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Chief of Staff
Zanskar
Title: Chief of Staff
Hours: Full-time; Salaried
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Manager: Carl Hoiland (CEO)
Position still open 4/17/2026
Mission – Why we exist and why we need you
Geothermal energy is the most abundant renewable energy source in the world. However, historically it’s been hard to find and expensive to develop. At Zanskar, we’re using better technology to find and develop new geothermal resources in order to make geothermal a cost-effective and vital contributor to a carbon-free energy future. We are revolutionizing the exploration process, setting new industry standards for discovery rates and finding new prospects at an unprecedented scale.
Zanskar is seeking a high-performing Chief of Staff to act as a strategic operator to the CEO. The Chief of Staff will build and manage the company’s operating cadence, align cross-functional priorities, and ensure the company achieves its ambitious goals to change the future of energy. Success means you create leverage for the CEO, creating time and insights for him and his team to work on the most important things.
Primary Duties will Include:
- Executive meetings: You will lead and improve executive preparation and communication from board meetings to weekly all-hands. You will ensure the CEO and stakeholders are ready for key meetings and may stand-in for the CEO if required.
- Ops visibility & operating model: Scaling a growing company requires prioritization and clear communication up, down, and across the company. A major part of success will be increasing data availability and visibility to key stakeholders, especially the executive team. You will build clarity into the strategic planning, strategy accountability, and operating model to improve execution.
- Strategic support: Help CEO and co-founders create, revise, and refine company strategy and policies ranging from hiring to working norms to performance management.
- Special projects: You may be asked to launch new initiatives necessary for the company when there is no clear functional leader.
- The Ideal Candidate Should Demonstrate:
- Quick learner: Rapidly ramps on new domains and demonstrates exceptionally strong first-principles reasoning. Independently produces accurate, well-structured work. Highly interested in applying new technologies to solve problems faster.
- Hunger for impact: Demonstrated interest in climate tech, energy, or building scaling startups. History of accelerating and achieving ambitious outcomes that produced meaningful results.
- Strategic prioritizer: Takes nebulous executive direction and converts it into a clear plan. Ensures the team stays focused on the highest-leverage priorities.
- Servant leadership: Brings a proven history of effective change management, especially at an executive level. Can align stakeholders, even when encountering resistance to change, and helps teams adopt new ways of working that enable everyone to achieve their goals.
- Flexibility & self-starter: Comfortable with changing priorities, dynamics, and gray areas of responsibility. Acts with initiative and proactively fills gaps to keep work moving forward.
- Extreme integrity: Operates with uncompromising ethics and respect for confidentiality when handling sensitive issues. Consistent track record of doing what you said you’d do, and approaching difficult subjects with the truth.
Location and Benefits
- The position is located in Salt Lake City, UT
- Full Time; Salaried
- Paid holidays, and 18 days PTO
- Medical, dental, vision coverage
- 401k
- Paid Parental Leave
- A direct impact in displacing carbon emissions, and growth opportunities in a growing startup environment
Equal Opportunity Employer
Zanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws.
Co-Founder, CTO (Next-Gen Geothermal)
Co-Founder, CTO (Next-Gen Geothermal)
Marble
Location: USA
Employment Type: Full-time
Position still open 5/06/2026
About Marble
Marble is a climate tech venture studio. We partner with scientists, engineers, and operators to create companies solving hard climate problems in the world's largest industries.
Our first 13 companies are building transformative products across energy, industry, agriculture, and climate resilience. 100% have been successful in raising follow-on to date. We are looking to partner with exceptional individuals to create our next venture.
The opportunity below is a founding role in our next company creation, which we think will be absolutely massive!
Automating Construction
Construction is a $13 trillion industry still operating much as it did decades ago. While other sectors have adopted automation to improve speed and quality, construction remains dependent on manual execution and a shrinking pool of skilled labour.
Experienced tradespeople are retiring faster than they can be replaced, forcing contractors to rely on undertrained labour. The result is systemic: installation errors, rework, material waste, and defects that often only surface once buildings are operational.
At the same time, demand is accelerating with the great buildout of critical infrastructure, across energy systems, data centres, cold storage, factories and building retrofits. These environments are complex and unforgiving, and the gap between what the industry is asked to deliver and what its workforce can execute is widening every year.
