Will AI replace Wind Energy Operations Managers?
AI reaches some of this job’s work, but most of it stays with people.
40/100
Moderate exposure
More exposed to AI than 66% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 0% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 61% of the work
What the job involves
Manage wind field operations, including personnel, maintenance activities, financial activities, and planning.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Within reach(10)
- Track and maintain records for wind operations, such as site performance, downtime events, parts usage, or substation events.
- 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.
- Estimate costs associated with operations, including repairs or preventive maintenance.
- Monitor and maintain records of daily facility operations.
and 5 more
Out of reach(6)
- 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.
- Oversee the maintenance of wind field equipment or structures, such as towers, transformers, electrical collector systems, roadways, or other site assets.
- Recruit or select wind operations employees, contractors, or subcontractors.
- Order parts, tools, or equipment needed to maintain, restore, or improve wind field operations.
and 1 more
Also called
Wind Farm Operations Manager · Wind Operations Manager · Service Site Manager · Site Manager · Turbine Site Manager · Wind Facilities Manager · Wind Operations Supervisor · Wind Plant Manager
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What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics