Senior Associate, Resource Assessment

Scout Clean Energy

Senior Associate in renewable energy resource assessment for Scout Clean Energy conducting resource assessments on wind and solar projects. Collaborating with various teams to support development efforts in a hybrid work environment.

Posted 6/24/2026full-timeBoulder • Colorado • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $75,000 - $90,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Conduct preliminary and initial resource assessments on early-stage prospective wind and solar assets.
Utilize resource assessment modeling software, including running and improving existing scripts used to prepare project energy yield reports and other products, yielding Exceedance Production, 8760s and 12 x 24s used by Financial and Commercial teams.
Review internal resource assessments reports and deliverables related to wind and solar assets in development.
Collaborate and support the Met Systems team responsible for collecting, organizing, and quality controlling meteorological data and service documentation from a fleet of wind and solar development met towers, remote sensors (Sodar/Lidar) and operational permanent met stations.
Support 3rd party independent engineers (IEs) with information needed for production of bankable Energy Yield Assessments (EYA).
Create initial wind and solar farm designs.
Work with Development team and project managers in evaluating wind/solar technology, wind/solar resource data, and balance of plant (BOP) sensitivities in order to create the most efficient and optimized design to maximize asset internal rate of return.
Support M&A due diligence efforts from a Resource Assessment perspective.
Support and/or perform studies yielding acoustic, shadow flicker, and avian/bat information, in support of wind and solar energy facilities under development. This includes managing third-party consultants when required by regulatory agencies.
Design and manage consultants engaged in power curve and acoustic testing, including all related activities associated with instrumentation of turbines and interfacing with turbine suppliers.
Maintain and improve internal websites.
Facilitate prospecting efforts for projects identified by Scouts New Projects Team. This includes simple screening, analysis of on-site data, and analysis of numerical/reanalysis data.
Develop software tools used by analysts in a collaborative revision-controlled environment.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Meteorology, Atmospheric Science, Physics, Computer Science, Engineering or related technical discipline and two years of experience in running wind/solar resource assessments, layout designs and experience using standard industry software packages, including software development in support of resource assessment (or)
Masters degree in Meteorology, Atmospheric Science, Physics, Computer Science, Engineering or related technical discipline and experience from a resource assessments internship or academic project including using standard industry software packages or software development in support of resource assessment (or)
Equivalent formal technical training and experience
Demonstrated experience performing data analysis on wind and solar meteorological observations from met sensors, ground based remote sensors (LIDARs and SODARs), solar PV sensors and other
Willingness to travel to conferences, in support of prospecting wind and solar assets, and in support of micro-siting
Ability to read & comprehend standards, specifications, construction drawings, electrical wiring diagrams and other academic material required for success
Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Excel, and Word
Strong verbal, written, and visual communication skills.
Experience running scripts and debug software.
Python3 is dominant at Scout but other programming languages or the demonstrated ability to learn new languages is sufficient.
Experience digging into and understand complicated analysis and explaining findings to stakeholders
Experience leveraging reanalysis data and/or forecasting models in custom deliverables (generated by NCEP or other government organizations)
Experience with wind and solar data analysis including writing software in support of data analysis and leveraging IDEs such as; VS code, R-studio, Eclipse, Spyder or other.
Experience with wind and solar resource assessment modeling software such as; Windographer, OpenWind, WindPro, PVSyst, PlantPredict, RatedPower, WindPro, OpenFOAM, NULA-wind, WRF or other.
Ability to concisely frame issues by providing context, analysis, recommendations and risk/benefit tradeoffs
Ability to prepare / deliver written reports and presentation of analysis to project teams and senior management.
Ability to manage 3rd party IEs and other contractors performing analysis on Scouts behalf

Benefits

Comp & perks

Attractive bonus potential.
Scout offers a full range of benefits, including medical/dental/vision insurance with attractive premiums.
401(k) match.
STD.
LTD.
An Employee Assistance Program.
A range of optional supplemental insurance coverage.

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Hard Skills & Tools

resource assessmentsdata analysislayout designssoftware developmentwind resource assessment modelingsolar resource assessment modelingprogramming in Python3running scriptsdebugging softwaremeteorological observations

Soft Skills

strong verbal communicationstrong written communicationstrong visual communicationability to frame issuesability to prepare reportsability to deliver presentationscollaborationproblem-solvinganalytical thinkingproject management