Wind Turbine Engineer

The base salary for this position is dependent upon experience and location.

Location: Boston, MA (Office)

Salary range: $98,785.00 to $123,482.00

Job Summary

This individual will be responsible for analyzing SCADA data to improve long-term wind farm and wind turbine reliability and performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Support Avangrid's operational fleet on matters related to the above. Investigate failures associated with these components; recommend and support the implementation of corrective measures.

• Monitor and evaluate operational data to detect short term issues such as unexpected shutdowns, reduced power output or anomalies in temperature, vibration and other variables.
• Perform long term trend analysis to identify declining reliability and efficiency caused by yaw misalignment, bearing wear (using CMS data), blade issues and other deficiencies.

• Participate in projects and/or programs designed to increase wind turbine reliability, optimize performance, and reduce operational costs.
• Develop new software tools and refine existing tools to automate and streamline the process of collecting and analyzing data.
• Review technical reports (e.g. related to failure analysis and design modifications) from wind turbine and component manufacturers.
• Create comprehensive presentations and reports for distribution within the wider organization and present the same to both internal and external stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Data Science, Renewable Energy or equivalent combination of education and experience

• Advanced computer skills utilizing programming languages such as Python or similar.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Access, Outlook) and data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau, PI Vision or similar)

• Experience with instrumentation, measurement systems, and data analysis

• Possession of comprehensive writing skills for upwards reporting.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

• Demonstrated record of superior academic and professional performance

• Ability to work well under pressure of job demands, multi-tasking ability essential

• Ability to climb 120 meter steel towers and complete GWO safety and sea survival training.

• Flexibility to travel (less than 10%)

• Eligible to work in the US

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with data analytics and computer programming

• Experience with structural analysis and CMS software

• Experience with the offshore wind industry
• Postgraduate experience in operation of wind farms, wind turbine design or data science.

Competencies

• Growth & Continuous Improvement

• Initiative & Change

• Focused on Results

• Customer Centric (internal and/or external)

• Communication

• Collaboration

• Leadership (people managers/leaders)

Disclaimer

AVANGRID is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. AVANGRID is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, gender, gender identification, gender expression, race, color, religion, national origin, age, ancestry, genetic information, medical condition, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or other characteristics or conditions protected by law.

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Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Power.

Job Posting End Date:
August-30-2025