As part of its annual European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition (EWEC), EWEA organised a specialised Job Fair to promote employment in the wind industry. The Job Fair took place on Wednesday 2 April and offered a unique opportunity for potential employers and employees to come together in the professional framework of EWEC, Europe's premier wind energy event.

The job fair was targeted at companies interested in recruiting skilled students and professionals, and job seekers looking to boost their professional career.

Exhibiting companies

• 3E
  • 3E is a leading knowledge company that helps you create, develop, realise and manage projects, strategies, concepts and products in the field of renewable energy and energy efficiency. It has a global reach and deep insight in state of the art and future trends. 3E’s primary strengths are its highly qualified, multi-discipline team composed of engineers, scientists, as well as financial and legal experts, its deep market involvement as an independent expert and its wide international network of public and private research groups.
  • Career opportunities: http://www.3e.eu/working.php
  • Contact person:
    Luc De Gheselle
    Email: jobs@3E.eu
    Tel: 02 229 15 12 (direct line)
• Airtricity
  • Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), the UK’s Number 1 renewable energy generator has recently acquired Airtricity, the world leading renewable energy company, to create a unique and powerful combination of project development expertise and financial strength. Airtricity is responsible for delivering SSE’s ambitious renewable energy development programme across Europe. We’re looking for individuals to join our dynamic team to achieve our accelerated growth plans across Ireland, the UK and continental Europe.
    We’ve got the energy. Have you?’
  • Career opportunities: http://www.airtricity.com/international/careers/
  • Contact person:
    Niamh Mcgrath
    Email: niamh.mcgrath@airtricity.com
• Clipper Windpower
  • Clipper Windpower is a wind energy technology, turbine manufacturing, and project development company. With offices in the US, Mexico and the UK, and ISO9001:2000 QMS Certified manufacturing and assembly facilities located in Iowa, Clipper designs advanced wind turbines, manufactures its 2.5-MW Liberty turbine, and develops wind power generating projects in the Americas and Europe. Listed in the London Stock Exchange's AIM, Clipper's ticker symbol is CWP.
  • Career opportunities: http://clipperwind.hodesiq.com/careers.asp
  • Contact person:
    Danette Estrella
    Corporate Recruiter
    Email: destrella@clipperwind.com
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• Colruyt
  • Colruyt is much more than a supermarket! The Colruyt Group has its own technology and IT companies as well as central services (e.g. human resources, accounting, marketing, etc.). Apart from the Colruyt stores, the Colruyt Group also has a number of other store formulas such as OKay, Bio-Planet, DreamLand and Spar Retail. We offer many job opportunities in several different sectors; from sales, technique, logistics, IT and marketing to architecture. There is something for everybody!
  • Career opportunities: http://jobs.colruyt.be/jobs
  • Contact person:
    Sofie De Camps
    Email: sofie.decamps@colruyt.be
    Tel: 02/360.10.40
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• Electrabel
  • Electrabel is one of Europe's front-runners in the energy sector and the Benelux market leader. The company develops its range of energy products and services by capitalising on the synergies between electricity and natural gas. It offers tailor-made solutions for each customer, characterised by quality and close support and acts through marketing subsidiaries and partnerships with local operators. Electrabel is part of SUEZ, an international industrial and services group active in the energy and environment sectors. Electrabel will enable you to evolve and flourish within our group as you take up new challenges. There are golden opportunities waiting to be seized, whatever your background.
    The business unit GENERATION helps ensure that Electrabel maintains its strong reputation in the international arena. With their talents, know-how and commitment, they enable Electrabel to further enhance its leading position in the technical and technological domain. Electrabel occupies a unique position in Belgium, providing all forms of energy: wind, gas, nuclear, combined solutions and bio.
  • Career opportunities: www.electrabel.be\career
  • Contact person:
    Liesbeth Verscheure
• Electrawinds
  • Electrawinds, established in 1998 and currently the largest private player on the Belgian renewable energy market, produces and sells green power generated from inexhaustible clean energy resources such as wind, sun and organic matter. Apart from constructing and operating windmill farms, solar farms and biomass plants, Electrawinds also investigates and develops new renewable energy possibilities and applications.
  • Career opportunities: http://www.electrawinds.be/
    A detailed list of vacancies will be provided at the job fair.
  • Contact person:
    Mrs Dominique Decoster
• ENERCON GmbH
  • ENERCON, Germany’s leading wind energy turbine manufacturer with a wide range of products and services, offers a myriad of possibilities to realise wind energy projects on a worldwide scale.
    ENERCON’s line includes products with 330 kW rated power, all the way up to 6 megawatt turbines. In addition, the prefab concrete tower with a 138 m hub height guarantees ideal yields especially at inland sites.
  • Career opportunities: www.enercon.de
  • Contact person:
    Frau Nicole Nanninga
    Email: nicole.nanninga@enercon.de
    Tel: +49 4941 927 243
• Enfinity
  • Enfinity is a global developer of renewable energy projects. Enfinity develops these projects through the creation of private equity funds. The company has developed several projects in Europe and is expanding into other continents. Enfinity teams up with local participants to develop, finance and implement energy projects. It's the company’s ambition to become a world leader in renewable energy by 2010, with several hundred megawatts of installed power.
  • Career opportunities: www.enfinity.biz
  • Contact person:
    Annick Lauryssen
    Email: hr@enfinity.biz or jobvacancies@enfinity.biz
• Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica
  • Gamesa is the world´s second wind turbine manufacturer and leader in Spain in the manufacture, sale and installation of wind turbines. Gamesa installed more than 10,000 MW worldwide with a global market share of 15,6 %.
    
