Wind Analyst

Job Description

This role can be based in our office in Glasgow or Bristol

Ready to use your ability to provide insights from complex wind resource and energy yield to help drive the renewable energy transition? Keen to deliver high-quality, accurate, and commercially impactful analysis for renewable energy projects? Inspired by the opportunity to work with a highly experienced team, contribute to cutting-edge research, and help shape the future of wind energy yield assessment?

If this sounds like you, or you’re curious to learn more, then this role could be the perfect opportunity. Join our Site and Yield team as our new Wind Analyst and work with us to close the gap to a sustainable future.

The role of Wind Analyst will see you undertake analysis, provide analysis advisory and take on responsibility for the technical quality, accuracy and commercial output of our growing Site and Yield team. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to contribute to our industry-leading research and development projects.

You will be working in a dynamic and ambitious team, where many team members have more than 10 years’ of wind analysis experience and have previously worked at leading consultancies, developers and operators. We are also growing and fully committed to recruiting and developing the wind analysts of the future. Close collaborative links between the Site and Yield team and our Technical Advisory and Development support teams enable Ramboll to provide a wide range of high-quality services by combining multiple specialist skills to assist clients in the successful development, financing, delivery and operation of renewable energy projects.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Undertaking wind energy yield analysis from early stage through to financial grade.
• Providing a range of technical advisory services related to energy yield analysis, such as due diligence of 3rd party energy yield assessment reports and advising on wind measurement campaigns.
• Ensuring high-quality technical deliverables to our clients for onshore and offshore wind farm projects globally.
• Assist in the development of analysis methods, tools and products suitable for current and future renewable energy projects and contributing to our global R&D strategy.
• Supporting the management of the Site and Yield team, including the technical development and mentoring of peers and junior staff.
• Commercial sales and technical work, supporting our clients throughout the development, financing and operation of their projects, and contributing to the work of the wider Ramboll Wind teams.

• Relevant experience in financial-grade wind energy yield assessment
• Relevant experience in technical project management
• Excellent communication and reporting skills
• Confidence in providing technical advisory related to wind analysis to a range of technical and non-technical clients
• Ability to work as part of a diverse and international team
• Enthusiasm to support the development of staff across the team.

If you also have experience of business development in the renewables industry, proficiency in project and time management, advanced computing skills, programming know-how, energy yield assessment for solar projects, BESS analysis or a background in fluid dynamics, you’ll definitely have an edge.

• Commitment to your development
• Leaders guided by our Leadership Principles
• A culture that welcomes you as the unique person you are
• Inspiration from colleagues, clients, and projects
• The long-term thinking of a foundation-owned company
• Flexible work environment
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Matched pension contributions
• Private medical cover and life assurance

Wind analysis is an evolving…