Sourcing Manager, Power Facilities

Fervo Energy; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental and vision coverage

Employer-paid life insurance

Short/long-term disability

401(k) with company match

Flexible PTO and parental leave

Dependent care FSA

Lifestyle Spending Account

Employee stock purchase program

Stock option grants and bonus eligible

Job summary

Fervo Energy is seeking a Sourcing Manager, Power Facilities, to own category strategy for major PowerBlock equipment such as ACCs and heat exchangers. You will work closely with Engineering on specs, build competitive supplier options, and negotiate favorable agreements to control cost, schedule, and quality.

The role partners with Engineering and Logistics to ensure timely delivery of long-lead equipment, with emphasis on early packaging decisions and post-award supplier performance

Qualifications

• 5+ years of sourcing, procurement, or category management experience in power generation, industrial equipment, or capital projects.
• Experience negotiating equipment or services contracts with meaningful commercial value.
• Comfortable reading and engaging with mechanical engineering specifications.

Responsibilities

• Build and own a documented sourcing strategy for PowerBlock equipment categories, including ACCs, heat exchangers, feed pumps, and rotating equipment.
• Identify opportunities to split or repackage scope across multiple suppliers to reduce cost and schedule risk.
• Track market pricing and supplier capacity across the category to inform award decisions.
• Engage Engineering early on equipment specifications and packaging strategy.
• Bring supplier and market insight into design reviews before requirements are finalized.
• Lead commercial negotiations for PowerBlock equipment purchases, 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 category post-award.
• Partner with Logistics and Expediting to maintain delivery of long-lead equipment by site-required installation dates.

Skills

Sourcing

Procurement

Category management

Power generation

Job description

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

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

The Sourcing Manager, Power Facilities owns category strategy and execution for major PowerBlock equipment — air-cooled condensers, heat exchangers, feed pumps, rotating equipment, and balance-of-plant systems. This role partners directly with Engineering on specification and packaging decisions, builds competitive supplier options across the category, and negotiates agreements that hold suppliers accountable for cost, schedule, and quality.

Responsibilities

• Build and own a documented sourcing strategy for PowerBlock equipment categories, including ACCs, heat exchangers, feed pumps, and rotating equipment
• Identify opportunities to split or repackage scope across multiple suppliers to reduce cost and schedule risk
• Track market pricing and supplier capacity across the category to inform award decisions
• Engage Engineering early on equipment specifications and packaging strategy
• Bring supplier and market insight into design reviews before requirements are finalized
• Lead commercial negotiations for PowerBlock equipment purchases, 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 category post-award
• Partner with Logistics and Expediting to maintain delivery of long-lead equipment by site-required installation dates

Qualifications

Required

• 5+ years of sourcing, procurement, or category management experience, ideally in power generation, industrial equipment, or capital projects
• Experience negotiating equipment or services contracts with meaningful commercial valueComfortable reading and engaging with mechanical engineering specifications
• Track record of building supplier options and driving competitive sourcing outcomes

Preferred

• Experience sourcing air-cooled condensers, heat exchangers, or other rotating/stationary power generation equipment
• Familiarity with tariff and domestic content considerations affecting equipment sourcing
• Experience partnering directly with engineering teams on spec and packaging decisions
• Background in energy infrastructure, industrial manufacturing, or capital projects

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.

• 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 a dollar-for-dollar company 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.

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.

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