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We are searching for an experienced Wind Development Project Manager with around 3 - 7 years experience as a Wind Development Project Manager in the UK.
Job Description
You will be responsible for overseeing the following aspects of the company:
- New Site Selection
- Existing Site Development (EIA, Planning, Permitting, etc.)
- Land-Lease Negotiations
- Wind Turbine Supplier Negotiations (Vestas, Nordex, Gamesa, Enercon, etc.)
- Third-party sub-contracting responsibilities (Site Planning, Site Design, etc.)
You will work closely with 4 other Wind Development Project Managers to cover sites across the UK.
Job Location
You will need to be based just West of London but flexible to travel extensively.
My client will consider a 3 month freelance contract with the option to go permanent.
Interested? Please email me your CV or Resume to info@zenvik.com
Alternatively, you can register with Zenvik for any future vacancies.
Job Keywords: Wind Development Manager, Wind Project Manager, Wind Developer, Wind Energy Jobs Blog, Wind Jobs near London, EIA, Wind Planning
Monday, 21 December 2009
2 X EIA Specialists - UK
My client is a well-funded recent start up and are looking for a couple of EIA Specialists for February 2010. You should have a minimum of 5 years experience with Environmental Impact Analysis (EIA) and looking to consider a contract or freelance opportunity.
Job Description:
They have a portfolio of 8 wind farm sites which are close to being secured with the relative landowners. Once these sites are secured, they will need the EIA Specialist to work closely with the Project Development Manager in order to prepare and initiate the planning and permitting process.
The sites have a Wind Power Capacity of 5 - 12MW and are located all over the UK.
Job Location
They are hoping to split the sites between the two EIA Specialists so that one EIA Consultant covers the Northern parts of the UK and the other the Southern parts. Travelling will be needed!
If you are interested in this role, please email me your CV with contact details to info@zenvik.com.
Alternatively, if you are not available at the moment, but interested in what future jobs we could send you please register with Zenvik.
To see what advice we have for candidates in the Renewable Energy market as well as current vacancies, please see the rest of our Wind Energy Jobs Blog.
Job Keywords: EIA, Environmental Impact Analysis, Environmental Consultant, Wind Energy Jobs Blog, EIA Jobs, EIA UK, Wind EIA
Job Description:
They have a portfolio of 8 wind farm sites which are close to being secured with the relative landowners. Once these sites are secured, they will need the EIA Specialist to work closely with the Project Development Manager in order to prepare and initiate the planning and permitting process.
The sites have a Wind Power Capacity of 5 - 12MW and are located all over the UK.
Job Location
They are hoping to split the sites between the two EIA Specialists so that one EIA Consultant covers the Northern parts of the UK and the other the Southern parts. Travelling will be needed!
If you are interested in this role, please email me your CV with contact details to info@zenvik.com.
Alternatively, if you are not available at the moment, but interested in what future jobs we could send you please register with Zenvik.
To see what advice we have for candidates in the Renewable Energy market as well as current vacancies, please see the rest of our Wind Energy Jobs Blog.
Job Keywords: EIA, Environmental Impact Analysis, Environmental Consultant, Wind Energy Jobs Blog, EIA Jobs, EIA UK, Wind EIA
Saturday, 19 December 2009
Wind Recruitment Statistics
I thought I'd show you the scale of the Wind Recruitment market and how fast this market is expanding throughout the recruitment industry from a global Google search perspective.
As an avid user of Google products, I have been amazed at the change in Google search results over the past year that specifically relate to the Wind Energy sector. Here are some keywords to give you some interesting wind statistics:
1. Wind Recruitment - 260 Global search entries monthly
2. Wind Farm Recruitment - 58 Global search entries monthly
3. Wind Energy Recruitment - 46 Global search entries monthly
Although I don't have the exact figures at hand, but there has been a significant increase in the search terms related to Wind Recruitment and although the above figures aren't all that impressive, it does pose the question - what type of search results are these people expecting?
Maybe my competitors are looking to see what's on offer and who's already in the market? Maybe clients or candidates are struggling to find the right expertise or job and searching for a Recruitment agency specialised in "Wind Recruitment", who knows??
For your information, Wind Energy Jobs has 18,100 global searches performed each month and around 14,800 local searches, which should give you quite an interesting perspective into the mass market demand for Wind Energy Jobs.
