Buyer, Operations

The Buyer, Operations is responsible for sourcing, purchasing, and expediting spare parts, consumables, equipment, and services supporting commissioning, maintenance, and plant operations. This role helps protect plant availability while improving cost competitiveness, supplier performance, procurement compliance, and warranty recovery.

The position manages the purchase order lifecycle within Fervo's ERP system and collaborates closely with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Warehouse, Finance, Accounts Payable, and suppliers. Based in Utah, the role will be located in Milford (preferred) or Salt Lake City to provide close operational support, strengthen local and regional supplier intelligence, and respond quickly to field requirements.

Responsibilities

• Operational procurement. Source and procure MRO materials, critical spare parts, consumables, chemicals, equipment, repair services, and other operational requirements.
• Requirements review. Review purchase requisitions and technical requirements for completeness, coordinating with Commissioning, Operations and Production to confirm specifications and approve proposed alternatives or cross references.
• Purchase order management. Manage the complete purchase order lifecycle, including quotation, commercial evaluation, negotiation, PO issuance, expediting, receipt, invoice resolution, and closeout within the ERP system.
• Expediting and readiness. Monitor open orders, supplier commitments, and critical delivery dates; proactively communicate delays, risks, and mitigation actions supporting Cape Station commissioning, outages, and routine operations.
• Supplier and buying-channel optimization. Develop qualified local and regional suppliers, preferred-supplier arrangements, catalogs, and blanket purchase orders to improve competition and reduce procurement-card purchasing.
• Pricing and market intelligence. Maintain pricing and purchasing data, benchmark market conditions, monitor key cost drivers, and identify savings, standardization, and supplier-consolidation opportunities.
• Warranty process optimization. Review warranty coverage before replacement purchases and coordinate notifications, repairs, replacements, credits, recoveries, and escalation of disputed or delayed claims.
• Supplier performance. Monitor supplier quality, cost, delivery, responsiveness, and warranty support; coordinate corrective actions and continuous improvement.
• KPI reporting and analysis. Prepare and analyze metrics covering PO cycle time, competitive-bid compliance, open orders, supplier on-time delivery, emergency purchases, savings, cost avoidance, and warranty recovery; use findings to identify risks and improve processes.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Five or more years of purchasing, procurement, materials management, or supply chain experience in energy, power generation, manufacturing, oil and gas, or a similar industrial environment.
• Experience procuring MRO materials, spare parts, industrial equipment, consumables, repair services, and field services.
• Experience managing purchase requisitions, purchase orders, expediting, supplier performance, and invoice or receiving discrepancies.
• Proficiency with ERP or procurement systems such as SAP or Oracle, along with strong Excel, KPI reporting, and analytical skills.
• Strong commercial judgment, negotiation, organization, communication, and problem-solving capabilities, including the ability to manage urgent requirements while maintaining procurement controls.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting geothermal, power generation, renewable energy, process plant, or other asset-intensive operations.
• Familiarity with inventory management, warehouse, maintenance management, and material master data processes.
• Experience coordinating equipment warranty claims, supplier corrective actions, repairs, replacements, and credits.
• Familiarity with industrial part specifications, cross-references, obsolescence risks, market benchmarking, Incoterms, and freight coordination.

Success in the Role

Success means Fervo's operational teams receive the materials, services, and supplier support they need when required while improving purchasing responsiveness, plant availability, reliable operations, cost competitiveness, warranty recovery, supplier performance, data quality, and procurement compliance.

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.

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.