The Opportunity
We are building a vertically integrated robotics platform that delivers a core construction trade as an outcome. We're targeting a key segment that represents 30-50% of building capex, carries rework rates of 10-15%, and is structurally constrained by skilled labour supply across every major market.
Rather than selling tools into a fragmented supply chain, we take ownership of execution end-to-end. Purpose-built hardware handles the physical work; a learned intelligence layer turns every deployment into training data, so the system generalises faster than hand-coded automation ever could.
Owning the full process is also what makes the system compound. Every project becomes proprietary training data, feeding a feedback loop that point solutions and tool vendors cannot access.
We are looking for a CTO and Co-Founder. You will join a stellar CEO who has over a decade of experience at the cutting edge of European construction. Most recently, he spent six years scaling a modular construction venture as Head of Projects and Partnerships, building a pan-European supply and delivery network from scratch, including convincing a manufacturer to retool their factory for industrialised construction and licensing the technology to a French partner coordinating five factories. He brings deep ties across the AEC and proptech ecosystem, warm pilot commitments, and is driving market validation and fundraising while looking for a technical co-founder to own everything from the hardware up.
Requirements
We are looking for an entrepreneurial engineer who can design and build a physical robotic system for real-world deployment, and who sees beyond the hardware into the intelligence layer that will make the system compound in capability over time.
Must-have: you have shipped hardware that works outside of a lab. The first year requires someone who already knows what breaks in the field.
Bonus: you have opinions on where foundation models for robotics are heading and what that means for the stack you'd build today.
Where you will likely start:
- Hands-on ability to design, prototype, and iterate on robotic hardware: positioning, mechanical assemblies, end effectors, force control
- A track record of deploying robotic or automated systems in real operational environments
- Enough perception and localisation knowledge to integrate sensors, process spatial data, and close the loop between the physical platform and a digital model
- Strong software architecture instincts and pragmatism about build-versus-partner trade-offs, including where to leverage foundation models and third-party APIs
What you'll grow into:
- Architecting the full intelligence layer: perception, spatial reasoning, task planning, feedback loops
- Building the data architecture that turns every deployment into training data
- Leading and scaling a technical team across hardware, software, and AI
Examples of relevant backgrounds:
- A robotics or mechatronics engineer from industrial automation, warehouse, agricultural, or mobile manipulation robotics, or a senior engineer from a first-wave robotics startup, who has owned a physical system end-to-end in a real operational environment and is ready to own the full stack on their next venture
- A physical AI or robotics researcher with genuine hands-on hardware experience beyond simulation
- An engineer from an adjacent field (autonomous vehicles, heavy machinery, mining, offshore, defence, aerospace) who has built real-time systems combining mechanical hardware with perception and planning
Location: the Netherlands
We encourage you to apply even if you don't feel you meet every requirement. Above all, we value intelligence, creativity, rapid learning, and the ability to bridge hardware and software to build a world-class product.
What We Offer
You will, of course, have the opportunity to meet and work with them before making any big commitments!
We offer (among other things)
- A €3,000 monthly allowance during your participation in the programme
- €250,000 in inception funding at incorporation, if you are successful. You and your team will own 80% of the company at incorporation.
- Full-stack support in our venture creation programme
- Mentorship and guidance at every step of the way
- Hands-on support across technology and market research, landing interviews with experts and customers, techno-economic modelling, roadmap and scale-up strategy, sourcing your future co-founders and advisors, and more
- Access to an unparalleled network across science, industry, talent, investors, mentors, and other climate deeptech founders
- Access to our research insights, knowledge base, and curated resources
- Weekly check-ins, work sessions in our Paris HQ (or remote) and continuous peer learning with other programme participants
- Seed fundraising support after the programme. Introductions to the best seed investors and help with term sheet negotiation.
- Founder visa sponsorship if you wish to relocate to France. Remote participation would be a challenge, but we're open to finding different partnership formats.
We believe that a diverse group of minds is key to solving the climate crisis. We encourage women and people of colour to apply. Studies have shown that under-represented candidates are less likely to apply for an opportunity unless they feel they meet every single qualification. We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and mission-driven cohort. If you’re excited about the programme but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with what you read on our website, we encourage you to apply anyways!
