Vice President of Geothermal Operations

Vice President of Geothermal Operations

Commercial • Industrial • Residential Geothermal

Location: Flexible / Hybrid / Significant Travel Required

Company: Louth Callan

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

About Louth Callan

Louth Callan is a leading North American power infrastructure EPC (Engineering, Procurement Construction) firm delivering complex, high-quality energy projects on time and on budget. With decades of proven execution in transmission, substations, renewables, and critical power infrastructure, we are now aggressively building a national geothermal EPC and development platform spanning utility-scale, commercial, industrial, district, and residential ground-source systems.

Position Overview

We are seeking an accomplished, entrepreneurial Vice President of Geothermal Operations to launch and lead our full-scope geothermal division. This executive will own complete P&L responsibility and end-to-end delivery from business development and customer acquisition through drilling, EPC execution, commissioning, and long-term operations & maintenance across commercial, industrial, municipal/institutional (MUSH), district energy, and large residential/multifamily projects.

This is a career-defining leadership role for a proven geothermal executive ready to build and scale one of the first truly national geothermal EPC platforms during the largest incentive cycle in U.S. history.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic & Market Leadership

• Define and execute Louth Callan’s geothermal growth strategy across all market segments: commercial buildings, industrial process heat, data centers, healthcare/education, district systems, and high-density residential/community developments.
• Position Louth Callan as the go-to EPC and development partner for geothermal in North America.
• Serve as the company’s authoritative voice on all geothermal technologies (closed-loop bore fields, open-loop, hybrid systems, A2W/A2A heat pumps, district networks, and future EGS) at industry conferences, customer meetings, and policy forums.

Business Development & Project Execution

• Drive revenue growth through direct customer acquisition and strategic partnerships with developers, utilities, institutions, and corporations.
• Lead resource assessment, feasibility, system design, permitting, incentive capture (IRA 48E/45Z, USDA REAP, state programs), and interconnection.
• Oversee all drilling operations (vertical closed-loop, directional/horizontal, large-diameter production/injection wells).
• Direct full EPC execution of geothermal exchange fields, central plants, heat pump skids, and district distribution piping.

Operations & Performance

• Deliver safe, on-schedule, on-budget projects with industry-leading quality and performance.
• Build and implement best-in-class O&M programs, remote monitoring, and long-term service agreements.
• Develop standardized, repeatable execution playbooks for commercial, industrial, and residential-scale systems.

Financial & Commercial

• Own geothermal division P&L, project margins, cash flow, and financing strategies.
• Create compelling customer financial models showing rapid paybacks and 30–70% lifetime savings versus conventional HVAC and gas systems.
• Structure and negotiate EPC contracts, Energy-as-a-Service, PPAs, shared-savings, and on-bill financing offerings.

People & Culture

• Rapidly recruit, build, and lead a world-class geothermal organization (engineers, drillers, project managers, superintendents, O&M technicians).
• Instill a safety-first, excellence-driven culture focused on repeatable execution and total customer satisfaction.
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical, Civil, Petroleum, or Geothermal Engineering, Geosciences, or related discipline.
• 10+ years of progressive geothermal experience with at least 5 years in senior leadership/P&L ownership.
• Demonstrated track record of successfully delivering commercial, industrial, district, and/or large residential/community geothermal projects in North America.
• Deep expertise in ground-source system design, bore field thermal modeling, drilling operations, hydronics, heat pump technology, and building/plant integration.
• Strong EPC project management experience with complex, multi-million-dollar mechanical and drilling scopes.
• Thorough knowledge of current federal (IRA), state, and utility geothermal incentives and financing mechanisms.
• Oil & gas, water-well, or horizontal directional drilling leadership experience highly desired.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills; comfortable engaging developers, institutional boards, and C-suite decision makers.
• Willingness to travel extensively to project sites and customers (40–50%).
  

Why Join Louth Callan?

• Lead the creation of a national geothermal EPC powerhouse inside one of North America’s fastest growing power infrastructure firms.
• Highly competitive executive compensation including base salary, annual performance bonus, meaningful equity, and comprehensive benefits.
• If you have profitably delivered geothermal systems across commercial, industrial, and residential segments and are ready to build the defining geothermal EPC platform of this decade, we want to hear from you.