Will “Plant Manager” be Automated?

Core Skills & Abilities

• Identify and evaluate equipment, procedural, or conditional inefficiencies involving geothermal plant systems.

• Inspect geothermal plant or injection well fields to verify proper equipment operations.

• Communicate geothermal plant conditions to employees.

• Obtain permits for constructing, upgrading, or operating geothermal power plants.

• Negotiate interconnection agreements with other utilities.

• Record, review, or maintain daily logs, reports, maintenance, and other records associated with geothermal operations.

• Troubleshoot and make minor repairs to geothermal plant instrumentation or electrical systems.

• Develop operating plans and schedules for geothermal operations.

• Identify opportunities to improve plant electrical equipment, controls, or process control methodologies.

• Oversee geothermal plant operations, maintenance, and repairs to ensure compliance with applicable standards or regulations.

• Select and implement corrosion control or mitigation systems for geothermal plants.

• Develop or manage budgets for geothermal operations.

• Perform or direct the performance of preventative maintenance on geothermal plant equipment.

• Conduct well field site assessments.

• Supervise employees in geothermal power plants or well fields.

• Monitor geothermal operations, using programmable logic controllers.

• Prepare environmental permit applications or compliance reports.