    Gamesa has its own extensive design and technological development capability for wind turbines, as well as the largest integral production capacity, comprising blades, root joints, gearboxes, generators, converters and towers manufacturing, as well as wind turbine assembling (29 manufacturing facilities).
  • Career opportunities: http://anayet.corp.gamesa.es:8888/bolsa-ingles/cont_bolsa.jsp?cod_nucleo=0
  • Contact person:
    Gorka Jimenez
    Email: GJIMENEZ@gamesacorp.com
• GE Energy
  • GE Energy (www.ge.com/energy) is one of the world's leading suppliers of power generation and energy delivery technologies, with 2006 revenue of $19 billion. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, GE Energy works in all areas of the energy industry including coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear energy; renewable resources such as water, wind, solar and biogas; and other alternative fuels. Under ecomagination, GE will invest $1.5 billion annually in research in cleaner technologies by 2010, up from $700 million in 2004.With wind turbine design, manufacturing and assembly facilities in Germany, Spain, China, Canada and the United States, GE Energy is among the leading providers of wind energy products and support services ranging from commercial wind turbines and grid integration products to project development assistance and operation and maintenance. The company's knowledge base includes the development and/or installation of more than 9,100 wind turbines with a total rated output of 8,600 megawatts.
    GE is an equal opportunity employer, offering a great work environment, challenging career opportunities, professional training and competitive compensation.
  • Career opportunities: www.gecareers.com
  • Contact person:
    Carsten Schott
    Email: Carsten.Schott@ge.com
    
    Lidya Hodgins
    Email: Lidya.Hodgins@ge.com
• GL Group
  • Germanischer Lloyd Industrial Services GmbH, Business Segment Wind Energy (GL Wind), is the world's largest certification body for wind turbines and their components. GL Wind carries out all types of tests, certifications, expert appraisals and monitoring on behalf of manufacturers, operators, banks and insurance companies. GL Wind publishes its own guidelines for onshore and offshore wind turbines.
  • Career opportunities: www.gl-group.com
  • Contact person:
    Mike Woebbeking
    Email: mike.woebbeking@gl-group.com
• Hansen Transmissions
  • Hansen Transmissions 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 four of the five 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 nearly four-fold, from 3,800MW per year, as at 31 March 2007, to 14,300MW, by 2012. It has two manufacturing facilities in Belgium, a plant under construction in India and advanced plans for a Chinese factory. Hansen employs more than 1600 people worldwide.
  • Career opportunities: www.hansentransmissions.com
  • Contact person:
    Wout Doms
    Recruiter
    Email: wdoms@hansentransmissions.com
    Tel: 03/450 12 8
    
    Ingrid Claesen
    Recruiter
    Email: iclaesen@hansentransmissions.com
    Tel: 011/349 7333
    