FAQs For a full list of FAQs, please visit our website.
Director of EPC
Zanskar
Director of EPC
Hours: Full-time; Salaried
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Manager: Ryan McGraw
Position still open 4/17/2026
Mission – Why we exist and why we need you
Geothermal energy is the most abundant renewable energy source in the world. However, historically it’s been hard to find and expensive to develop. At Zanskar, we’re using better technology to find and develop new geothermal resources in order to make geothermal a cost-effective and vital contributor to a carbon-free energy future. We are revolutionizing the exploration process, setting new industry standards for discovery rates and finding new prospects at an unprecedented scale.
The development team at Zanskar is advancing a multi-gigawatt portfolio of firm, carbon-free energy projects. Now it’s time to start planning for construction. We need your help to build our strategy and team to engineer projects, procure parts and services, and ultimately construct these projects. You’ll be working in close coordination with teams across Zanskar as well as third-party consultants to ensure we execute our vision of building best-in-class geothermal energy projects. Level may be flexible for an exceptional candidate based on depth of EPC delivery leadership and hands-on impact.
Outcomes - Problems you’ll solve
Success in this role includes executing all necessary agreements for Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) for Zanskar’s portfolio of late-stage geothermal development projects located across the western USA, managing all construction partners, and ultimately delivering projects on-time and on-budget in alignment with Zanskar’s goals. This will require internal cross-functional leadership to build an aligned strategy for standardized plant designs, large-scale field construction and project execution, building key relationships with supply chain partners, and deep technical expertise.
Primary Duties will Include:
- Develop and execute an EPC strategy across Zanskar’s portfolio
- Quickly identify and procure long-lead, critical path equipment
- Build partnerships with consultants for engineering, overseeing Front End Engineering Design
- Negotiate & execute construction contracts
- Deliver plant construction on-time, on-budget, and with the highest safety standards until performance guarantees are met and project hand-off to the operations team is complete
- Develop and manage EPC budgets
- Innovate new solutions for increased efficiency, decreased time to power, and decreased capital requirements.
The Ideal Candidate Should Demonstrate:
- Significant EPC Experience (EPC Contractor +/or Developer/Owner). 10+ years experience at a mid- to large-scale EPC firm or developer/owner where delivery and commercial decisions are tightly linked.
- Entrepreneurial system builder that leaves lasting improvements. Track record of developing new processes and tools that improve results over time in alignment with our value to “Blaze a trail, leave a legacy.”
- Leads from the front with high involvement. Sets direction and standards, while staying close to the work where it matters to ensure delivery of the highest quality across engineering, procurement, and construction.
- Communicates clearly across disciplines. Surfaces issues early and communicates for understanding with a multidisciplinary team spanning our cross-functional resource, land, permitting, development, and finance teams.
- Strong project management: Keeps projects on-track despite challenges and constraints while also maintaining high integrity and safety.
- Certification: BS in Engineering ; Professional Engineering license, MBA, or PMP certification
Location and Benefits
- The position is located in Salt Lake City, UT (possibly open to remote or hybrid)
- Full Time; Salaried
- Paid holidays, and 18 days PTO
- Medical, dental, vision coverage
- 401k
- Paid Parental Leave
- A direct impact in displacing carbon emissions, and growth opportunities in a growing startup environment
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Equal Opportunity Employer
Zanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws.
Director of Water and Thermal Systems
California Hot Springs
Director of Water and Thermal Systems
California Hot Springs, CA · Full time
Position still open 4/17/2026
We are building one of California’s most unique regenerative hot springs resorts. Our 13 mineral pools operate chemical-free through flow-through design, our largest pool is supported by advanced ozone and UV systems. Our campus includes geothermal heating for 50 guest units and the lodge, a small public water utility, wastewater treatment plant, and an expanding retreat center and residential village. We are seeking a capable, hands-on infrastructure leader to steward and scale our integrated water and thermal systems. This is not a corporate utility position. It is an opportunity to take ownership of a living, high-performance water ecosystem and grow with a mission-driven, expanding campus.
About California Hot Springs
Dive Deeper Than Wellness… We’re in the process of bringing a reimagined vision of California Hot Springs to life! Our boutique resort and water temple is tucked into the rolling foothills of the Sierra Nevadas and surrounded by majestic Sequoia National Forest. Experience transformational healing from natural hot spring pools, rejuvenate with spa services, detox with our nourishing cuisine, and get inspired by regenerative design and ecological stewardship...all in service to sacred water.
