Senior Director of Geothermal Operations
industrial_energy_operations › Geothermal · M6 — M6 — Vice President · Management
Senior executive who leads the entire geothermal business unit, overseeing multiple plants, exploration programs, and engineering teams.
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What this role is
Senior executive who leads the entire geothermal business unit, overseeing multiple plants, exploration programs, and engineering teams. At the Vice President (M6) level, the role owns a major function or division, enterprise priorities and external factors, and drives division-wide / organization-wide. Leads the leadership of a division.
What this level does
- Set long-term geothermal geoscience strategy across multiple functions or divisions, shaping the company's multi-year resource development and utilization roadmap
- Resolve abstract, cross-functional resource and reservoir questions that span exploration, field development, and commercial viability with long-term effect on company success
- Negotiate with executives and external stakeholders on critical resource commitments and lead business development that wins and shapes major geothermal work
- Lead through senior managers across geoscience, drilling, and development functions, building the organization's overall geoscience capability
- Act as policy influencer on geothermal exploration standards and regulatory positions across all markets the company operates in
- Knowledge applied
- Sets long-term geothermal geoscience strategy across functions/divisions and shapes multi-market technical and regulatory positions.
- Complexity & problem solving
- Addresses abstract, cross-functional resource and commercial issues with long-term effect on company success.
- Collaboration & interaction
- Negotiates with executives and external stakeholders on critical matters; acts as policy influencer.
- Typical experience
- 12–15+ years with deep leadership across geoscience departments or divisions.
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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