
Project Manager - Wind
MINNEAPOLIS, MN · HybridJob$70–110K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Project Manager leads wind turbine manufacturing and assembly projects from order receipt through contract fulfillment. The role coordinates cross-functional teams, serves as the customer’s primary contact, and manages project objectives for quality, safety, financial performance, and schedule. It also oversees project planning, risk management, customer inspections and testing, and feedback. The position is based in Minneapolis and requires working in the office at least 90% of the time.
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Project Manager - Wind
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=800+Central+Ave+NE+Minneapolis+MN+USA+55413)
Description
Electric Machinery Company. a division of WEG Electric Corp.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Position: Project Manager
Department: Project Management
Primary Objective of Position:
Leads and directs development and execution of wind turbine manufacturing and assembly projects (from receipt of order to fulfillment of the contract). Ensures customer satisfaction, develops relationships, protects the Company's position, and maximizes project objectives related to quality, safety, financial performance, and schedule. Acts as the single point of contact with customers on projects and serves as the project subject matter expert internally. Coordinates cross-functional activities associated with wind turbine generators, nacelle assemblies, and related wind energy equipment.
Major Areas of Accountability:
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Creates and maintains the Project Plans; ensures necessary support is obtained from Engineering, Purchasing, Production, and other departments to meet the project objectives and/or milestones.
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Establish a schedule of activities leading to the completion of the contract with clear milestones, deliverables and defined acceptance criteria; enter order into ERP system.
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Reviews customer Purchase Order/Contract requirements (Proposal, C&E’s, Specifications, Contract File, etc.).
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Works closely with Engineering, Quality, Production, and Supply Chain teams to support the unique technical, regulatory, and scheduling requirements of wind energy projects.
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Responsible to keep upper management informed of orders progression and highlights any major concerns or risks, issues or opportunities as they arise.
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Develops and implements risk management strategies, proactively identifying potential risks, mitigation plans, and contingency strategies to ensure successful project execution.
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Coordinates customer inspections for factory acceptance testing or other inspections; ensuring in-process, functional, final/acceptance, and customer witness testing is performed and documented.
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Manages Customer Surveys; proactively solicits timely feedback.
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Willing to travel up to 10% of the time to visit customer and vendor sites as required.
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Other duties may be assigned by management to meet business needs.
Education
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Four (4) year degree in Project Management, Engineering or other relevant field or equivalent work experience.
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Experience in renewable energy, power generation, utility, heavy industrial manufacturing, or large capital equipment projects is preferred.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
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Strong customer interaction and relationship management skills, with the ability to engage effectively with both internal and external stakeholders.
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Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, ensuring clear and professional exchanges with customers, management, and project teams.
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Proven leadership and decision-making abilities, with a high degree of personal and professional ethics and integrity.
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Ability to collaborate across departments and work effectively with peers, management, and cross-functional teams.
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Must be able to meet tight deadlines; handle multiple assignments on a consistent basis and effectively maintain schedules and milestones; efficiently and effectively manage completion of projects.
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Familiarity with wind energy systems, wind turbine generators, renewable energy projects, power generation equipment, or related industrial applications is preferred.
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Understanding of large-scale manufacturing, assembly, testing, and delivery of engineered-to-order products is highly desirable.
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Strong PC skills required, including use of standard MS Office applications. Strong working knowledge of Excel and MS Project required.
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Experience with SAP or other work management software is preferred but not required. Candidates with the ability to quickly learn new systems are encouraged to apply.
Physical Requirements
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Several tasks require to work in leaning over, extended back position repeatedly, occasionally tight spaces, squatting, and kneeling.
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Physical ability to travel freely within manufacturing and office facilities. This requires climbing stairs and moving over, around, and about shop machinery.
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This position requires working in the office at least 90% of the time, with limited remote work opportunities.
Salary
Starting at $70,000 up to $110,000 depending on experience.
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How this job compares
Set against the 23,231 open Project Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$70–110K/yr
- Minnesota median$102–159K/yr456 salary ranges
- US median$110–178K/yr14,583 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $90K, is 31% below the Minnesota median midpoint ($131K) — in the lowest quarter of Project Manager salary ranges in Minnesota.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 563 open Project Manager jobs in Minnesota and 23,231 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- Project Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 10 years (20,160 postings).
- Education
- 12,899 of the 23,231 open Project Manager jobs (56%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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