The Opportunity
We are building one of California’s most unique regenerative hot springs resorts. Our 13 mineral pools operate chemical-free through flow-through design, our largest pool is supported by advanced ozone and UV systems. Our campus includes geothermal heating for 50 guest units and the lodge, a small public water utility, wastewater treatment plant, and an expanding retreat center and residential village.
We are seeking a capable, hands-on infrastructure leader to steward and scale our integrated water and thermal systems. This is not a corporate utility position. It is an opportunity to take ownership of a living, high-performance water ecosystem and grow with a mission-driven, expanding campus.
Authority & Reporting
This role reports directly to ownership and holds full operational authority over all water and thermal infrastructure systems on the property.
The Scope
This role oversees three integrated systems:
1. Small Public Water Utility (30 Connections)
- Serve as Operator of Record for the Class D public water system (D1 required).
- Management of artesian hot springs, distribution network and back-up public well.
- Oversight of storage, delivery, and regulatory sampling/reporting.
- Maintain full compliance and documentation transparency.
This is a stable system with no filtration plant and decades of operational history.
2. Wastewater Treatment & Evaporation Ponds
- Multi-stage system with aeration and recirculation.
- Inspection in accordance with SOPs, and preventative maintenance.
- Coordination with contracted certified wastewater operator.
Note: The contracted certified wastewater operator retains regulatory authority; this role oversees daily operations and coordination.
3. Resort Water & Thermal Systems
Aquatics
- 13 flow-through mineral pools.
- Ozone and UV system filtration for the largest pool.
- 2 Pump rooms, manifolds with automated temperature and flow control and circulation systems.
Thermal
- Geothermal heating infrastructure for guest units and lodge.
- Numerous heat pumps for cooling.
- Distribution loops, sensors, automation, and valves.
Infrastructure
- Diagnose and repair pumps, valves, hydraulics, and mechanical systems.
- Identify efficiency improvements and resilience upgrades.
- Participate in planning for resort expansion.
What This Role Is
- Primary guardian of water infrastructure.
- Mechanical systems problem-solver.
- Infrastructure leader for a growing campus.
- On-site authority for water and thermal operations.
- Long-term anchor for expansion.
What This Role Is Not
- A desk-based management position.
- A bureaucratic municipal utility job.
- A complex chemical filtration plant operation.
This is hands-on, mechanical, and strategic.
Responsibilities
- Serve as Operator of Record (D1) for the public water system.
- Oversee regulatory sampling and reporting (with staff and administrative support).
- Lead geothermal heating and cooling optimization.
- Maintain and troubleshoot pumps, repair pressure lines, maintain screens, heat systems, and hydraulic networks.
- Run preventative maintenance independently.
- Lead and mentor a small water team responsible for pool cleaning and maintenance.
- Participate in infrastructure planning as the campus expands.
- Provide on-call response for critical system events (on-site housing provided for this purpose).
- Manage equipment, processes (including lab outsourcing) and lead all efforts around reporting requirements.
Success in This Role Looks Like:
- 100% regulatory compliance.
- Zero unplanned system shutdowns.
- Consistent mineral pool clarity and flow.
- Improved thermal efficiency year-over-year.
- Calm, competent leadership during expansion.
Qualifications
- Certification: California D1 certification (or ability to obtain within 6 months).
- Mechanical Mastery: Strong aptitude with pumps, hydraulics, and HVAC/heat pump systems.
- Problem Solver: Calm under pressure; able to troubleshoot unconventional systems.
- Organizational Master: The ability to prioritize, minimize downtime, triage, coordinate staff and resources on hand.
- Leadership: Experience guiding a small team with clarity and high standards.
- Lifestyle Fit: Comfortable living on-site as part of a community of land and water stewards in our small rural mountain town of exquisite beauty.
Bonus: Wastewater certification and/or Certified Pool Operator (CPO) experience.
Compensation & Lifestyle
- $75,000 – $90,000 base salary.
- On-site housing included (equivalent to $20k-$30k annual value).
- Employee-rate dining at lodge.
