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.