energy engineer
ISCO: 2149. Skills: 252. Essential: 35.
Essential skills
- adjust engineering designs
- alternative energy
- 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
- domestic cooling systems
- energy
- energy conservation
- energy market
- energy micro-generation technologies
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- geothermal energy
- integrated design
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- marine energy
- operate open source software
- operate solar thermal energy systems for hot water and heating
- perform a feasibility study on solar absorption cooling
- perform feasibility study on solar heating
- perform project management
- solar absorption cooling system
- state estimation
- sustainable technologies
- synthesise information
- technical drawings
- think abstractly
- types of heat pumps
- use technical drawing software
- wind energy
Supporting skills
- adapt energy distribution schedules
- adjust voltage
- advise on environmental remediation
- advise on environmental risk management systems
- advise on fitted ventilation systems
- advise on heating systems energy efficiency
- advise on pollution prevention
- advise on waste management procedures
- alternative fuels
- analyse energy consumption
- analyse energy market trends
- analyse experimental laboratory data
- apply blended learning
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- assess energy consumption of ventilation systems
- assess environmental impact
- assess financial viability
- assess hydrogen production technologies
- automation technology
- balance hydraulics of hot water systems
- biogas energy
- CAD software
- calculate solar panel orientation
- carry out energy management of facilities
- change power distribution systems
- combined heat and power generation
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- comply with pipeline transport regulations
- conduct engineering site audits
- conduct research across disciplines
- coordinate electricity generation
- create CAD drawings
- create designs for pipeline engineering
- design a building management system
- design a combined heat and power system
- design a domotic system in buildings
- design a mini wind power system
- design an electric heating system
- design automation components
- design biomass installations
- design district heating and cooling energy systems
- design drawings
- design electric power systems
- design geothermal energy systems
- design heat pump installations
- design hot water systems
- design principles
- design smart grids
- design solar energy systems
- design thermal equipment
- design utility equipment
- design ventilation network
- determine internal air quality parameters
- develop electricity distribution schedule
- develop energy saving concepts
- develop environmental remediation strategies
- develop gas distribution schedule
- develop hazardous waste management strategies
- develop non-hazardous waste management strategies
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- develop strategies for electricity contingencies
- develop waste management processes
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- distribution of heating cooling and hot water
- district heating and cooling
- document analysis results
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- draw blueprints
- electric current
- electric generators
- electric heating systems
- electrical discharge
- electrical engineering
- electrical power safety regulations
- electricity
- electricity consumption
- electricity market
- energy performance of buildings
- energy transformation
- ensure compliance with electricity distribution schedule
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- ensure compliance with gas distribution schedule
- ensure compliance with safety legislation
- ensure compliance with waste legislative regulations
- ensure correct gas pressure
- ensure equipment maintenance
- ensure regulatory compliance in pipeline infrastructures
- ensure safety in electrical power operations
- environmental engineering
- environmental indoor quality
- environmental legislation
- evaluate integrated design of buildings
- evaluate research activities
- examine engineering principles
- execute feasibility study on hydrogen
- fluid mechanics
- fossil fuels
- fuel distribution systems
- fuel gas
- gas consumption
- gas market
- geothermal energy systems
- heat transfer processes
- heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration parts
- hydraulics
- identify customer's needs
- identify energy needs
- identify fitted source for heat pumps
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- industrial heating systems
- industrial research and development
- inspect building systems
- inspect facility sites
- inspect industrial equipment
- inspect overhead power lines
- inspect underground power cables
- instruct on energy saving technologies
- integrate biogas energy in buildings
- integrate gender dimension in research
- integrated food-energy systems
- liaise with local authorities
- maintain concentrated solar power systems
- maintain electrical equipment
- maintain photovoltaic systems
- maintain solar energy systems
- make electrical calculations
- manage electricity transmission system
- manage engineering project
- manage environmental impact of operations
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage gas transmission system
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- manage workflow processes
- manufacturing of steam generators
- mechanical engineering
- mentor individuals
- mini wind power generation
- mitigate environmental impact of pipeline projects
- monitor automated machines
- monitor electric generators
- monitor legislation developments
- monitor nuclear power plant systems
- monitor utility equipment
- monitor waste treatment equipment
- natural gas
- operate automated process control
- operate hydraulic machinery controls
- operate steam turbine
- oversee quality control
- perform a feasibility study for building management systems
- 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 district heating and cooling
- perform a feasibility study on electric heating
- perform a feasibility study on heat pumps
- perform a feasibility study on mini wind power
- perform feasibility study on geothermal energy
- perform maintenance on installed equipment
- perform risk analysis
- perform scientific research
- pollution legislation
- pollution prevention
- power engineering
- promote environmental awareness
- promote innovative infrastructure design
- promote open innovation in research
- promote sustainable energy
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- provide information on hydrogen
- provide information on solar panels
- provide information on wind turbines
- publish academic research
- quality standards
- read engineering drawings
- refrigerants
- renewable energy
- report on fuel distribution incidents
- report test findings
- resolve equipment malfunctions
- resource-efficient technologies
- respond to electrical power contingencies
- run simulations
- scientific literature
- security requirements of goods transported via pipelines
- select sustainable technologies in design
- shift energy demands
- smart grids systems
- solar energy
- speak different languages
- supervise crew
- supervise electricity distribution operations
- supervise gas distribution operations
- sustainable installation materials
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- test gas purity
- test pipeline infrastructure operations
- test procedures in electricity transmission
- test samples for pollutants
- thermodynamics
- transmission towers
- troubleshoot
- types of photovoltaic panels
- types of pipelines
- types of wind turbines
- use CAD software
- use personal protection equipment
- use testing equipment
- use thermal analysis
- waste and scrap products
- wear appropriate protective gear
- wire harnesses
- write scientific publications
- zero-energy building design