- Full access to world-class mineral hot springs.
- Long-term leadership growth opportunity as campus and residential village expand.
Salary
$75,000 - $90,000 per year
Drilling Field Supervisor
Zanskar
Drilling Field Supervisor
Location: Based in Salt Lake City, Utah; Travel 75% - 100%
Hours: Full Time; Salaried
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Position still open 4/17/2026
Geothermal energy is a massive renewable energy resource sitting below our feet. There is 2,300 times more energy in geothermal heat in the ground than in oil, gas, coal, and methane combined. At Zanskar, we’re using better technology to find and develop new geothermal resources in order to make geothermal a cheap and vital contributor to a carbon-free electrical grid.
As a Drilling Field Supervisor, you will be the on-site lead for a single drilling rig, executing the approved drilling program, supervising the crew, and ensuring safe, efficient progress each shift. You will work closely with the Drilling Superintendent and engineering staff, escalating issues and providing accurate daily reports.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead daily rig activities and supervise drilling crews to deliver the well plan safely and on schedule
- Enforce HSE and regulatory requirements; conduct pre-shift safety meetings and ensure proper permits are in place.
- Monitor drilling parameters (ROP, WOB, mud properties, etc.) and adjust within program guidelines; promptly communicate variances to the Drilling Superintendent.
- Coordinate on-site logistics—materials, consumables, and service personnel—to minimize non-productive time.
- Maintain rig equipment readiness by scheduling routine inspections and first-line maintenance; initiate work orders for more complex repairs.
- Generate accurate daily reports (operations, costs, and HSE) and participate in after-action reviews.
- Mentor and train crew members on safe work practices and basic drilling procedures.
- Support continuous improvement by suggesting practical efficiency or safety enhancements observed in the field.
Minimum Qualifications
- 5+ years of drilling experience, including at least 5 years in a lead-hand, or supervisory driller role on a drilling rig or equivalent work.
- Working knowledge of rotary or RC drilling equipment, drilling fluids, and well control fundamentals.
- Ability to travel and work extended field rotations (e.g., 14 on/14 off or 14 on/7 off as operations dictate).
- Proven track record of maintaining a safe work environment and following standard operating procedures.
- Strong communication and basic computer skills for daily reporting (Google Workspace or similar).
Preferred Qualifications
- Class A CDL and/or state well-driller license, or willing to secure said license(s) (western states).
- Geothermal, mineral exploration, or geotechnical drilling background.
- Experience with mud rotary, reverse circulation, sonic, or core drilling techniques.
- Familiarity with preventative maintenance programs and basic rig troubleshooting.
General Field Requirements
- At least 18 years old, eligible to work in the U.S., and possess a valid driver’s license with no major infractions in the past three years.
- Commit to personal and team safety, demonstrate professionalism, and maintain a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Comfortable working outdoors in all weather, lifting/pushing/pulling up to 50 lbs, bending, kneeling, and standing for long periods.
- Able to navigate remote locations with GPS and follow company communication protocols.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Zanskar is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws.
Note: This position operates heavy machinery and is subject to pre-employment hair-follicle drug screening and background check.
Please reach out to careers@zanskar.us with any questions.
Data Science- Reservoir Engineer
Fervo Energy
Reservoir Engineer - Data Science
Salt Lake City or Reno
Full Time
Position still open 5/18/2026
Fervo’s Mission is to use innovation in geoscience to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy. To accomplish that goal, Fervo has developed groundbreaking technology solutions that have advanced the state-of-the-art of geothermal energy decades ahead of schedule, including the world’s most successful commercial enhanced geothermal system completed in 2023. Fervo has raised nearly $2 billion from leading investors and has secured a multi-billion dollar project pipeline to meet the world’s growing need for 24/7 carbon free energy. Join us and work alongside world-class engineers, researchers, investors, and developers in making geothermal a key pillar of our climate-friendly energy future.
We are seeking engineers who are excited by Fervo’s mission, the opportunity to drive meaningful and impactful innovation, and the prospect of maintaining extreme ownership over the cost and constructability implications of their designs, knowing that each decision they make impacts the speed and scale of Fervo’s mission.
