Buyer, Operations

Fervo Energy; Salt Lake City (UT); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Fervo Energy is seeking a Senior Procurement Specialist, Operations in Utah to source, purchase, and expedite spare parts, consumables, equipment, and services for commissioning, maintenance, and plant operations.

Based in Milford (preferred) or Salt Lake City, you will manage the PO lifecycle in the ERP system and collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Warehouse, Finance, Accounts Payable, and suppliers to maintain plant availability and drive cost competitiveness.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, engineering, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years purchasing/procurement in energy, power, manufacturing, or similar industrial settings.
• Experience procuring MRO materials, spare parts, equipment, and field services.
• Experience managing requisitions, POs, expediting, supplier performance, and invoice/receiving discrepancies.
• Proficiency with ERP or procurement systems (SAP/Oracle) and strong Excel, KPI reporting, and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Source and procure MRO materials, spare parts, consumables, chemicals, equipment, repair services, and other operational needs.
• Review requisitions for completeness and coordinate with Commissioning, Operations, and Production to confirm specs.
• Manage the complete PO lifecycle from quotation to closeout within the ERP system.
• Expedite orders and monitor supplier commitments and delivery dates; communicate delays and mitigation actions.
• Develop local and regional suppliers, preferred-supplier arrangements, catalogues, and blanket POs to improve competition.
• Maintain pricing data, benchmark market conditions, and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Review warranty coverage and coordinate repairs, credits, recoveries, and escalation of issues.
• Monitor supplier performance and drive continuous improvement on cost, delivery, and quality.
• Prepare KPI reports covering PO cycle time, on-time delivery, open orders, savings, and warranty recovery.

Skills

Procurement experience

ERP systems

Negotiation

Analytical skills

KPI reporting

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, engineering, or related field

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Job description

The Buyer, Operations is responsible for sourcing, purchasing, and expediting spare parts, consumables, equipment, and services supporting commissioning, maintenance, and plant operations.

Fervo Energy is developing and operating next-generation geothermal assets that deliver reliable, 24/7 carbon-free electricity. As Fervo commissions new facilities and expands its operating portfolio, timely and disciplined operational procurement will be essential to maintaining safe, reliable, and cost-effective plant performance.

Description

The Senior Procurement Specialist, Operations is responsible for sourcing, purchasing, and expediting spare parts, consumables, equipment, and services supporting commissioning, maintenance, and plant operations. This role helps protect plant availability while improving cost competitiveness, supplier performance, procurement compliance, and warranty recovery.

The position manages the purchase order lifecycle within Fervo’s ERP system and collaborates closely with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Warehouse, Finance, Accounts Payable, and suppliers. Based in Utah, the role will be located in Milford (preferred) or Salt Lake City to provide close operational support, strengthen local and regional supplier intelligence, and respond quickly to field requirements.

Responsibilities

• Operational procurement. Source and procure MRO materials, critical spare parts, consumables, chemicals, equipment, repair services, and other operational requirements.
• Requirements review. Review purchase requisitions and technical requirements for completeness, coordinating with Commissioning, Operations and Production to confirm specifications and approve proposed alternatives or cross references.
• Purchase order management. Manage the complete purchase order lifecycle, including quotation, commercial evaluation, negotiation, PO issuance, expediting, receipt, invoice resolution, and closeout within the ERP system.
• Expediting and readiness. Monitor open orders, supplier commitments, and critical delivery dates; proactively communicate delays, risks, and mitigation actions supporting Cape Station commissioning, outages, and routine operations.
• Supplier and buying-channel optimization. Develop qualified local and regional suppliers, preferred-supplier arrangements, catalogues, and blanket purchase orders to improve competition and reduce procurement-card purchasing.
• Pricing and market intelligence. Maintain pricing and purchasing data, benchmark market conditions, monitor key cost drivers, and identify savings, standardization, and supplier-consolidation opportunities.
• Warranty process optimization. Review warranty coverage before replacement purchases and coordinate notifications, repairs, replacements, credits, recoveries, and escalation of disputed or delayed claims.
• Supplier performance. Monitor supplier quality, cost, delivery, responsiveness, and warranty support; coordinate corrective actions and continuous improvement.
• KPI reporting and analysis. Prepare and analyze metrics covering PO cycle time, competitive-bid compliance, open orders, supplier on-time delivery, emergency purchases, savings, cost avoidance, and warranty recovery; use findings to identify risks and improve processes.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Five or more years of purchasing, procurement, materials management, or supply chain experience in energy, power generation, manufacturing, oil and gas, or a similar industrial environment.
• Experience procuring MRO materials, spare parts, industrial equipment, consumables, repair services, and field services.
• Experience managing purchase requisitions, purchase orders, expediting, supplier performance, and invoice or receiving discrepancies.
• Proficiency with ERP or procurement systems such as SAP or Oracle, along with strong Excel, KPI reporting, and analytical skills.
• Strong commercial judgment, negotiation, organization, communication, and problem-solving capabilities, including the ability to manage urgent requirements while maintaining procurement controls.

Preferred

• Experience supporting geothermal, power generation, renewable energy, process plant, or other asset-intensive operations.
• Familiarity with inventory management, warehouse, maintenance management, and material master data processes.
• Experience coordinating equipment warranty claims, supplier corrective actions, repairs, replacements, and credits.
• Familiarity with industrial part specifications, cross-references, obsolescence risks, market benchmarking, Incoterms, and freight coordination.

Success in the Role

Success means Fervo’s operational teams receive the materials, services, and supplier support they need when required while improving purchasing responsiveness, plant availability, reliable operations, cost competitiveness, warranty recovery, supplier performance, data quality, and procurement compliance.

Fervo Energy commercializes technology to own, develop, and operate geothermal assets as the dispatchable foundation to a 100% clean energy future. As a 24/7, reliable clean energy resource, geothermal energy has a major role to play in the future electric grid and Fervo Energy’s key innovations bring a full suite of modern technology to make geothermal cost competitive. Fervo’s innovations include technologies such as advanced computational models, horizontal drilling, and distributed fiber optic sensing that we have developed with partners including Schlumberger, ARPA‑E, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Fervo is supported through Cyclotron Road, the Department of Energy, Stanford University, and Breakthrough Energy Ventures.

Fervo Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, gender, religion, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sex, genetic information, sexual orientation, military and veteran status or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. It also prohibits unlawful discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.