    Raf Smits
    Senior HR Officer
    Email: rsmits@hansentransmissions.com
    Tel: 03/450 51 12.
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• Harakosan Europe B.V
  • Harakosan Europe B.V. is a Dutch manufacturer of multi-megawatt gearless wind turbines for electric power generation. The company was founded in 2005.
    It has been the philosophy of Harakosan Europe BV to dedicate its small wind engineering intensive staff to the constant evolution of the concept of direct drive permanent magnet wind turbines.
    Harakosan Europe BV is at the moment expanding to meet the increasing world demand for sources of renewable energy by concentrating on the areas which it feels it is most effective in value creation given the current wind turbine market value chain. These areas are:
    - Design
    - Sales
    - Assembly
    - After sales
    At the heart of the company is the driving force of being able to change the way we produce energy to provide a better future for the next generation.
  • Career opportunities: http://www.harakosan.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=108&Itemid=256
  • Contact person:
    Michael Maik
    Email: m.malik@harakosan.nl
    Tel: +31629493146
• ISET
  • ISET addresses applications-oriented research in the field of electrical engineering and systems technology for the use of renewable energies. The spectrum covers ranges from theoretical investigations over experimental studies and field tests through to the development of devices and systems. Above all, the institute concentrates on the fields of wind energy, photovoltaics, bio energy, hydro power and marine energies. Specialised professional competences especially include power electronics, control engineering, process engineering and information systems.
  • Career opportunities: http://www.iset.uni-kassel.de/pls/w3isetdad/www_iset_new.main_page?p_name=7015100&p_lang=eng
  • Contact person:
    Dr. Kurt Rohrig
    Email: krohrig@iset.uni-kassel.de
• Katten Elljay
  • Our aim is to offer a niche recruitment and advisory package that reaches out globally to individuals and companies operating in the renewable energy, carbon and climate change sectors. As a team of dedicated 'people consultants' our company, Katten Elljay, provides a personal yet professional response to every recruitment need ensuring that all parties involved experience an efficient, reliable and enjoyable service throughout the whole search and selection process. Out motto "Dare to be Great" is an embodiment of the entire Katten Elljay approach. By encouraging candidates to focus on their individual strengths and unique potential in the market place, our goal is to steer and advise them along their professional journey in order that they develop and excel in their career and become an invaluable asset to our client.
  • Contact person:
    Laura-Jane Silverman
    Email: kattenelljay@yahoo.co.uk
• LM Glasfiber
  • LM Glasfiber is the world’s leading manufacturer of wind turbine blades, and the only supplier that operates on a global basis.
    Achieving this strong position is a result of constant focus on research, product development, quality and excellent customer service.
    LM Glasfiber operates in all the main wind energy markets, with extensive production capacity in Asia, North America and Europe. One in three wind turbines is fitted with LM Glasfiber blades.
  • Career opportunities: http://www.lmglasfiber.com/About/Job.aspx
  • Contact person:
    Sebastian Dahl
    Email: hsd@lmglasfiber.com
• Pauwels International N.V.
  • Pauwels International, headquartered in Mechelen, is one of the world leaders in the design and manufacturing of distribution and power transformers, and a fast growing competitor in the market of substations, integrated solutions and services.
    
    Pauwels International employs around 900 professionals and produces 6,000 transformers per year.
    
