of the time, both domestically and internationally.
Benefits
- Generous paid time off (vacation, sick days, company holidays, personal days)
- Medical, Dental, and Vision benefit plans available to all employees
- Special programs – Employee Assistance Program and accident and critical illness options for you and your family
- Workplace strategies for mental help resources available to all employees
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with company match
- Company provided life insurance, short-term, and long-term disability benefits
- Education Assistance Program
- Flexible work schedule with hybrid opportunities
- Consumer discounts and rewards through our BenefitsHub
- Advancement opportunities
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