Joining Fervo as a Reservoir Engineer with a data science focus means owning subsurface evaluations and advancing analytics through reservoir modeling, data science, and AI. This role is ideal for an early-career engineer with experience or strong interest in geothermal and/or unconventional oil & gas systems who is motivated to solve complex subsurface problems. Operating at the intersection of subsurface engineering and advanced analytics, this position drives the development of tools and models that improve operational efficiency, deepen subsurface understanding, and enhance analytical capabilities. The position works closely with reservoir, geoscience, and data teams to build models, analyze large datasets, to apply modern computational techniques to real-world subsurface challenges. Operating at the intersection of subsurface engineering and advanced analytics, this position drives the development of tools and models that improve operational efficiency, deepen subsurface understanding, and enhance analytical capabilities. The position works closely with reservoir, geoscience, and data teams to build models, analyze large datasets, to apply modern computational techniques to real-world subsurface challenges.
Responsibilities
Reservoir Engineering Ownership
- Build, update, and maintain reservoir simulation and analytical models to support forecasting, development planning, and optimization.
- Apply data science and machine learning techniques to reservoir characterization, production forecasting, and anomaly detection.
- Support history matching, sensitivity analyses, and scenario evaluations.
- Develop and maintain Python-based workflows, scripts, and tools to automate subsurface analyses and improve data quality.
- Integrate geological, petrophysical, stimulation, and operational data into reservoir studies in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- Clearly communicate technical results through visualizations, presentations, and written reports.
- Stay current with emerging tools and best practices in reservoir engineering, analytics, and AI.
eam and Culture
- Seek context from other disciplines and incorporate diverse technical perspectives into recommendations.
- Be responsive and reliable in remote settings, maintaining momentum without requiring constant oversight.
- Adapt quickly to shifting priorities, new data, and evolving project scopes.
- Be comfortable with ambiguity and incomplete information, using sound engineering judgment to move decisions forward.
Qualifications
Required
- B.S. in Engineering (Petroleum, Mechanical, Chemical, or related discipline).
- 2+ years of experience in reservoir engineering, data science, or a related technical field; a PhD may be considered in lieu of industry experience.
- Strong fundamentals in reservoir engineering, including fluid flow in porous media, pressure transient analysis, material balance, and production/injection performance analysis.
- Experience with reservoir modeling and simulation (numerical simulators, decline analysis, forecasting tools).
- Proficiency in analyzing subsurface datasets, including pressure, rate, temperature, and geologic data.
- Working knowledge of Python and scientific libraries (NumPy, Pandas, SciPy) or similar analytical environments.
- Experience applying statistical analysis, data-driven modeling, or machine learning techniques to subsurface or production data.
- Ability to manage and integrate large, multi-disciplinary datasets.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to translate technical findings into actionable insights.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred
- Experience applying machine learning or AI techniques to engineering or geoscience problems
- Experience in geothermal reservoir engineering, enhanced geothermal systems (EGS), or unconventional resource development.
- Hands-on experience building and calibrating numerical reservoir simulation models for thermal or multiphase systems.
- Proficiency in advanced Python-based data workflows, version control (Git), and reproducible modeling practices.
- Experience working in cloud or high-performance computing environments for large-scale simulations or data processing.
- Exposure to real-time data systems, digital twins, or automated performance monitoring frameworks.
- Experience in fast-paced, cross-functional environments with a strong bias toward execution and continuous improvement.
Location
Fervo Energy is headquartered in Houston, TX, with growing offices in Golden, CO, Reno, NV, and Oakland, CA, and Salt Lake City, UT. This position will be eligible for some hybrid work flexibility, but regular in-office presence at the Golden, CO office will be required.
Compensation & Benefits
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: $105,000-$185,000 based on Colorado locality, pay in other locations may vary.
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.
Executive Director
Geothermal Rising
m/Oppenheim Executive Search
Executive Director
Position open 4/25/2026
ORGANIZATION DESCRIPTION
Geothermal Rising is the primary resource for professionals, businesses, investors, and policy and government professionals focused on advancing geothermal energy. This 501c3 nonprofit organization is the largest direct-membership professional and trade association serving the geothermal industry, with over 1,600 individual members and over 150 member organizations (business, nonprofit and professional services entities that are members are additionally awarded a certain number of staff memberships based on level). The organization focuses on North America; it has a budget of just over $5.5M funded by member dues, grants and fees charged for various events and services; and there are 15 staff and a Board of 15 industry professionals.