Keywords: Wind Recruitment, Wind Energy Recruitment, Wind Farm Recruitment, Wind Energy Jobs, Wind Statistics
As an avid user of Google products, I have been amazed at the change in Google search results over the past year that specifically relate to the Wind Energy sector. Here are some keywords to give you some interesting wind statistics:
1. Wind Recruitment - 260 Global search entries monthly
2. Wind Farm Recruitment - 58 Global search entries monthly
3. Wind Energy Recruitment - 46 Global search entries monthly
Although I don't have the exact figures at hand, but there has been a significant increase in the search terms related to Wind Recruitment and although the above figures aren't all that impressive, it does pose the question - what type of search results are these people expecting?
Maybe my competitors are looking to see what's on offer and who's already in the market? Maybe clients or candidates are struggling to find the right expertise or job and searching for a Recruitment agency specialised in "Wind Recruitment", who knows??
For your information, Wind Energy Jobs has 18,100 global searches performed each month and around 14,800 local searches, which should give you quite an interesting perspective into the mass market demand for Wind Energy Jobs.
Keywords: Wind Recruitment, Wind Energy Recruitment, Wind Farm Recruitment, Wind Energy Jobs, Wind Statistics
Thursday, 17 December 2009
The Candidate-Recruiter Relationship
I've been inspired to write this article as a result of a comment on one of my previous articles - 'Do you need a Recruiter to find a job?'.
The comment addressed the main concern with which the recruitment industry is heavily faced with at the moment - The Candidate-Recruiter Relationship. I don't know about you, but I feel the industry is in need of a drastic change! I'm tired of being associated with Recruiters that damage my job description!
Recruitment is a sales job and from a sales perspective, the client pays the bill, but the candidate is the 'product'! I say 'product' because indeed a lot of recruiters treat you as one, except they sometimes forget that you're a 'product' that has a CHOICE! Imagine a world where clients no longer get to choose which agencies to work with, but instead the choice is made by the candidate! Unfortunately, that choice is not exercised frequently enough in my opinion! So...
When should this choice be exercised?
1. When your CV has been sent by multiple recruitment agents to a particular client and you've received an interview request via a different agent than the one that first explained to you the company, the job, the opportunity at hand, etc.
2. When you have a hunch about a particular client that's recruiting, but you're not sure for which department or division the job is for.
Make the right choice!
I'm not telling you to stitch up every recruitment consultant, but I am asking you to stand up for those of us that are honest, direct, upfront and have your best interests at heart!
I suppose the value created through such relationships is more evident in the contract or freelance market than the permanent employment market as in the latter case, you may only use the same recruiter a couple of times (if that) in your entire career.
I would be interested to know what your thoughts are and if you've had any of these types of experiences?
Feel free to view my Wind Energy Jobs
Alternatively, if you think we may have future vacancies for you - Register with Zenvik
Keywords: Candidate-Recruiter, Recruitment Relationship, Candidate Recruiter, Wind Energy Jobs blog
The comment addressed the main concern with which the recruitment industry is heavily faced with at the moment - The Candidate-Recruiter Relationship. I don't know about you, but I feel the industry is in need of a drastic change! I'm tired of being associated with Recruiters that damage my job description!
Recruitment is a sales job and from a sales perspective, the client pays the bill, but the candidate is the 'product'! I say 'product' because indeed a lot of recruiters treat you as one, except they sometimes forget that you're a 'product' that has a CHOICE! Imagine a world where clients no longer get to choose which agencies to work with, but instead the choice is made by the candidate! Unfortunately, that choice is not exercised frequently enough in my opinion! So...
When should this choice be exercised?
1. When your CV has been sent by multiple recruitment agents to a particular client and you've received an interview request via a different agent than the one that first explained to you the company, the job, the opportunity at hand, etc.
2. When you have a hunch about a particular client that's recruiting, but you're not sure for which department or division the job is for.
Make the right choice!
I'm not telling you to stitch up every recruitment consultant, but I am asking you to stand up for those of us that are honest, direct, upfront and have your best interests at heart!
I suppose the value created through such relationships is more evident in the contract or freelance market than the permanent employment market as in the latter case, you may only use the same recruiter a couple of times (if that) in your entire career.
I would be interested to know what your thoughts are and if you've had any of these types of experiences?
