Wind Energy Operations Managers
Manage wind field operations, including personnel, maintenance activities, financial activities, and planning.
$141,900 a year (for the broader BLS group this job sits in).
of the working time. Estimate.
- 86%
- 8%
- 6%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 34%. Today's estimate: 45%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 16 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Develop processes or procedures for wind operations, including transitioning from construction to commercial operations.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 18% | 1 work day3.3 h to 4.2 work days | 5%Half by Oct 2027 | |
| Oversee the maintenance of wind field equipment or structures, such as towers, transformers, electrical collector systems, roadways, or other site assets.Done daily by most who do it. | 17% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | 46%Half by Oct 2026 | |
| Establish goals, objectives, or priorities for wind field operations.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 9% | 3.3 h1.7 h to 6.7 h | 49%Half by now | |
| Monitor and maintain records of daily facility operations.Done daily by most who do it. | 8% | 1.3 h25 min to 2.5 h | 87%Half by now | |
| Track and maintain records for wind operations, such as site performance, downtime events, parts usage, or substation events.Done daily by most who do it. | 8% | 1.3 h25 min to 2.5 h | 87%Half by now | |
| Supervise employees or subcontractors to ensure quality of work or adherence to safety regulations or policies.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Estimate costs associated with operations, including repairs or preventive maintenance.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 6% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | 46%Half by Oct 2026 | |
| Train or coordinate the training of employees in operations, safety, environmental issues, or technical issues.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Provide technical support to wind field customers, employees, or subcontractors.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | 77%Half by now | |
| Maintain operations records, such as work orders, site inspection forms, or other documentation.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 50 min17 min to 1.7 h | 96%Half by now | |
| Develop relationships and communicate with customers, site managers, developers, land owners, authorities, utility representatives, or residents.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 4% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | 77%Half by now | |
| Manage warranty repair or replacement services.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 4% | 1.7 h50 min to 5 h | 76%Half by now |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
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Where this job works
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