Geothermal Production Managers — Tasks

Task statements

• Supervise employees in geothermal power plants or well fields.
• Oversee geothermal plant operations, maintenance, and repairs to ensure compliance with applicable standards or regulations.
• Communicate geothermal plant conditions to employees.
• Identify and evaluate equipment, procedural, or conditional inefficiencies involving geothermal plant systems.
• Perform or direct the performance of preventative maintenance on geothermal plant equipment.
• Inspect geothermal plant or injection well fields to verify proper equipment operations.
• Develop or manage budgets for geothermal operations.
• Select and implement corrosion control or mitigation systems for geothermal plants.
• Develop operating plans and schedules for geothermal operations.
• Record, review, or maintain daily logs, reports, maintenance, and other records associated with geothermal operations.
• Monitor geothermal operations, using programmable logic controllers.
• Conduct well field site assessments.
• Identify opportunities to improve plant electrical equipment, controls, or process control methodologies.
• Prepare environmental permit applications or compliance reports.
• Negotiate interconnection agreements with other utilities.
• Obtain permits for constructing, upgrading, or operating geothermal power plants.
• Troubleshoot and make minor repairs to geothermal plant instrumentation or electrical systems.