Project Manager - Wind Farm Design and Development |
| April 06, 2012 - May 16, 2012 |
| Location: | Greater Toronto Area, ON (Canada) |
| Salary Range: | DEO |
| Exempt/Non-Exempt: | Exempt |
| Benefits: | GL Garrad Hassan North America offers an excellent benefit package. |
| Employment Type: | Full Time |
| Department: | 414 - Project Development |
| Description: | GL Garrad Hassan (GL GH) is the world�s largest independent technical and engineering consultancy for renewable energy, serving the onshore and offshore wind, wave, tidal and solar sectors. From its offices across the globe, it offers a full service to stakeholders at all stages of the renewable energy project lifecycle which includes engineering, consultancy services, industry standard technology products and professional training courses.
Garrad Hassan has been recognized as the technical authority on wind power for the last 25 years and, more recently, has adapted its expertise to help deliver wave, tidal and solar projects too. In August 2009, as a result of a shared need to retain the pace of growth in the renewable energy sector globally, it joined engineering and consulting giant, Germanischer Lloyd, to create a truly single service provider with a reputation for technical excellence. The companies� complementary offerings combined have cemented their future at the forefront of worldwide developments in the renewable energy industry.
GL Garrad Hassan North America is looking to recruit a �Project Manager � Wind Farm Design and Development to be part of a multidisciplinary team of experts within the GL Garrad Hassan North America, in the department �Project Development�.
Under the direction of the Team Leader, Wind Farm Design, the �Project Manager � Wind Farm Design and Development� will be responsible for the delivery of wind Project Development services. The candidate will be designing optimized wind farm layouts under state of the art GL Garrad Hassan methodologies and know how. The multidisciplinary skilled candidate will contribute in supporting developers during the development of their wind projects in assessing technical aspects that lead to final optimized wind farm layouts. The �Project Manager � Wind Farm Design and Development�, with internal and external teams support will be responsible of the project development services delivery on time and budget.
Candidate must be a resident of Ontario as per Ontario Income tax Act definition
This position is based in the Greater Toronto Area with the willingness and availability to travel up to 20% of the time for periods of a week or more at a time.
GL Garrad Hassan North America is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in the work place.
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| Duties: | ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
� Manage projects and develop business by maximizing business stream for Project Development services;
� Prepare proposals and carry-out other basic business development activities;
� Configure and optimize wind farm layouts while factoring-in site-specific constraints and wind resource characteristics;
� Assess potential impacts of layouts using WindFarmer and other in-house software and verify conformity with applicable standards (noise, visual, electromagnetic interference, etc.);
� Manage, and coordinate engineering conceptual design and analyses (preliminary electrical and civil design of wind farm BoP);
� Prepare RFP, review bids, assist in bidder selection;
� Perform site visits for site assessment and turbine micro-siting;
� Perform construction monitoring (for contract adherence);
� Under the direction of other Team Leaders of related disciplines, define technical specifications of equipment and services necessary for the acquisition of meteorological data;
� Manage and coordinate wind resource measurement equipment installation and commissioning;
� Document and write technical reports;
� Participate within internal projects and support project teams; and
� Participate with writing and presenting technical findings in conferences and wind industry events.
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| Qualifications: | TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS:
� Qualifications in engineering and project management;
� Excellent grasp of the methods and techniques used in the wind industry and recognized ability to improve their application;
� Problem-solving ability;
� Excellent command of Microsoft Office software suite, particularly Excel and Word;
� Ability to read and interpret geographic maps;
� Ability to perform on site duties (site visits and equipment installation management and commissioning); and
� Business acumen.
FUNDAMENTAL QUALIFICATIONS:
� Scientifically rigorous, meticulous and methodic;
� Ability to problem solving and proactive anticipation of actions;
� Ability to work autonomously and in a multidisciplinary team;
� Ability to learn quickly; and
� Autonomous.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
�Engineering degree in Civil, Mechanical or Electrical;
�Minimum of 2 years experience in technical consulting services;
�Minimum of 2 years experience in Project management;
�Knowledgeable of Wind industry in Ontario.
�PEO license; and
�OSHA 30-hr certification or equivalent health and safety training.
We only consider online applications; please apply now. |
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