JOB RESPONSIBILITY SUMMARY

• Interaction with clients including utilities, energy project developers, energy end-users and other organizations
• Performing site visits to determine the panel layout
• Selecting and analyzing the appropriate PV system hardware
• Determining the power generation
• Creating design drawings with AutoCAD
• Analyzing the interconnection requirements
• Travel to support the project development and construction activities

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and ability required.

Education

• Required: Four year degree in electrical engineering
• Preferred: Masters degree

Licensure/Credentials

• Required: Professional Engineer’s license

Experience

• Preferred: 4 years of experience working with both wind and solar installations

Special Knowledge/Skills

• Required: Broad knowledge of PV system hardware, panel layouts, power generation and interconnection agreements.
• Required: Proficient use of AutoCAD Electrical, plus Strong technical/scientific skills.

It’s Cleaner.
Flushing and replacement oil is filtered to 3 microns, meeting ISO cleanliness levels.

It’s Safer
No heavy lifting and no oil buckets and drums up and down the tower like with manual gear unit flushing and changing.

It’s Cost-Effective
Oil exchange time is reduced by 75%! The vacuum drain speeds evacuation of oil and can can deliver ISO 320 viscosity
grade gear oil at a rate of 4-6 gallons (15-22 liters) per minute.*

It’s Environmentally Friendly
Triple hoses, direct connection to the gearbox, and the enclosed process eliminates spills & clutter.

*Actual delivery and suction times depend on factors affecting viscosity, such as oil temperature.

JOB RESPONSIBILITY SUMMARY

• Strategic Planning/Goal Setting for EHS and Quality
• Performance benchmarking and monitoring of EHS and Quality
• Ensure Outland employees receive ‘best in class’ training related to safety and quality
• Ensure compliance with applicable EHS and Quality standards, regulations, laws, and statutes
• Investigate all injuries, accidents, near misses, and service failures to develop corrective measures
• Promote and develop a companywide culture of safety and quality performance
• Active participation with the Outland management team

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and ability required.

Education

• Required: Four year degree in a related field
• Preferred: Certified Safety Professional

Experience

• Required: Minimum of 10 years of proven EHS/Quality leadership experience
• Preferred: Direct wind industry experience

Special Knowledge/Skills

• Required: Must have a thorough knowledge of OSHA regulations and compliance as well as ISO 9001:2008 processes.
• Preferred: OSHA 301 certification, Quality Management Systems certification

Minimum Requirements:
In process of obtaining a Two-year Wind Technician Degree
Positive, customer friendly attitude
The ability to maintain a high level of safety awareness at all times
Fundamental understanding of basic mechanical and electrical principles
Valid driver’s license and social security number
Ability to travel nationally for up to 6 weeks at a time
Ability to climb up to heights of 300 plus feet on a regular basis

Benefits Include:
Meal per diem
Travel and hotel costs covered
Work clothing
Blackberry with plan provided
Hand tooling provided
All personal protective equipment (safety gear) provided
Extensive pre-deployment classroom and OJT safety and technical training provided

Responsibilities:

• Entry  and reconciliation of daily work orders
• Assist with all aspects of inventory receiving, tracking, reconciliation, etc.
• Providing administrative support to technicians and Canby, MN field office
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Requirements:

• Must posses a positive, ‘git-r-done’ attitude with very strong self initiative
• Extreme multi task capabilities
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Exceptional organization skills
• Ruthless attention to detail, especially in numbers
• Proficient in the use of computer and Microsoft Office software especially Excel spreadsheets
• Ability to adapt to change

Benefits Include:

• Hourly scale DOE
• Paid vacation and sick time
• 100% premium paid BCBS Health, Delta Dental and Life Insurance for employee and immediate family
• 401k with company match
• Casual dress code

The contract provides for the operations and maintenance at the 300 Megawatt Cayuga Ridge wind farm located in rural Livingston County, Illinois and is owned by Portland, Oregon-based Iberdrola Renewables (Iberdrola). Outland will maintain a team of 20+ full-time highly skilled service technicians at Cayuga Ridge for the term of the contract, which consists of 150 Gamesa G87 2.0 MW turbines when fully commissioned.  The facility is expected to produce enough clean, renewable energy to power more than 500,000 average Illinois homes.