    At Pauwels, we aim to invest in talented people more than ever before. We would like to welcome both recent graduates and experienced professionals. Pauwels International offers real development possibilities in a flexible and open organisation.
  • Career opportunities: http://careers.pauwels.com
  • Contact person:
    Marleen Van Puyvelde
    Email: Marleen.van.puyvelde@pauwels.com
    Tel: + 32 15 283 248
• Proven Energy
  • Proven Energy is a passionate advocate of renewable energy. We pride ourselves on delivering reliable, sustainable energy through our award winning range of wind turbines. Our high performance wind turbines are the result of almost thirty years of inspiration, innovation and development. With over 1,500 wind turbines installed worldwide, Proven Energy has unrivalled experience and has become globally renowned in the wind energy field.
    Proven Energy offers competitive salaries with excellent employment conditions. We are committed to expanding our employees skill set and supporting training and education needs. Our headquarters are based in Scotland, U.K. with a number of growing global bases worldwide including Europe, USA, and India.
  • Career opportunities: http://www.provenenergy.co.uk/proven_careers.shtml
  • Contact person:
    Karen Coyle
    HR Manager
    Tel: +44 (0) 7861 395 487
• REpower Systems AG
  • REpower Systems AG is one of the leading manufacturers of onshore and offshore wind turbines. The international engineering company develops, produces and sells wind turbines with outputs ranging from 2 to 5 megawatts and rotor diameters of 82 to 126 metres for almost all locations. It also provides a comprehensive service and maintenance range. The high performance, reliable turbines are designed at the REpower development centre in Rendsburg and produced at the sites in Husum and Trampe.
  • Career opportunities: http://www.repower.de/index.php?id=20&L=1
  • Contact person:
    Ms Sandra Rausch
    HR Specialist
    Email: sandra.rausch@repower.de
    Tel: +49 (0) 4841 662 8238
    Fax: +49 (0) 4841 662 8239
    Mob: +49 (0) 173 5798708
• Risø DTU
  • The Wind Energy Department at Risø DTU, seeks to meet the needs for scientifically-based knowledge, methods and procedures from government, academia, and the wind turbine industry.
    
    Our research and development activities range from boundary-layer meteorology, fluid dynamics and the mechanic as well as dynamic quality of structures, to power and control engineering, wind turbine loading and safety. The Department's activities also include research into atmospheric physics and environmental issues.
  • Career opportunities: http://www.risoe.dk/Job_career.aspx
  • Contact person:
    Lone Wigh
    Email: lone.wigh@risoe.dk
    Tel: +45 4677 4677
• Romax Technology
  • Romax Technology is a world leading independent provider of drivetrain, gearbox and bearing technology to the wind energy industry. RomaxWIND is a virtual product design software system for wind turbine nacelle drivetrain systems, incorporating design sizing, durability and dynamic analysis. Our engineering teams offer a complete range of services on gearbox, bearing and drivetrain component design and analysis including design concept generation, design review, detail design through to manufacturing and certification, failure analysis and technical support for drivetrain operational maintenance issues. Romax is also one of the foremost independent consultants for bearing design and manufacturing technologies.
  • Career opportunities: http://www.romaxtech.com/115_current_vacancies.php
  • Contact person:
    Xiaobing Hu
    Email: xiaobing.hu@romaxtech.com
    
    Andy Poon
    Email: andy.poon@romaxtech.com
• SAMTECH
  • SAMTECH s.a. is a European specialist in Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) software for Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Multi-Disciplinary Optimization (MDO). SAMTECH develops and markets the general-purpose Finite Element Analysis code SAMCEF, the Multi-Disciplinary Optimization platform BOSS quattro, the Open CAE Design Framework CAESAM, the multi-physics solver OOFELIE as well as Professional solutions such as S4WT (SAMCEF for Wind Turbines), resulting from the integration of specific and customized skills with this application oriented software.
  • Career opportunities: http://www.samcef.com/en/news.php?W=jobs
  • Contact person:
    Patrick Morelle
    Email: patrick.morelle@samcef.com
• Siemens Wind Power
  • Siemens Wind Power is an international company with more than 3,800 employees worldwide and headquarters in Denmark.
    
    Siemens Wind Power is growing faster than the rising wind power market. Since 2004, the production capacity and number of employees have tripled and we aim to welcome 3000 new colleagues all around the world within the next three years. On the offshore wind market we are the market leader and it is our clear ambition to be the third-largest wind turbine manufacturer in the world.
    
    With high performance, excellent and innovative solutions, we generate power for the future. Our vision is to be Best@Wind.
  • Career opportunities: www.siemens.com/jobswindpower
  • Contact person:
    Ms. Xenia Laustén
• SINTEF Energy Research
  • SINTEF Energy Research is a non-profit R&D institute with a staff of about 200 engaged in contract research on the national and international markets. Fields covered are energy systems, electric power technology and energy processes. Activities within wind energy include grid integration, power quality, asset management, electric components and control systems. Special focus is on offshore wind.
  • Career opportunities: www.sintef.no/wind
  • Contact person:
    John Olav Giæver Tande
    Senior Research Scientist
    Email: John.O.Tande@sintef.no
    
