U.S. Department of Energy

06/08/2021 | News release | Archived content

Dive in --- Careers in the Blue Economy

Arielle Cardinal works at the DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory, in their Water Power Program. As a Program Manager, she's responsible for overseeing and coordinating the planning, management, execution, and reporting of all work associated with the Water Power Program at NREL. Cardinal also manages the Marine Energy Collegiate Competition, a major STEM outreach effort of the Department of Energy.

What is it like to work as a program manager in the ocean sector? For Cardinal, she keeps busy managing a portfolio of approximately 60 projects totaling $45 Million annually by overseeing and coordinating the planning, execution, and reporting of all work associated with the NREL Water Power Program. She analyzes budget data, prepares project plans, tracks project deliverables, plans project budgets, compiles quarterly reports, and resolves resource conflicts - all in a day's work! Read more about Arielle here.