Outland shares a reputable heritage with Gamesa, dating back to 2006.  Over this period, Outland delivered a range of critical services to Gamesa, ranging from construction quality control, to project commissioning and project operations and maintenance.

“We are grateful to have this vote of confidence from such a globally recognized manufacturer as Gamesa and their global customer Iberdrola.  The immediate ripple effect in the market is that we are adding new jobs, increasing the size of our reach, and this positions us for continued expansion into the world market. I have high regard and respect for our entire team.  We will continue to focus on providing unparalleled levels of safety and quality at every project including Cayuga Ridge in Illinois,” said Steve Scott, President of Outland Renewable Energy.

Minimum Requirements:

• Positive, customer friendly attitude
• The ability to maintain a high level of safety awareness at all times
• Fundamental understanding of basic mechanical and electrical principles
• Valid drivers license and social security number
• Two-year college degree or equivalent experience
• Ability to climb up to heights of 300 plus feet on a regular basis

Benefits Include:

• Competitive pay with performance based incentives and stock options
• 100% family health, dental and life insurance
• 401k with company match
• Paid vacation and sick time
• Work clothing including cold weather gear and annual work boot stipend
• Blackberry with monthly voice and data plan provided
• Hand tooling provided
• All personal protective equipment (safety gear) provided
• Extensive pre-deployment classroom and OJT safety and technical training provided

Outland is a disciplined, dynamic, family friendly organization. We have an unmatched reputation for providing highly qualified, targeted resources to the wind industry.

If you have the desire to be the best and believe in the values of integrity and hard work, contact us today!

APPLY ONLINE TODAY!

Interested candidates should submit their resumes to info@outlandenergy.com or download the application and mail a hard copy with cover letter to:

Outland Renewable Energy, LLC
Human Resources
302 First Street East
Canby, MN 56220

Outland Renewable Energy, LLC is an equal opportunity employer.

Minimum Requirements:

• Positive, customer friendly attitude
• The ability to maintain a high level of safety awareness at all times
• Fundamental understanding of basic mechanical and electrical principles
• Valid drivers license and social security number
• Two-year college degree or equivalent experience
• Ability to travel nationally for up to 6 weeks at a time
• Ability to climb up to heights of 300 plus feet on a regular basis

Benefits Include:

• Competitive pay with stock options
• 100% family health, dental and life insurance
• 401k with company match
• Meal per diem
• Travel and hotel costs covered
• Paid vacation and sick time
• Work clothing including cold weather gear and annual work boot stipend
• Blackberry with monthly voice and data plan provided
• Hand tooling provided
• All personal protective equipment (safety gear) provided
• Extensive pre-deployment classroom and OJT safety and technical training provided

Technicians are able to live anywhere in the continental US as long as they have convenient access to a commercial airport.

Outland is a disciplined, dynamic, family friendly organization.  We have an unmatched reputation for providing highly qualified, targeted resources to the wind industry.

If you have the desire to be the best and believe in the values of integrity and hard work, contact us today!

APPLY ONLINE TODAY!

Interested candidates should submit their resumes to info@outlandenergy.com or download the application and mail a hard copy with cover letter to:

Outland Renewable Energy, LLC is an equal opportunity employer.

Through a partnership with Minnesota West Community & Technical College, the grants will be used to provide customized safety and wind turbine maintenance training for Outland’s current and future wind technicians, as well as wind energy students at Minnesota West.

The three grants awarded include:

• $44,000 “Hands on Training” – Building regional talent by providing hands-on wind turbine training for current and future Outland wind technicians and wind energy students at Minnesota West Community & Technical College.
• $14,500 “Gravitec Train-the-Trainer Training” – Funding for Outland’s EHS Specialist to attend Gravitec fall protection and rescue training, and then return to provide training and certification for Outland wind technicians and Minnesota West students.
• $45,500 “Geartech Gear Failure Analysis” – Outland will host seminars in the region in which Geartech will provide wind turbine gearbox training. The goal is to educate 125 Outland wind technician employees and/or wind energy students within the next year.