Member interests are broad and include: hydrothermal geothermal systems, power generation, thermal energy networks, direct use applications, industrial heat, manufacturing processing, enhanced (engineered) systems, closed-loop systems, deep drilling technology, geothermal heat pumps, advanced geothermal systems, subsurface reservoir management, supercritical hot rock and geoexchanges – their funding, technologies, environmental impact, regulatory environment and current and potential customers. The largest operating geothermal power projects are centered in western states, while lower temperature, industrial, direct use and heat pump systems are found throughout the USA. Per the 2025 U.S. Geothermal Market Report published by the National Laboratory of the Rockies, 29 U.S. states currently have incentive policies for geothermal power, including grants, rebates, tax incentives, and other financial incentives. A total of 17 states and D.C. have policies that encourage geothermal electricity production, and 42 states and D.C. have existing regulatory policies that relate to geothermal energy. Additionally, Native American reservations cover approximately 5% of U.S. land and hold an estimated 10% of the nation’s energy resources, including vast geothermal and geothermal job growth potential. Geothermal Rising fosters positive relations with federal, state and tribal governments nationwide.
The organization has four essential functions:
- Member Services and Community, which includes job boards, messaging among members, social media exposure, a library function and a master schedule of activities.
- Events include convening members with particular interests, orchestrating gatherings and developing various working groups, committees and initiatives.
- Information Clearinghouse and Education makes available studies, whitepapers and anonymized member data and highlights the work of scientists and technical experts.
- Advocacy and Policy Coordination includes development of industry positions, information on the regulatory environment and pending legislation. The organization also plays a coordinating role among members and partners that are engaged in their own advocacy efforts.
Certain of these functions are well-developed with high levels of member satisfaction, while others might benefit from close review, adjustment and rapid enhancement by the next Executive Director, the staff team and the Board.
A rapidly evolving energy landscape in the USA and internationally provides significant growth opportunities for Geothermal Rising. The new Executive Director is charged with evolving the organization to better serve members, drive growth and position this industry for increased investment and impact.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Reporting to the Board through its Executive Committee, the Executive Director will ensure that Geothermal Rising’s finances, membership services, policy & advocacy, infrastructure, operations, marketing & communications, human resources, technology and program strategies are effectively implemented across all segments of the organization and will provide overall direction and day-to-day management of the organization. The Executive Director will also define vision, strategy, objectives and messages and will function as the organization’s lead membership and relationship builder, fundraiser and advocate.
The Executive Director’s success will be assessed based on three metrics:
- Sustained financial strength and stability as the sector’s most important association.
- Growth of membership numbers, including growth of individual members and members that are incorporated entities, and stronger financial support by members to advance Geothermal Rising initiatives.
- Member satisfaction with Geothermal Rising members’ services, events and advocacy.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
Leadership and Management
- Manage day-to-day operations and programs in ways that assure financial strength, a high degree of member satisfaction and increased demand for membership in Geothermal Rising; encourage new perspectives, innovations, partnerships and allocation of resources in ways that best serve the core purpose of members and the organization.
- Collaborate with the Geothermal Rising Board of Directors to update and adhere to a Board-approved rolling three-year strategic planning process that includes objectives, success metrics, budgets, headcounts, and use of contractors and outside consultants.
- Work closely with the staff finance team and the Board’s Budget & Finance Committee to prepare budgets; ensure that the organization responsibly operates within the budgetary and audit guidelines to maintain the organization’s fiscal well-being; ensure that there is alignment between programmatic objectives and available resources; develop long- and short-term financial plans and prepare financial and operating reports for the Board.
- Shape, manage and motivate staff; ensure that the performance evaluation and review system emphasizes well-defined goals, clear responsibilities and accountability; encourage staff opportunities for growth within the organization; ensure that there is clear and effective internal communication and coordination among the organization’s program, services, advocacy and administrative functions.
- Maintain effective relationships with a variety of external organizations including but not limited to corporations, businesses, professional services organizations, consultants and investors that advance geothermal energy; local, state and federal elected officials and governmental agencies involved in funding, regulatory or policy work that affects the health of the geothermal industry; scientists, thought leaders and educators working on the science and workflows of geothermal; and other associations and organizations aligned with Geothermal Rising’s goals and objectives.
