Energy Associate, Geoblock

Fervo Energy; Houston, Oakland, Reno (TX, CA, NV); Hybrid; USD 80.000 - 131.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Medical, dental, vision plans

401(k) with employer match

Flexible paid time off

Parental leave

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Zusammenfassung

Fervo Energy, a NASDAQ: FRVO company, seeks an Energy Associate to scale powerplant engineering. You will partner with engineering teams to identify pain points, professionalize processes, improve decision quality, and support cross-department communication.

The role blends strategy, engineering, and product management with ownership from day one. Based in Houston with hybrid work options, you will report to the Engineering Manager and contribute to building our capability to deliver rapid,

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree required in economics, finance, energy policy, or STEM.
• 2-4+ years of relevant professional experience in management consulting, energy development, power markets, project finance, or related field.
• Strong analytical rigor with comfort building and maintaining models, trackers, and processes.
• Comfort working with large datasets.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills with the ability to summarize technical material accurately.

Aufgaben

• Decision Quality: help make high quality data-driven decisions under ambiguity.
• Executive Communication: prepare clear, concise updates for leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Financial Modeling: build and maintain financial models that support engineering design decisions.
• Strategy & Operations Support: coordinate with engineering leadership to establish frameworks and best practices.
• Process Improvement: identify knowledge gaps and develop tools, checklists, and references to improve design and execution processes.

Kenntnisse

Decision quality

Executive communication

Financial modeling

Strategy & operations

Process improvement

Data analysis

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in economics, finance, energy policy, or STEM

Jobbeschreibung

Fervo Energy (NASDAQ: FRVO) is a modern power company developing next-generation geothermal resources to meet the growing demand for affordable, reliable, 24/7 carbon-free energy. Our mission is to transform geothermal into America’s most dependable and affordable source of clean, around-the-clock power. By combining innovations in horizontal drilling, fiber-optic sensing, and advanced reservoir engineering, Fervo has developed a repeatable approach to building utility-scale enhanced geothermal systems. Our flagship Cape Station development in Utah is planned to deliver 500 MW of firm, carbon-free power, and we are advancing a development pipeline of more than 50 GW. Join us and work alongside world-class engineers, geoscientists, operators, project builders, and business leaders working to make geothermal a cornerstone of a more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy future.

Position Description

To deliver at the scale required to transform the electricity make-up of the US, Fervo is rapidly deploying dozens of powerplants a year. The Energy Associate directly supports scale up by leading the development of processes and infrastructure for the powerplant engineering team. The main responsibilities of this role would be working directly with the engineering teams to understand pain points, work to further professionalize the organization, improve decision quality, and support executive and cross department communication. This is a fast-paced strategy and operations role that blends strategy, engineering, and product management into one, with significant ownership from day one. This role reports to the Engineering Manager on the powerplant engineering team.

Responsibilities

Decision Quality: help make high quality data-driven decisions under ambiguity, including serving as a sounding board and thought partner on high impact opportunities.

Executive Communication: prepare clear, concise updates that translate technical and operational information for leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.

Financial Modeling: build and maintain financial models that support engineering design decision-making, in coordination with Strategy and engineering teams.

Strategy & Operations Support: coordinate with engineering leadership to establish frameworks and best practices for use across the organization.

Process Improvement: identify knowledge gaps and develop tools, checklists, and references to continuously improve design and execution processes.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree required; economics, finance, energy policy, or STEM preferred.

2-4+ years of relevant professional experience in management consulting, energy development, power markets, project finance, or a related field.

Strong analytical rigor, with comfort building and maintaining models, trackers, and processes.

Comfort working with large datasets.

Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to summarize technical material accurately for others.

Location

Fervo Energy has offices in Houston, TX, Golden, CO, Reno, NV, Oakland, CA, and Salt Lake City, UT. This position will be eligible for some hybrid work flexibility, but regular in-office presence at any of the above locations will be required.

Compensation

Fervo provides a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, short-term and long-term disability, flexible paid time off, and paid parental leave. Additionally, Fervo offers an incentive stock options program, a bonus incentive program, and a 401(k) plan with an employer match.

Fervo Energy is providing the compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and geographic location. Expected Salary: $80,000 - 130,800 based on location and experience.

Fervo Energy reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.

• Fervo offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, financial well-being, and life outside of work. Benefits for eligible employees include:
• Medical, dental, and vision plan options
• Employer-paid basic life insurance and short-term and long-term disability coverage
• A 401(k) plan with up to 6% match
• Flexible paid time off and paid parental leave
• Family-building, fertility, hormonal health, pregnancy, postpartum, and parenting support through Carrot
• A dependent care FSA for eligible child and elder care expenses
• An annual Lifestyle Spending Account for eligible wellness expenses, including fitness, financial planning, pet insurance, and pet care
• Employee ownership opportunities through Fervo’s Employee Stock Purchase Program, as well as stock option grants and bonus opportunities for eligible roles

Benefits and programs are subject to eligibility requirements and may change.

Our Workplace

Fervo Energy highly values having employees work in the office to foster collaboration and strengthen our company culture. This role follows a hybrid schedule, with team members expected to work in the office three days per week. Fervo considers this in-office schedule an essential function of the role. Your recruiter can share more information about the schedule.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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 or veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local law. Fervo also prohibits discrimination based on the perception that an individual has any of these characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of these characteristics.

Voluntary Self-Identification

For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey.Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiringprocess or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in aconfidential file.

As set forth in Fervo Energy’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection.As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measurethe effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categoriesis as follows:

A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.

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An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.