Senior Expeditor: Lead Scheduler for Geothermal Projects

Stanford Climate Ventures; Houston, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Fervo Energy is seeking a Senior Expeditor to own the consolidated procurement and delivery schedule across active packages, serving as the escalation point for schedule conflicts within Supply Chain. You will track purchase orders, drive corrective actions, and ensure on-time delivery for multi-vendor projects.

The role collaborates with Engineering, Construction, Logistics, and Field Operations, mentoring junior expeditors and coordinating with vendors to optimize performance, with a focus on

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, or a related field; or 10+ years relevant experience considered.
• 7+ years of experience in expediting, procurement, scheduling, or supply chain project management, including experience managing complex, multi-vendor portfolios.
• Advanced working knowledge of project scheduling tools (Primavera P6, MS Project, or similar) and ERP/procurement platforms.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring or informally leading junior team members.

Responsibilities

• Own and reissue the consolidated procurement and delivery schedule across active packages, serving as the primary point of escalation for schedule conflicts within Supply Chain.
• Track open purchase orders against the master schedule, flag deviations from committed delivery dates early, and drive corrective action plans through to closure.
• Lead recurring check-ins with vendors and freight carriers to validate schedule commitments and drive corrective action; elevate systemic vendor performance issues to the Procurement Manager with a recommended path forward.
• Own dependency tracking between vendor drawings, engineering approvals, fabrication milestones, and site readiness - resolving conflicts before they cascade downstream and implementing process improvements to prevent recurrence.
• Escalate delivery and schedule risk to senior leadership and project stakeholders with a recommended path forward, including cost and schedule trade-off analysis.
• Maintain and continuously improve supplier performance reporting - on-time delivery, lead times, fill rates - to inform future award and scheduling decisions.
• Keep order status, delivery milestones, and supplier correspondence.
• Mentor and provide day-to-day guidance to junior expeditors and procurement coordinators.
• Drive continuous improvement of expediting processes, tools, and reporting standards across the Supply Chain function.

Skills

Expediting

Procurement

Scheduling

Supply chain project management

Education

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

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

ERP/Procurement platforms

Job description

Fervo Energy is seeking a Senior Expeditor to own the consolidated procurement and delivery schedule across active packages, serving as the escalation point for schedule conflicts within Supply Chain. You will track purchase orders, drive corrective actions, and ensure on-time delivery for multi-vendor projects.

The role collaborates with Engineering, Construction, Logistics, and Field Operations, mentoring junior expeditors and coordinating with vendors to optimize performance, with a focus on