“We’re excited to be selected for these grant dollars from MNREM,” said Steve Scott, Outland president and COO. “The funds will help us maintain the quality and safety of the services we deliver through more efficient and thorough training of our wind technician team members. It will also provide additional training opportunities for wind energy students at Minnesota West Community & Technical College, which helps grow the wind energy talent pool in our region. In turn, we fully expect continued growth and expansion here at Outland.”

The grants are among 12 that were awarded by MNREM to promote innovative talent development and entrepreneurship solutions for the renewable energy industry in the 36-county MNREM region. The funded projects aim to build a strong and proactive talent development system that the renewable energy industry needs to stay competitive.

MNREM is part of the WIRED (Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development) initiative, a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to foster new partnerships and ways of delivering education and training to enhance the region’s talent development system.

CANBY, Minn. (September 8, 2009) Outland Renewable Energy, LLC (Outland) and Hansen Transmissions International nv officials announced this week in a meeting at Hansen manufacturing headquarters in Lommel, Belgium that Outland has been selected to be an authorized on-site service provider in North America for Hansen Service Wind.

Outland, headquartered in Canby, MN, will form a dedicated team of wind technicians to provide on-site service support for the nearly 6,000 Hansen wind turbine gearboxes located on wind energy farms throughout North America. Hansen Transmissions is the second largest wind turbine gearbox manufacturer in the world.

Over the last 30 years Hansen Transmissions, headquartered in Edegem, Belgium, has supplied over 20,000 gearboxes for wind turbine applications. Hansen has recently established a dedicated service division for its wind business called “Hansen Service Wind” which is working together with its customers to develop competitive business models based upon well-balanced allocation of production resources between new products and aftermarket services.

Steve Scott, Outland president and COO, said, “Our partnership with Hansen Service Wind confirms Outland’s position as one of the most trusted and respected wind energy companies in North America. My hat goes off to each and every Outland employee, with a special thanks to our outstanding wind technicians in the field. Their ability to repair and maintain wind turbines with minimal incident, accident or injury is the primary reason Hansen chose Outland as their service partner. This partnership will drive continued aggressive growth for Outland throughout North America.”

Outland’s field services division is the largest service provider to the wind industry in Minnesota and one of the largest in the United States. The company provides construction, commissioning and maintenance services to OEM’s and project owners throughout North American. “The close cooperation with Outland is a first and important step in widening the geographic footprint of the Hansen Service Wind division. The North American market has a very strong medium- to long term growth potential. In 2010 we will further expand our service activities by setting up a Hansen Service Centre in North America for servicing and upgrading our gearboxes.”, says Dr. Jan Declercq, Director Business Development, Sales & Marketing at Hansen Transmissions.

About Hansen Transmissions
Hansen Transmissions International nv is an established global wind turbine gearbox and industrial gearbox designer, manufacturer and supplier, with a leading position (by MW supplied) in the wind turbine gearbox market. The company supplies gearboxes to the largest manufacturers of gear-driven wind turbines globally and provides durable gear drives for a wide range of industrial applications throughout the world. Hansen plans to increase its wind turbine gearbox manufacturing capabilities, from 3,800 MW per annum in the financial year 2007 to 14,300 MW, by financial year 2013. In addition to its principal manufacturing facilities in Belgium – comprising a wind turbine and industrial gearbox plant in Edegem (Antwerp) and a fully integrated state-of-the-art dedicated wind turbine gearbox manufacturing facility in Lommel (Limburg) – Hansen has a +95,000m² production plant for wind turbine gearboxes in Coimbatore, India and started the construction, in September 2008, of a production plant for wind turbine gearboxes for the Chinese market on a 250,000m² site in the Beichen Hi-tech Industrial park in Tianjin. Hansen has strong research and development operations to maintain its technological leadership and employs over 2,400 people worldwide.

For more information, visit www.hansentransmissions.com