My client is a global, leading developer. They are a world leader in wind energy and are growing substantially.

They are currently looking for an Energy Analyst; the main purpose of this role is to provide high quality technical expert input. They are searching for an experienced wind analyst, with a strong knowledge and experience within resource assessment, energy assessment, yield assessment methodologies. The role mainly focuses on the Irish and UK market.

Main Responsibilities:

• Producing pre-construction quality energy analysis estimates, which includes data processing and quality checking, wind farm layout optimisation, wind flow and wake modelling, estimation of energy losses, uncertainty analysis and reporting results.
• Designing site-specific measurement campaigns for wind; this includes overseeing the data collection and reporting of site measurements data from the meteorological masts and LIDAR units.
• Liaising with consultants and contractors to ensure compliance with relevant HSSE policies and procedures.
• Developing tools and systems to perform analysis of wind data and operational performance data’ using these methods to improve asset performance and reporting.
• Communicating site-specific energy production and site condition risks to relevant project teams.
• Managing and reviewing third-party energy production and site condition reports.
• Performing technical due diligence for the potential acquisition of projects
• Liaising with wind turbine suppliers
• Conducting detailed reviews of the performance and pre-construction energy production and modelling

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• 3-5 years of practical experience in a pre-construction wind analysis assessment role ideal
• Experienced in using:
• Windographer, WAsP, WindPro and WindFarmer
• Meteodyn or other CFD wind flow models is an advantage
• PVsyst or other solar resource assessment software is an advantage
• GIS software applications
• Minimum 2:1 degree in Physics/ Atmospheric Science/ Mathematics or equivalent
• Highly analytical
• Experienced in data mining and programing languages such as VBA, Python or R is highly desirable.