Supply Chain Specialist, Power Plant

Stanford Climate Ventures; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision plan

Employer-paid life insurance and short

Long-term disability

401(k) plan with up to 6% match

Flexible paid time off

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase program

Job summary

Fervo Energy, based in Houston, TX, is seeking a Supply Chain Specialist, Power Plant, to own procurement for major equipment categories and run RFQs from market engagement through PO. This role blends strategy with hands-on execution, collaborating with supply chain, engineering, and construction leadership to optimize cost, schedule, and plant performance.

You will build category strategies for turbines, heat exchangers, pumps, and condensers, expand the supplier base, and negotiate price,

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in a procurement role, ideally in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience buying, selling, or estimating fabricated or engineered equipment, such as heat exchangers, pumps, skids, pressure vessels, or rotating equipment.
• Ability to read drawings, datasheets, and specifications and explain how a design choice changes cost and lead time.
• Experience running a competitive bid process and negotiating directly with suppliers.
• Comfort building a strategy, defending it to leadership with data, and then running the RFQ yourself.
• Power industry experience is not required; adaptability and quick learning are valued.

Responsibilities

• Own category strategies for major plant equipment, including turbines, air-cooled condensers, heat exchangers, and pumps.
• Grow a competitive supply base and track market dynamics such as backlogs, pricing, and lead times.
• Build should-cost models to establish a fair price before bids.
• Work with engineering to understand design choices' impact on cost and performance.
• Manage contracts post-award, track supplier progress, and handle changes and claims.
• Negotiate terms including price basis, escalation, lead times, payment milestones, and warranties.

Skills

Procurement strategy

Bid negotiation

Vendor management

Cost modeling

Reading drawings & specs

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

Fervo Energy is the world’s leading developer of enhanced geothermal systems, delivering firm, carbon free power 24/7. Fervo is scaling rapidly across the U.S. to meet growing demand from utilities, industrials, and data centers for clean, dispatchable electricity. Every Fervo power plant is built from a set of major equipment packages: turbines and ORC skids, air cooled condensers, heat exchangers, pumps, and the balance of plant that ties them together. Buying that equipment well, on time and at the right price, is one of the biggest levers we have on the cost and schedule of every plant we build.

As Supply Chain Specialist, Power Plant, you will own procurement for a portfolio of major equipment categories. Fervo buys this equipment directly from manufacturers. You will help set the strategy for how we buy each category, and you will run the packages yourself from first market engagement through contract and PO. This is a strategy role as much as a hands on procurement role. You will work closely with supply chain, engineering, and construction leadership on how equipment decisions affect cost, schedule, and plant performance.

You will report to the Supply Chain Manager, Power. This is an individual contributor role.

Responsibilities

Category strategy

• Build category strategies for major plant equipment, including turbines, air-cooled condensers, heat exchangers, and pumps. Strategies will include which manufacturers we qualify, how we keep each category competitive, how much shop capacity we reserve, and when we use frame agreements instead of buying plant by plant.

• Grow a competitive supply base, including manufacturers that are new to geothermal or power generation.

• Track the market, including manufacturer backlogs and shop capacity, raw material pricing, lead times on key components, consolidation among suppliers, and competing demand from data centers and other industries.

• Build should cost models for major equipment so we know what a fair price looks like before bids come in.

Specifications, technical, and construction

• Work with engineering to understand how design choices drive cost, lead time, plant performance, and the number of suppliers that can bid. Push for standard designs where they open up competition or shorten lead times.

• Build quality requirements, such as inspection and test plans, factory acceptance testing, code documentation, and shop inspections, into RFQs so they are priced up front.

• Build tariff and domestic content requirements into sourcing decisions.

Market to Contract

• Own equipment packages from market engagement through award: prequalification, RFQ, technical and commercial bid evaluation, negotiation, and PO.

• Write RFQs that produce comparable bids, including a common technical and performance basis, clear scope splits between packages, defined interfaces, and when lead time starts.

• Negotiate commercial terms including price basis and escalation, lead time and capacity commitments, payment milestones, delivery sequencing, warranty, cancellation terms, and liquidated damages for delay and for performance shortfalls.

• Negotiate performance guarantees, such as output, efficiency, and noise, and agree up front on how they will be tested in the field.

• Manage contracts after award, including tracking supplier progress and deliveries against schedule, handling change orders and claims, and maintaining long term relationships with vendors.

Qualifications

Required

At least 3 to 5 years of experience in a procurement role, ideally in a manufacturing environment.

Ideal previous roles could include a buyer or category manager at a manufacturer, a manufacturing or quality engineer who worked closely with suppliers, a production planner who managed vendor lead times, or a commercial or estimating role at an equipment maker.

Power industry experience is not required. What matters most is that you understand how equipment gets designed, fabricated, priced, and scheduled, and that you can learn a new industry quickly. Strong candidates will also have several of the following:

• A working understanding of how manufacturers fabricate, price, and schedule their work, and what drives their lead times.

• Experience buying, selling, or estimating fabricated or engineered equipment, such as heat exchangers, pumps, skids, pressure vessels, or rotating equipment.

• The ability to read drawings, datasheets, and specifications and explain how a design choice changes cost and lead time.

• Experience running a competitive bid process and negotiating directly with suppliers.

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• Comfort building a strategy, defending it to leadership with data, and then running the RFQ yourself.

Preferred

• Experience on power generation or other large industrial projects.

• Experience with turbines, air cooled condensers, heat exchangers, or pumps.

• Exposure to field construction and how equipment gets installed on site.

• Experience negotiating frame agreements or buying for a program of multiple projects.

Location

Fervo Energy has offices in Houston, TX, Golden, CO, Reno, NV, Oakland, CA, and Salt Lake City, UT. This position is based in Fervo’s Houston HQ, with occasional travel to supplier shops and Cape Station.

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.