CAD Specialist

Fervo Energy Co.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Fervo Energy Co. is seeking a senior CAD Specialist in Houston to own CAD standards, PLM implementation, and document governance across the PowerBlock portfolio.

You will lead the CAD program, stand up a PLM/PDM backbone, and ensure end-to-end control of drawings, transmittals, and EDMS. The role emphasizes scalable standards and integration with ERP and enterprise systems.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in CAD, engineering data management, or design delivery in industrial sectors.
• Demonstrated experience building CAD standards, drawing templates, and document governance from scratch.
• Expert in at least one major CAD platform and fluent across drawing types (P&IDs, GA, civil/structural, electrical, mechanical).
• Direct PLM/PDM experience: data model configuration, revision workflows, BOM management, or enterprise integration.
• Full drawing lifecycle ownership from early design through IFC, construction, and as-built.

Responsibilities

• Build the CAD program and standards from ground up across engineering modules.
• Stand up a PLM/PDM backbone and define data models, revisions, and ERP/asset integrations.
• Own EDMS and transmittal workflows end-to-end, including submittals and redline incorporation.
• Drive standardization across all modules and ensure design-to-field data feedback is captured.

Skills

CAD standards

PLM / PDM

Drawing lifecycle ownership

Cross-functional collaboration

Document governance

Tools

AutoCAD

Plant 3D

NX/CATIA/SolidWorks

Siemens Teamcenter/Windchill/Aras

EDMS tools (Aconex/Documentum/Meridian)

Job description

The CAD Specialist is the single point of accountability for CAD standards, PLM implementation, drawing quality, document governance, and transmittal across Fervo's full PowerBlock portfolio.

Description

Fervo has built the world's first commercial-scale enhanced geothermal system and will never build a first-of-a-kind project again. Everything from here is a product, not a project. Every plant we build will be documented, engineered, and handed off through a controlled information backbone. CAD, PLM, Document Control, and Transmittal are not separate problems - they are a single ecosystem. If the standard you write today shapes every plant Fervo builds for the next decade, this is the role.

The CAD Specialist is an individual contributor role with high potential for shaping future organizational structure. Single point of accountability for CAD standards, PLM implementation, drawing quality, document governance, and transmittal across Fervo's full Powerblock portfolio.

Responsibilities

Build the CAD Program

• Build Fervo’s CAD standards from the ground up: drafting conventions, title blocks, drawing templates, and file management protocols across all engineering modules.
• Evaluate, select, and implement the plant design process chain. Own the tools and their integration into downstream systems, not just the output.
• Drive 3D model-based approaches where they create leverage: clash detection, constructability reviews, and as-built capture.

Implement the PLM Backbone

• Stand up a PLM/PDM platform suited to Fervo’s scale. Architect the data model: part numbering, BOM structures, revision workflows, ECR/ECO/ECN processes.
• Define integrations between PLM and enterprise systems — ERP, procurement, asset management — so design data flows cleanly across the digital thread without manual re-keying.
• Own the EDMS and transmittal workflow end-to-end: outgoing submittals, vendor drawing review, RFI tracking, and redline incorporation into the as-built record.
• Define and enforce document numbering, revision conventions, and distribution matrices. Review and approve all deliverables before IFC issue or external distribution.

Build the Standard

• Drive standardization across all engineering modules. Every plant should benefit from the drawing and data work done on the last one.
• Close the feedback loop between design and field execution. Redline patterns and constructability issues are data — apply them forward.

Software & Process Chain

• 2D/Plant: AutoCAD, Plant 3D, AVEVA E3D, or SmartPlant 3D. Proficiency in at least one intelligent P&ID and 3D plant design platform required.
• MCAD: Siemens NX, PTC Creo, CATIA, or SolidWorks — familiarity with one major platform for equipment modeling and package integration.

PLM / PDM & EDMS

• PLM: Siemens Teamcenter, PTC Windchill, or Aras (purpose-built); Arena, Teamcenter X, or Vault (cloud/lightweight). Depth in any one platform over breadth across all.
• EDMS: Aconex, Documentum, or Meridian for capital project environments. Bluebeam for markup and redline workflows.
• Able to evaluate whether standalone EDMS or PLM-native document control is the right fit at Fervo’s scale — and make that call with a clear rationale.
• ERP: SAP, Oracle, or similar. Must understand how BOMs, part masters, and procurement data connect between PLM and ERP — and where integration breaks without governance.

Qualifications

Required

• 10+ years in CAD, engineering data management, or design delivery — industrial, energy, aerospace, or advanced manufacturing.
• Demonstrated experience building CAD standards, drawing templates, and document governance systems from scratch.
• Expert in at least one major CAD platform (AutoCAD, Plant 3D, NX, CATIA, or equivalent). Fluent across all drawing types: P&IDs, general arrangements, civil/structural, electrical, mechanical.
• Direct PLM or PDM experience: data model configuration, revision workflows, BOM management, or enterprise integration.
• Full drawing lifecycle ownership from early design through IFC, construction, and as-built.

Preferred

• Siemens NX and/or Teamcenter depth — or comparable experience in PTC Windchill/Creo.
• Background in aerospace, automotive OEM, or semiconductor, where PLM is load bearing and document control is engineered.
• EDMS experience in capital project environments and familiarity with PLM-ERP integration (SAP or Oracle).
• Background building something that had to scale, where the standard you set mattered far beyond the project in front of you.

Location

Fervo Energy is headquartered in Houston, TX with growing offices in Golden, Oakland, Reno, and Salt Lake City. The preferred location for this role is Houston, TX.

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.