    Einar Fasting
    Vice President – Marketing
    Email: Einar.Fasting@sintef.no
• Smulders Projects B.V. & Sif Group bv
  • Smulders Projects
  • Smulders Projects produces tubular towers for wind turbines onshore and offshore and is the world leading manufacturer of offshore monopile foundations for wind turbines with production facilities in the Netherlands, Belgium and Poland. Other products include steel constructions, high rise buildings, bridges, etc.
  • Career opportunities: www.smuldersgroep.com
  • Contact person:
    Smulders Projects B.V.
    Email: e.smulders@smulders-projects.com
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  • Sif Group
  • Sif Group bv is a global commercial operating company, specialized in the fabrication of thick walled, welded tubular components according to clients specification and international standards.
    Sif is located in Roermond in the South of the Netherlands and has direct water access. Our production lines are equipped with the latest and most advanced technology available. We deliver our products to various markets:
    - Offshore Wind farm foundations such as Monopiles, Tripods, Jackets and Tri-pile solutions.
    - Offshore Oil & Gas industry,
    - Tubular components for civil projects.
  • Career opportunities: www.sif-group.com
  • Contact person:
    Mr. Wiel Hendrikx
    Email: w.hendrikx@sif-group.com
• Valorem and Valréa
  • Since June ’94, Valorem has been your historical partner in renewable Energy (Wind, Biomass, Solar, Marine and Off-shore Energy). Our multi-disciplinary teams of engineers in energetics, project developers, landscapists, geographers (50 employees in total) are working in our offices located in Bordeaux, Nantes, Rouen, Amiens and Carcassonne. Valorem is a major player covering all the development steps from the search of new locations to the construction and operation of wind farms. More than 69 MW are already in operation.
  • Career opportunities: http://www.valorem-energie.com/
  • Contact person:
    Valréa: A.Amirault
    Email: alain-amirault@valrea.fr
    
    Valorem: Frederic Prévost
    Email: frederic.prevost@valorem-energie.com
• Wind Prospect Group
  • Wind Prospect’s staff turnover is very low. In 2008 we were awarded Beacon company status as a good employer. We continuously seek engineers, developers and commercially experienced people. We are expanding into new countries and areas and welcome applications from independently minded people. Current vacancies are at
    http://www.windprospect.com/Careers.htm
    
    Wind Prospect is a renewable energy development, construction, operation and advisory company. We have offices in 8 countries and are working in Eastern Europe. We were in the Sunday Times Top 100 fastest growing companies in 2007.
  • Career opportunities: http://www.windprospect.com/Careers.htm
  • Contact person:
    Yann Coëffé
    Email: Yann.Coeffe@windprospect.com
    Mob: +33 (0) 612 479 035
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• WindVision
  • WindVision is a European company specialized in the development of wind energy projects and unique in its integrated approach. We strive towards continued dialogue with all concerned parties in planning the future wind parks and we ensure the quality and efficiency of our projects through sustainable and long-lasting co-operations with financial and technical parties. WindVision can also count on its young and dynamic team in working towards a healthy and green environment.
  • Career opportunities: www.windvision.com
  • Contact person:
    Marijke Hillewaere
    Email: marijke.hillewaere@windvision.com
• WinWinD
  • WinWinD is a supplier of reliable 1 and 3 MW wind turbines. WinWinD's wind turbines are based on state-of-the-art technology with an integrated power unit, which comprises a reliable planetary gear and a low speed generator. This solution combines the best features of a direct drive and a gear system. The most significant benefits obtained have been operating reliability and high availability.
  • Career opportunities: http://www.winwind.fi/english/rekrytointi.html
  • Contact person:
    Ms Tiina Immonen,
    HR Manager
    Email: tiina.immonen@winwind.fi
    Tel: +358 207 410 160
    Mob: +358 40 528 8870
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Organised in partnership with:

• Ministry of Economy, Employment and Patrimony, Walloon region
• European Academy of Wind Energy, EAWE
• EDORA, Renewable energy association for Wallonia and Brussels
• ODE Vlaanderen, Flemish Wind Energy Association
• Flemish Public Employment Service (VDAB)
• Le Forem, Walloon Public Employment Service
• Brussels Job Days

For more information contact Luisa Coll. E: luisa.coll(at)ewea.org