Power Engineering Manager

Job description

Description As Power Engineering Manager, you will be one of the functional leaders responsible for designing Fervo’s innovative power plants. As Fervo moves from engineering first-of-a-kind projects to widespread scaling, you will help drive the facilities team toward a manufacturing mindset, optimizing each subsequent power plant for cost and cycle time. To be successful in this role, you must possess exceptional technical expertise in the power engineering discipline, and you must demonstrate a highly collaborative approach to working closely with the subsurface and facilities teams. You will report to the Director of Engineering. Requirements: Responsibilities: Technical and Execution Leadership: - Own specification generation, design, and analysis of electrical power systems for power generation and surface facilities (power delivery, systems, transmission, distribution, substations, etc.) - Drive first-principles tradeoff analysis across power delivery systems to optimize plant performance - Identify opportunities to simplify and accelerate designs while maintaining technical excellence - Inform and support procurement efforts relating to electrical scopes of power plant desi...