Wind & Site Solutions Engineer - Johannesburg/Cape Town, South Africa at Vestas

Responsibilities

• The Siting Solutions team is responsible for turbine siting and optimization, representing Vestas at relevant industry conferences/workshops as well as establishing and growing strategic relationships with engineering counterparts within Vestas key customers and influential third party consultants

Qualifications

• Bachelors / Master degree in Physics, Mechanical, Aerospace, or Wind Power engineering (other degrees considered with experience)
• Fluency in English
• Minimum of 3 years of experience completing energy and suitability analysis for industrial scale wind power plants. Including experience in a sales support role

Competencies

• Experience with IEC standards for wind turbine design and completion of power performance testing.
• Experience with operational performance assessments of wind and solar power plants, using WAsP, WindPro, OpenWind, CFD or Mesoscale modelling for wind power applications and PVSyst or SolarGIS for solar power plants.
• Demonstrated ability to analytically and methodically solve problems.
• Ability to work in a time-sensitive setting and organize priorities in a progressive/deadline-oriented environment
• A highly motivated and autonomous who is able to work with little supervision
• Knowledge of the various customer/market segments within South Africa, the main business case drivers for each segment, and typical strategies used by the major players in the market.
• Established within the network of customers and consultants.
• Experience supporting commercial negotiations
• Comprehensive oral and written communication skills
• Advanced organizational skills, ability to maintain confidentiality
• Experience completing financial analysis of proposed wind power and ancillary systems