Job: Project Manager, Geothermal Demonstration Project of GreenFire Energy

ECO2G infographic (source: GreenFire Energy)

Alexander Richter 29 Mar 2017

GreenFire Energy is seeking to fill the position of Project Manager for the company’s Geothermal Demonstration Project in Coso, California.

Qualifications:

Substantial experience in EPC power production, rotating equipment, and gas processing projects. Experience in oil & gas or geothermal projects preferred.

Overall responsibilities:

Project Management

• Plan and implement GreenFire Energy’s demonstration project

• Integrate workfronts including well engineering, power engineering, power export, managing risks on behalf of the Site Owners and GreenFire

• Control project interfaces by managing risk, developing decision rights clarity, and clear communications and reporting

• Budget and scheduling responsibility

• Risk Management and Assurance Planning

• Assist in identifying and engaging subcontractors

• Supervision and direction of subcontractors

• Coordinate all activities with Coso Operating Company as necessary or appropriate

• Regularly (weekly) report on progress, budget, and schedule

ECO2G™ technology advancement

• Identify ECO2G technology challenges and suggest solutions and other ECO2G improvements based on field experience

• Collaborate with the company’s technical team to suggest patents and other intellectual property

• Maintain and ensure the confidentiality of all proprietary information of the company

Company management and coordination

• Actively participate with company officers to execute the demonstration project
• Host tours of the demonstration project for the company’s potential customers, investors and approved geothermal industry representatives
• Assist in investor and technical presentations as requested

Alternative Project Feasibility Studies

• For commercial specific projects under consideration by the company, advise on draft technical feasibility assessments and meet with host owners/operators and potential financing sources

Specific aspects of the project for which the project manager will be responsible include:

Normal administrative matters, such as report writing, and permitting.

Integrate workfronts with the well engineering expert (TBD), the turbine/expander supplier, and Power Engineering or other) to put together a comprehensive plan for preparing the well for the demonstration project; including:

• Evaluating the existing site conditions information
• Well selection and handover from Coso
• Well workover studies, design, budget, procedures, execution, monitoring
• Surveillance plan, pre-logging and post-logging well inspection, monitoring
• Well integrity management, reporting, assurance (test well and water well)
• Water well
• Foundation, Civil Design
• Diesel Generator system specification
• CO2 Storage, pumping and vaporization design
• sCO2 Piping system design
• Well completion selection, design, budget, procedures, execution, monitoring, new vacuum insulated tubing (VIT) design
• Control valve, expander, heat exchanger and compressor design
• Cooling water system specification
• Instrumentation
• Control System specification
• Thrust block, pipe support design
• Temporary utilities design, electrical supply, lighting
• Control System Detailed Design
• Temp process water – Storage, pumping, and vaporization design
• sCO2 test plan
• Well plan for temporary suspension and handover back to Coso
• Final report and presentation

Manage Site work (as needed)

• Site fencing and security
• Site preparation
• Field offices, power, water, internet, sanitary facilities
• Site-process risk management plan, resulting in integrated HSE plan
• Crane, rigging: offloading, deliveries and equipment
• Well workover and completion (current zone abandonment, insert new VIT, replace wellhead, connect to surface equipment)
• Connect mud coolers and circulate cooling fluid, as required by plan
• Foundation slab: assume 18″ x 20 ‘x 40’
• Temporary electrical / generator sets
• Set sCO2 Equipment Skid
• Temporary cooling water system: buyout and installation
• Use of existing cooling tower or existing cold water supply
• Instrumentation and control   
• H2O System – Temp process water storage, delivery system
• H20 System – commissioning
• H20 System – functional testing, well integrity (Kate has question – see above)
• CO2 system – storage and delivery system; installation
• CO2 system – commissioning
• Air and CO2 system – functional testing, well integrity

Shutdown, suspension, site restoration and handover to Coso

Relationship to Company

• Project Manager will be an Independent Contractor
• Anticipated to be a half-time position for 12-15 months beginning May, 2017
• Compensation to be negotiated and includes stock options
• All work will be performed in collaboration with the CTO, CEO, and other senior staff at GFE
• Reports to the CTO

For more information or applying for the position, email your resume and compensation expectations to brian.higgins@greenfireenergy.com