Four training organisations are in the running to teach Siemens' future workforce at Green Port Hull.
The German energy giant has opened an office at Two Humber Quays overlooking the city's Marina as work begins on its £310m Alexandra Dock offshore wind hub.
Green Port Hull will have a staff of 1,000 and project director Finbarr Dowling has pledged to employ as many East Yorkshire workers as possible. He is hoping to use a regional group to teach the trade.
Mr Dowling said: "The big challenge will come in 2016 when we have to train hundreds of people locally.
"We're in discussions with four training providers.< Recruitment of our key personnel is really, really important."
The first five members of Siemens' staff have now been appointed. Three of them were already living in East Yorkshire.
Mr Dowling is working alongside real estate and construction general manager Shaun Cray, who was born in Hull and lives in South Cave.
He has held senior roles at Siemens for 14 years in two spells, rejoining the company in 2010 when he helped choose Hull to host the UK turbine operation.
Mr Cray said: "We're determined to deliver a world-class manufacturing facility, of which both Siemens and the city of Hull can be very proud."
Kevin Wilkinson is the project's financial controller. He moved to Bishop Burton in 2006 with his partner and was previously head of strategy for Siemens Transmission.
From 2011 to last year, Mr Wilkinson worked at Siemens' wind turbine manufacturing facility at Brande in Denmark.
He said: "This is a very big development and potentially a game-changer for the region's economy."
Charlene Swann, who lives in west Hull, has been recruited as office manager.
She worked for wind farm operator Dong Energy when it was building a Hedon substation serving the Westermost Rough offshore wind farm.
Miss Swann has also been facilities manager at Vivergo Fuels in Saltend, which makes a green alternative to petrol from wheat.
She said: "My family and friends are really excited for me because this is such a big, long-term investment."
The project's commercial director, Ross Dean, is new to the area but has worked at Siemens for 15 years.
The last six were spent in the global wind power division and he has been involved with all of Siemens' UK offshore wind farms.
He said: "We're creating a new industry for the UK and it's all starting here in Hull."
The firm's new office was fitted out by city company Chameleon Business Interiors.
Now the company is in place, the next step will be recruiting ten key engineering staff in January.
They will be sent to Denmark for training and return to England to pass those skills on.
Competition for roles has so far been stiff, with about 80 applicants for every job going.
However, Mr Dowling expects those numbers to reduce as the firm looks for specialists with engineering backgrounds.
A specific focus will be on reducing costs through efficiency – known as lean engineering – as the wind industry strives to compete with coal, oil and gas prices.
Mr Dowling said: "They will be people with manufacturing expertise, process engineers, lean engineers, production engineers and manual handling specialists.
"They will be professional people from manufacturing and heavy engineering roles."
The team's Humber Quays office is likely to be a temporary base.
Mr Dowling expects to move to Alexandra Dock in late 2017.
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