Summary Report for:
11-3051.02 - Geothermal Production Managers
Manage operations at geothermal power generation facilities. Maintain and monitor geothermal plant equipment for efficient and safe plant operations.
This title represents an occupation for which data collection is currently underway.
Tasks
- Inspect geothermal plant or injection well fields to verify proper equipment operations.
- Oversee geothermal plant operations, maintenance, and repairs to ensure compliance with applicable standards or regulations.
- Supervise employees in geothermal power plants or well fields.
- Develop operating plans and schedules for geothermal operations.
- Develop or manage budgets for geothermal operations.
- Identify and evaluate equipment, procedural, or conditional inefficiencies involving geothermal plant systems.
- Identify opportunities to improve plant electrical equipment, controls, or process control methodologies.
- Monitor geothermal operations, using programmable logic controllers.
- Negotiate interconnection agreements with other utilities.
- Obtain permits for constructing, upgrading, or operating geothermal power plants.
Wages & Employment Trends
National
Median wages data collected from Industrial Production Managers.
Employment data collected from Industrial Production Managers.
| Median wages (2008) | $40.04 hourly, $83,290 annual |
| Employment (2006) | 157,000 employees |
| Projected growth (2006-2016) | 
Decline slowly or moderately (-3% to -9%)
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| Projected need (2006-2016) | 54,000 additional employees |
State & National
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2008 wage data
and 2006-2016 employment projections
.
"Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2006-2016). "Projected need" represents job openings due to growth and net replacement.