Energy Associate, Geoblock

Stanford Climate Ventures; United States; Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) plan with match

Flexible paid time off

Stock options

Job summary

Fervo Energy is seeking an Energy Associate to support the powerplant engineering team as it scales dozens of plants annually. You will work with engineering, strategy, and product teams to understand pain points, professionalize processes, improve decision quality, and facilitate cross‑functional communication.

This fast-paced role offers ownership from day one and reports to the Engineering Manager. Based in the US, the position supports a hybrid schedule with in‑office presence at one of our

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.

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.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Data modeling

Communication skills

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Financial modeling

Job description

About Fervo Energy

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.

Benefits & Perks

• 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 LTI 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.