Production Engineering Manager

Fervo Energy•Houston, TX

10d

About The Position

The Production Engineering Manager will lead production engineering activities across one or more of Fervo's operating geothermal assets. Fervo is working to build the most cost-effective, repeatable geothermal power plants in the world. Delivering on this mission requires operational excellence across every function — including the production engineering systems, workflows, and technical standards that ensure our geothermal assets operate safely, reliably, and efficiently as we scale. Joining Fervo as a Production Engineering Manager means owning the performance and integrity of the geothermal wells and production system, translating real-time data into operational insight, and embedding technical rigor into day-to-day optimization. This role is ideal for an experienced production engineer who is deeply aligned with Fervo's mission, brings strong well and system engineering expertise, and is motivated to build scalable, best-in-class production engineering practices. DESCRIPTION Fervo Energy is hiring a Production Engineering Manager to lead production engineering activities across one or more of Fervo's operating geothermal assets. This role is the technical authority for the wells and well system, accountable for performance, integrity, and long-term reliability from handover through steady-state operations. Partnering closely with plant management, you will optimize plant performance by maximizing well delivery, availability, and operability. You will establish surveillance, diagnostics, and data acquisition/analysis programs with the Resource team (reservoir engineering and geology) to improve forecasting and operating strategy. You will integrate across Drilling and Completions to feed operating learnings into future well designs, operating envelopes, and collaborate on intervention/workover plans.

Requirements

B.S. in Engineering (Petroleum, Mechanical, Chemical, or a related discipline).
10+ years in production engineering/operations/subsurface roles with ownership of well and system performance; waterflood and injection well operating experience required.
Strong understanding of well performance, production/injection systems, and surface facilities.
Experience building/leading surveillance, forecasting, optimization, and intervention planning workflows.
Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills.
Proficiency with production engineering and modeling tools (e.g., nodal/system modeling, data visualization).
Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

People leadership experience.
Workover/intervention planning and execution experience.
Experience in a high-growth, scaling operational environment.
Track record building scalable standards, processes, and digital workflows.

Responsibilities

Own day-to-day production and injection performance for assigned geothermal assets, including well surveillance, system monitoring, and regulatory testing.
Establish and maintain production engineering standards, workflows, and operating rhythms to support safe, reliable, and repeatable operations.
Lead the use of real-time data, analytics, and digital tools to diagnose performance issues, track system health, and support operational decision-making.
Develop and maintain well and system performance models to support forecasting, optimization, and scenario analysis.
Own short-term production forecasts and performance variance analysis, including documentation of downtime and underperformance using structured root cause analysis.
Identify, prioritize, and execute short- and medium-term production enhancement and reliability improvement opportunities across wells and surface systems.
Lead the planning, execution support, and post-job evaluation of geothermal well interventions, workovers, and remedial operations.
Identify, assess, and manage well and system risks, including integrity, scaling, corrosion, and other risks.
Define surveillance programs, and mitigation strategies to ensure long-term well and asset integrity.
Drive learnings from operating experience back into well design, completion strategy, and field development planning.
Lead, mentor, and develop Production Engineers with clear priorities and technical standards.
Build a culture of safety, ownership, technical rigor, and continuous improvement.
Serve as the primary production engineering interface with Field Ops, Reservoir, D&C, Facilities, Projects, and Development teams.
Translate complex subsurface/production topics into actionable guidance and provide operability constraints/forecast inputs for planning.