Buyer, Operations

Fervo Energy • Houston, TX

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Buyer, Operations is responsible for sourcing, purchasing, and expediting spare parts, consumables, equipment, and services that support commissioning, maintenance, and plant operations. The 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 with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Warehouse, Finance, Accounts Payable, and suppliers. The role is based in Utah, with Milford preferred or Salt Lake City, to provide close operational support, strengthen local and regional supplier intelligence, and respond quickly to field requirements. Some hybrid flexibility is available, with regular in-office presence required; team members are expected to work in the office three days per week.

Success in the role means operational teams receive needed materials, services, and supplier support on time while purchasing responsiveness, plant availability, reliable operations, cost competitiveness, warranty recovery, supplier performance, data quality, and procurement compliance improve.

Requirements

• 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.

Nice To Haves

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Source and procure MRO materials, critical spare parts, consumables, chemicals, equipment, repair services, and other operational requirements.
• Review purchase requisitions and technical requirements for completeness, coordinating with Commissioning, Operations, and Production to confirm specifications and approve proposed alternatives or cross-references.
• Manage the complete purchase order lifecycle, including quotation, commercial evaluation, negotiation, PO issuance, expediting, receipt, invoice resolution, and closeout within the ERP system.
• Monitor open orders, supplier commitments, and critical delivery dates; communicate delays, risks, and mitigation actions supporting Cape Station commissioning, outages, and routine operations.
• Develop qualified local and regional suppliers, preferred-supplier arrangements, catalogs, and blanket purchase orders to improve competition and reduce procurement-card purchasing.
• Maintain pricing and purchasing data, benchmark market conditions, monitor key cost drivers, and identify savings, standardization, and supplier-consolidation opportunities.
• Review warranty coverage before replacement purchases and coordinate notifications, repairs, replacements, credits, recoveries, and escalation of disputed or delayed claims.
• Monitor supplier quality, cost, delivery, responsiveness, and warranty support; coordinate corrective actions and continuous improvement.
• 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.

Benefits

• 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 stock option grants and bonus opportunities for eligible roles.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level