Sourcing Manager, Electrical

Activate; Houston, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Fervo Energy, headquartered in Houston, TX, seeks a Sourcing Manager, Electrical, to own category strategy for transformers, breakers, switchgear, motors, drives, and balance‑of‑plant systems. You will collaborate with Engineering on specs, build multiple supplier options, and negotiate agreements affecting cost and schedules for GeoBlock projects.

The role requires substantial experience in electrical equipment sourcing, a track record reducing single‑vendor dependencies, and a strong grasp of

Qualifications

• 2+ years of sourcing, procurement, or category management experience in electrical equipment or industrial capital equipment.
• 5+ years in the workforce with experience designing, procuring, or maintaining electrical equipment.
• Experience negotiating equipment or services contracts with meaningful commercial value.
• Comfortable reading and engaging with electrical engineering specifications.
• Track record of building supplier options where a category has relied on a single vendor.

Responsibilities

• Build and own a documented sourcing strategy for electrical equipment categories, including transformers, breakers, switchgear, motors, drives, etc.
• Identify and qualify alternate suppliers to reduce single-source dependency and strengthen negotiating leverage
• Track tariff exposure and enforce domestic content requirements, and incorporate strategic principles into sourcing decisions
• Engage Engineering early on electrical equipment specifications; help identify where specs drive unnecessary cost
• Bring supplier and market insight into design reviews before requirements are finalized
• Lead commercial negotiations for electrical equipment purchases and services, from RFQ through contract execution
• Structure contracts and delivery terms that protect schedule and give Fervo visibility into supplier performance
• Manage supplier relationships and performance across the electrical equipment category post-award
• Partner with Logistics and Expediting to maintain delivery of long-lead electrical equipment by site-required installation dates

Skills

Sourcing

Procurement

Category management

Contract negotiations

Engineering specs reading

Education

Electrical engineering degree

Job description

Fervo Energy is applying first-principles engineering and a manufacturing mindset to geothermal power — an industry that has operated the same way for decades. We are not building one-off power plants. We are building a product: GeoBlock, a standardized, repeatable geothermal generation unit designed to get cheaper, faster, and more reliable with every iteration.

Supply Chain is not a support function here. Our job is to be embedded with Engineering early — shaping electrical equipment specs and supplier strategy before decisions are locked in, not sourcing against a finished design.

Sourcing Manager, Electrical owns category strategy and execution for Fervo's electrical equipment scope — transformers, breakers, switchgear, motors, drives, and balance-of-plant electrical systems. This role partners directly with Engineering on specification decisions, builds competitive supplier options where categories have historically defaulted to a single vendor, and negotiates agreements that determine both cost and schedule risk for every GeoBlock.

Job Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Build and own a documented sourcing strategy for electrical equipment categories, including transformers, breakers, switchgear, motors, drives, etc.
• Identify and qualify alternate suppliers to reduce single-source dependency and strengthen negotiating leverage
• Track tariff exposure and enforce domestic content requirements, and incorporate strategic principles into sourcing decisions
• Engage Engineering early on electrical equipment specifications; help identify where specs drive unnecessary cost
• Bring supplier and market insight into design reviews before requirements are finalized
• Lead commercial negotiations for electrical equipment purchases and services, from RFQ through contract execution
• Structure contracts and delivery terms that protect schedule and give Fervo visibility into supplier performance
• Manage supplier relationships and performance across the electrical equipment category post-award
• Partner with Logistics and Expediting to maintain delivery of long-lead electrical equipment by site-required installation dates

Qualifications

Required

• 2+ years of sourcing, procurement, or category management experience, ideally in electrical equipment, power generation, or industrial capital equipment
• 5+ years in the workforce with experience designing, procuring, or maintaining electrical equipment
• Experience negotiating equipment or services contracts with meaningful commercial value
• Comfortable reading and engaging with electrical engineering specifications
• Track record of building supplier options where a category has relied on a single vendor

Preferred

• Degree in electrical engineering or similar
• Experience sourcing transformers, breakers, switchgear, or other power generation electrical equipment
• Familiarity with tariff and domestic content considerations (Section 301/232, IRA domestic content adders)
• Experience partnering directly with engineering teams on spec development
• Background in energy infrastructure, industrial manufacturing, or capital projects

Location

Fervo Energy is headquartered in Houston, TX. This is a hybrid role based in Houston. Some travel may be required.