Feel free to view my Wind Energy Jobs
Alternatively, if you think we may have future vacancies for you - Register with Zenvik
Keywords: Candidate-Recruiter, Recruitment Relationship, Candidate Recruiter, Wind Energy Jobs blog
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Do you need a Recruiter to find a job?
I thought I might share some insight into this question as I've started my own company called Zenvik and we specifically focus on the Wind Energy Job market.
Do you need a Recruiter to find a job?
The Recruitment industry is a multi-billion pound industry and there are 1000's of agencies registered in the UK alone - all aiming to find you the perfect job. The answer to the above question depends on what value you attach to the service that Recruiters provide.
In economic terms, you get two types of 'recruitment' markets:
1. Candidate Driven - Demand for talent exceeds supply of talent
2. Client Driven - Supply of talent exceeds demand for talent
In a 'Candidate Driven' market, recruiters will be focusing on candidate generation far more than client generation (A 'Client Driven' market is vice versa). With this in mind, recruiters will have to add more value to candidates than their fellow competitors.
I believe the Renewable Energy jobs sector leans more towards the 'Candidate Driven' approach and this is fantastic news for you and here's a couple of reasons why:
- Recruiters will aim to get to know you better
- You don't have to work with multiple agencies, you can be selective!
- No need to post your CV on the market
- If you are a great candidate, we'll be doing a lot of work behind the scenes to try and place you!
I'm always astonished when clients refuse to invest in their recruitment process - they expect talent to come to them!? I'm even more amazed when I have to explain to clients that the most valuable asset of their business is in fact the people that work for them!
Wind Developers expect a multi-million pound turnover backed up with a healthy ROI and they're complaining about a few thousand pounds' recruiter fee (which by the way is ONLY payable upon success in most cases!) for a Project Manager to ensure their success!
Anyways, what do you expect from a Recruiter and more importantly, what value could a recruiter provide you? Here are a couple of important aspects where I can truthfully say, I provide most of my value:
- Rate/Salary negotiations
This is a tricky negotiation to handle yourself as a new employee - you certainly don't want to make the wrong impression but at the same time you don't want to be taken for a ride. If a Recruiter can negotiate you a £5k increase in your basic - surely it makes sense to use one when applying for jobs??
- Managing Client expectations
How many times have you asked at interview stage for a quick decision, only to find that your request was not really taken seriously?
- Getting client Feedback
I know there are a lot of recruiters that never give negative feedback, but I'm not one of them! I will always give negative feedback as I know how frustrating it is to wait for an answer. If you are interviewing directly with the client, negative feedback will often come in the form of an email or abrupt phone call from HR, either way it doesn't really help you understand or improve - it may be something as simple as a hand shake that you need to work on! Clients are more prepared to give exact feedback to Recruiters as it helps us understand their requirements better!
- Company information and Interview Preparation
A good recruiter will be able to inform you of the office 'gossip' or at least give you an indication of the culture and the type of organisation you're apply for. Thus enabling you to best prepare for the role/job!
- You may need to hire in the future!
I have placed a few candidates that have turned into clients! I don't care what any Recruitment agent tells you, turning a candidate into a client is heart-racing stuff! But think about it - you know how the recruiter treated you when you were changing careers and hence you know exactly the type of service he would give your future employees. Trust me, having this type of relationship in business will benefit each party enormously!
I would be interested in your comments, so please feel free to post some!
Why not see my Top 10 CV Writing Tips?
Job Keywords: Wind Energy Jobs Blog, Renewable Energy Jobs, Wind Jobs, Job Hunting
Do you need a Recruiter to find a job?
The Recruitment industry is a multi-billion pound industry and there are 1000's of agencies registered in the UK alone - all aiming to find you the perfect job. The answer to the above question depends on what value you attach to the service that Recruiters provide.
In economic terms, you get two types of 'recruitment' markets:
1. Candidate Driven - Demand for talent exceeds supply of talent
2. Client Driven - Supply of talent exceeds demand for talent
In a 'Candidate Driven' market, recruiters will be focusing on candidate generation far more than client generation (A 'Client Driven' market is vice versa). With this in mind, recruiters will have to add more value to candidates than their fellow competitors.
I believe the Renewable Energy jobs sector leans more towards the 'Candidate Driven' approach and this is fantastic news for you and here's a couple of reasons why:
- Recruiters will aim to get to know you better
- You don't have to work with multiple agencies, you can be selective!
