Jobs / Management and business operations / 11-9199.09
Wind Energy Operations Managers
Manage wind field operations, including personnel, maintenance activities, financial activities, and planning.
- US jobs
- 622,190 (SOC 11-9199 group, "Managers, All Other")
- Median wage
- $141,900 a year
- Job family
- Management and business operations
Can agents do the work of wind energy operations managers?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Management and business operations: Some tasks (first measured in the last 12 months)
Agents complete 20% or more of the tasks (or projects) on a direct benchmark.
Evidence: SOP-Bench, 72.4% of tasks completed.
12% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark (figures for the SOC 11-9199 group).
- 6%Maintain operational recordsMeasured
- 6%Direct organizational operations, activities, or proceduresNot measured
- 5%Develop organizational policies, systems, or processesNot measured
- 4%Monitor operations to ensure compliance with regulations or standardsNot measured
- 4%Train others on operational or work proceduresNot measured
- 4%Implement procedures or processesMeasured
- 3%Develop sustainable organizational or business policies or practicesNot measured
- 3%Estimate project development or operational costsNot measured
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in management and business operations, not always this occupation's tasks.
Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
Also relevant
These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.
- 45.9%Claude Opus 4.6 · 16 Mar 2026Emerging
- 64.8%Claude Code + Opus 5.5 (max) · 6 Oct 2026Strong
Context only
These benchmarks span many occupations, or they test how agents behave. They give context but do not set the step.
- 42.9%TTE-MatrixAgent + DeepSeek-V3.2 · 10 Nov 2025Emerging
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Supervise employees or subcontractors to ensure quality of work or adherence to safety regulations or policies.
- Train or coordinate the training of employees in operations, safety, environmental issues, or technical issues.
- Track and maintain records for wind operations, such as site performance, downtime events, parts usage, or substation events.
- Oversee the maintenance of wind field equipment or structures, such as towers, transformers, electrical collector systems, roadways, or other site assets.
- Prepare wind field operational budgets.
- Develop relationships and communicate with customers, site managers, developers, land owners, authorities, utility representatives, or residents.
- Maintain operations records, such as work orders, site inspection forms, or other documentation.
- Recruit or select wind operations employees, contractors, or subcontractors.
- Provide technical support to wind field customers, employees, or subcontractors.
- Estimate costs associated with operations, including repairs or preventive maintenance.
- Monitor and maintain records of daily facility operations.
- Establish goals, objectives, or priorities for wind field operations.
Other job titles for this occupation (22)
Service Site Manager · Site Manager · Turbine Site Manager · Wind Facilities Manager · Wind Operations Supervisor · Wind Plant Manager · Wind Plant Operations Manager · Wind Site Manager · Wind Site Supervisor · Wind Technician Leader · Clean Energy Site Manager · Energy Environmental Manager · Energy Operations Manager · Energy Quality Control Manager (Energy QC Manager) · Energy Services Manager · Offshore Energy Environmental Manager · Offshore Wind Operations Manager · Renewable Energy Development Manager · Wind Farm Operations Manager · Wind Field Service Manager · Wind Operations Manager · Wind Power Development Manager