Director of Geothermal Operations
industrial_energy_operations › Geothermal · M5 — M5 — Senior Director · Management
Senior leader who directs geothermal energy operations, plant performance, and multi-site engineering and production teams.
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What this role is
Senior leader who directs geothermal energy operations, plant performance, and multi-site engineering and production teams. At the Senior Director (M5) level, the role owns multiple functions or a large department, org-level trade-offs and investment, and drives multi-function results. Leads directors and managers.
What this level does
- Direct the geoscience organization as the pivot of the company's sustainable development and utilization of geothermal resources, leading through department managers across exploration, monitoring, reservoir management, and field development
- Define organization-wide methods for assessing geothermal resource potential through combined geological, geophysical and geochemical analysis with experts and contractors
- Make division-level decisions committing budget and setting the technical standards others must follow across the resource portfolio
- Influence executives and major partners on geothermal resource strategy and field development investment cases
- Establish the multi-market regulatory and technical governance framework for geothermal exploration and drilling
- Knowledge applied
- Defines organization-wide geoscience methods for assessing resource potential and field development across the portfolio.
- Complexity & problem solving
- Solves complex org-wide resource and reservoir issues; defines methods and standards with business-wide implications.
- Collaboration & interaction
- Leads through department managers; influences executives and major partners on key resource issues.
- Typical experience
- 10–12+ years including second-level management and strategy work.
Skills at this level
- Geothermal systems knowledge
- — Applies strong knowledge of geothermal systems (both hydrothermal and EGS) and geothermal exploration best practices to direct team resource evaluation.
- Resource assessment and capacity estimation
- — Directs targeting of temperature gradient and slim-hole tests, evaluation of well tests, and geothermal resource assessment with power or thermal capacity estimation.
- Integrated conceptual modeling
- — Oversees construction of 2D/3D geothermal conceptual models combining geologic, geochemical, geophysical, and well data in reservoir modeling platforms such as Leapfrog.
- Hydrogeology and earth sciences
- — Grounds team decisions in earth sciences, geothermal systems, and hydrogeology to assess subsurface resource behavior.
- Regulatory knowledge
- — Ensures comprehensive understanding of laws and regulations related to geothermal exploration and drilling across multiple markets is applied to program planning.
- Exploration program leadership
- — Enables geothermal resource teams and tracks progress of exploration, resource monitoring, reservoir management, and field development.
- Analytical and problem-solving
- — Applies analytical thinking and problem-solving to accurately assess geothermal resources and ensure project viability.
- Contractor and commercial management
- — Selects, directs, and administers contracts with external experts and contractors, committing budget and procurement for exploration campaigns.
- Mentoring and team development
- — Mentors and guides less experienced geoscientists and fosters a culture of technical excellence.
- Business development
- — Wins and shapes geothermal exploration and consulting work by leading proposals and client engagement at senior levels.
- Continuous learning
- — Keeps up-to-date technically on advancements in geothermal science and applies new knowledge to the team's work.
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