Occupation Atlasenergy engineer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/b2cede50-82bb-4684-9f11-1930e12ad672
energy engineer
Energy engineers design new, efficient and clean ways to produce, transform, and distribute energy to improve environmental sustainability and energy efficiency. They deal with the extraction of energy through natural resources, such as oil or gas, or renewable and sustainable sources, such as wind or solar power.
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Job Zone
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
RICRealistic · Investigative · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic5.90
- I Investigative4.54
- C Conventional4.12
- E Enterprising3.12
- A Artistic2.22
- S Social1.43
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Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Wind Energy Engineers (17-2199.10): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (46)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- adjust engineering designs
- alternative energy
- analyse energy consumption
- approve engineering design
- building automation
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- design a solar absorption cooling system
- design a solar heating system
- determine appropriate heating and cooling system
- develop energy saving concepts
- energy
- energy conservation
- energy efficiency
- energy market
- energy micro-generation technologies
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- geothermal energy
- geothermal energy systems
- industrial heating systems
- instruct on energy saving technologies
- manage electricity transmission system
- manage personal professional development
- marine energy
- natural gas
- operate solar thermal energy systems for hot water and heating
- perform a feasibility study on biogas energy
- perform a feasibility study on biomass systems
- perform a feasibility study on combined heat and power
- perform a feasibility study on heat pumps
- perform feasibility study on geothermal energy
- perform feasibility study on solar heating
- perform project management
- promote sustainable energy
- renewable energy
- smart grids systems
- solar absorption cooling system
- solar energy
- state estimation
- supervise gas distribution operations
- sustainable technologies
- technical drawings
- types of heat pumps
- types of wind turbines
- use technical drawing software
- wind energy
Optional (62)
- alternative fuels
- analyse energy market trends
- assess environmental impact
- biogas energy
- calculate solar panel orientation
- carry out energy management of facilities
- combined heat and power generation
- conduct energy audit
- conduct engineering site audits
- create designs for pipeline engineering
- design a building management system
- design a domotic system in buildings
- design biomass installations
- design geothermal energy systems
- design heat pump installations
- design principles
- design smart grids
- design solar energy systems
- design thermal equipment
- design ventilation network
- develop electricity distribution schedule
- develop energy policy
- develop strategies for electricity contingencies
- district heating and cooling
- electric generators
- electrical power safety regulations
- electricity consumption
- energy performance of buildings
- energy transformation
- ensure compliance with electricity distribution schedule
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- environmental engineering
- environmental legislation
- examine engineering principles
- execute feasibility study on hydrogen
- fluid mechanics
- fossil fuels
- fuel gas
- gas consumption
- heat transfer processes
- identify fitted source for heat pumps
- inspect building systems
- maintain solar energy systems
- make electrical calculations
- manage engineering project
- manage gas transmission system
- mitigate environmental impact of pipeline projects
- oversee quality control
- perform risk analysis
- promote environmental awareness
- provide information on hydrogen
- provide information on wind turbines
- quality standards
- read engineering drawings
- resource-efficient technologies
- respond to electrical power contingencies
- select sustainable technologies in design
- supervise electricity distribution operations
- transmission towers
- types of photovoltaic panels
- use thermal analysis
- zero-energy building design
O*NET equivalents
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Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 46 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
solar energy engineer
16 shared · 17 more of its owndesign a solar heating system, operate solar thermal energy systems for hot water and heating, perform feasibility study on solar heating, energy micro-generation technologies
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energy systems engineer
16 shared · 18 more of its owndetermine appropriate heating and cooling system, geothermal energy, energy micro-generation technologies, state estimation
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renewable energy engineer
16 shared · 26 more of its owngeothermal energy, energy micro-generation technologies, marine energy, industrial heating systems
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offshore renewable energy engineer
13 shared · 36 more of its ownmarine energy, types of wind turbines, wind energy, energy market
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energy analyst
11 shared · 16 more of its ownalternative energy, develop energy saving concepts, state estimation, analyse energy consumption
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onshore wind energy engineer
11 shared · 26 more of its owntypes of wind turbines, wind energy, energy market, renewable energy
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alternative fuels engineer
11 shared · 35 more of its owndevelop energy saving concepts, analyse energy consumption, smart grids systems, promote sustainable energy
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gas distribution engineer
10 shared · 11 more of its ownsupervise gas distribution operations, natural gas, energy market, energy
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