- No need to post your CV on the market
- If you are a great candidate, we'll be doing a lot of work behind the scenes to try and place you!
I'm always astonished when clients refuse to invest in their recruitment process - they expect talent to come to them!? I'm even more amazed when I have to explain to clients that the most valuable asset of their business is in fact the people that work for them!
Wind Developers expect a multi-million pound turnover backed up with a healthy ROI and they're complaining about a few thousand pounds' recruiter fee (which by the way is ONLY payable upon success in most cases!) for a Project Manager to ensure their success!
Anyways, what do you expect from a Recruiter and more importantly, what value could a recruiter provide you? Here are a couple of important aspects where I can truthfully say, I provide most of my value:
- Rate/Salary negotiations
This is a tricky negotiation to handle yourself as a new employee - you certainly don't want to make the wrong impression but at the same time you don't want to be taken for a ride. If a Recruiter can negotiate you a £5k increase in your basic - surely it makes sense to use one when applying for jobs??
- Managing Client expectations
How many times have you asked at interview stage for a quick decision, only to find that your request was not really taken seriously?
- Getting client Feedback
I know there are a lot of recruiters that never give negative feedback, but I'm not one of them! I will always give negative feedback as I know how frustrating it is to wait for an answer. If you are interviewing directly with the client, negative feedback will often come in the form of an email or abrupt phone call from HR, either way it doesn't really help you understand or improve - it may be something as simple as a hand shake that you need to work on! Clients are more prepared to give exact feedback to Recruiters as it helps us understand their requirements better!
- Company information and Interview Preparation
A good recruiter will be able to inform you of the office 'gossip' or at least give you an indication of the culture and the type of organisation you're apply for. Thus enabling you to best prepare for the role/job!
- You may need to hire in the future!
I have placed a few candidates that have turned into clients! I don't care what any Recruitment agent tells you, turning a candidate into a client is heart-racing stuff! But think about it - you know how the recruiter treated you when you were changing careers and hence you know exactly the type of service he would give your future employees. Trust me, having this type of relationship in business will benefit each party enormously!
I would be interested in your comments, so please feel free to post some!
Why not see my Top 10 CV Writing Tips?
Job Keywords: Wind Energy Jobs Blog, Renewable Energy Jobs, Wind Jobs, Job Hunting
Wind Resource Analyst
My client is urgently seeking an experienced Wind Resource Analyst to join an expanding wind resource team.
Duties will include carrying out wind resource assessments, designing measurement campaigns, preparing and reviewing wind farm layouts, site classification, carrying out due diligence reviews, etc.
Job Skills & Qualifications
- Degree or equivalent in Physics, Mathematics, Science, Engineering or a related discipline.
- Experience in energy yield prediction including data analysis and processing using WAsP/WindPRO/WindFarmer or equivalent software.
- Some experience in turbine layout design, site classification, GIS, CFD modelling and carrying out due diligence reviews will be of advantage.
- Good report writing skills are also essential.
If you are interested in this role, please send me a detailed version of your CV to info@zenvik.com - You can also read my Top 10 CV Writing Tips.
Alternatively, you can register with Zenvik for future vacancies - see our range of Wind Energy Jobs
Job Keywords: Wind Resource Analyst, Wind Resource, Wind Analyst, Wind Resource Assessment, Wind Energy Jobs Blog
Duties will include carrying out wind resource assessments, designing measurement campaigns, preparing and reviewing wind farm layouts, site classification, carrying out due diligence reviews, etc.
Job Skills & Qualifications
- Degree or equivalent in Physics, Mathematics, Science, Engineering or a related discipline.
- Experience in energy yield prediction including data analysis and processing using WAsP/WindPRO/WindFarmer or equivalent software.
- Some experience in turbine layout design, site classification, GIS, CFD modelling and carrying out due diligence reviews will be of advantage.
- Good report writing skills are also essential.
If you are interested in this role, please send me a detailed version of your CV to info@zenvik.com - You can also read my Top 10 CV Writing Tips.
Alternatively, you can register with Zenvik for future vacancies - see our range of Wind Energy Jobs
Job Keywords: Wind Resource Analyst, Wind Resource, Wind Analyst, Wind Resource Assessment, Wind Energy Jobs Blog
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