- Take a leadership role in coalition building, identifying issues and opportunities for collaboration across the geothermal energy field and create forums, events, working groups and convenings that build coalitions and address issues.
Public Relations, Marketing, Communications and Advocacy
- Serve as the spokesperson for the organization to diverse audiences; nurture positive relations with and across the geothermal energy and associated business, financing, policy and scientific ecosystems, including with media, governmental entities and the general public to advance Geothermal Rising’s public profile, mission and strategies.
- Develop productive partnerships and alliances with other associations nationally and internationally and with nonprofits, business and government partners that have interests aligned to those of Geothermal Rising members.
- Articulate and continually refine Geothermal Rising’s vision and mission statement to provide the context and focus for Geothermal Rising’s services to the sector and advocacy of geothermal energy; develop, implement, execute and periodically update Geothermal Rising’s long-range strategic plan outlining objectives, programs and success metrics.
- Review Geothermal Rising’s communications materials, website, social media, rich media, written and other materials to ensure effective articulation of Geothermal Rising’s mission and purpose; continually explore new and creative marketing strategies that extend Geothermal Rising’s support to a broader base; create new opportunities for branding and enhancing the image of Geothermal Rising and the industry.
- Serve as an articulate and effective spokesperson, in person and in writing, to reinforce and build positive understanding of Geothermal Rising and the industry; influence government policy as it relates to funding for research and support of geothermal energy.
Revenue Generation and Fundraising
- Understand the actual and prospective Geothermal Rising funding sources, including membership dues, earned revenue sources, and grants or donations from individuals, businesses and foundations; promulgate earned and contributed revenue goals, strategies, purposes and progress while actively also engaging Board and staff in driving revenue; keep abreast of external environmental factors that could affect fundraising and ensure that the organization scales spending accordingly and has financial reserves.
- Maximize long-term earned and contributed revenue; view fundraising and revenue generation as an extension of cause advocacy and organizational marketing and, in consultation with the Board and staff, create strategies to secure ongoing significant sources of private/unrestricted funds to support Geothermal Rising; ensure that all staff and Board members, all events and all Geothermal Rising resources are leveraged in the effort to increase earned and contributed revenue.
- Lead and direct all fundraising efforts as Fundraiser-in-Chief and Chief Revenue Officer; develop fundraising alliances; actively solicit philanthropic donations and earned income, in the process building ongoing relationships with corporations and other business entities, foundations, high-net-worth individuals and other donors, government funders and other sources; create special and donor cultivation events for Geothermal Rising; ensure that all outreach is tracked on an end-to-end basis.
Board Relations:
- With the Board Chair, coordinate the efforts of various Board committees and task forces; ensure that all committees achieve objectives; encourage Board members’ involvement in Geothermal Rising’s range of activities, including fundraising.
- Implement Board policies, program goals and objectives in accordance with Board bylaws; provide ongoing communication to the Board on the organization.
- Help identify and recruit new Board members whose talents, backgrounds, commitment and fundraising abilities are congruent with the needs and mission of Geothermal Rising.
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
The Executive Director will be a creative and innovative leader with the following types of experience and qualifications:
- Proven executive management experience within a membership organization, a business or nonprofit that provides B2B services and support; a minimum of 10 years executive experience leading the operations of an association, professional services or advocacy organization; experience supervising teams of at least 15 staff and management of similar or larger budgets; experience with governance matters (nonprofit preferred, but business governance is acceptable), external and public relations, fiscal management and strategic planning.
- A strong grasp of the practical aspects of building and sustainably funding geothermal businesses, the science behind geothermal energy, the market opportunity of geothermal and the interest groups involved. While the Executive Director is not expected to be an industry expert, this is an industry association, and credibility with business leaders will be central to this leader’s success.
- Outstanding abilities to convey and communicate complex and strategic messages to a wide range of audiences through association collateral, in-person presentations and Board meetings as well as through written reports; an active listener and strategist who is comfortable receiving input from many sources, has a history of communicating effectively and persuasively in both large and small groups, and has excellent writing and public speaking skills for both formal and extemporaneous presentations.
- Demonstrated success shaping ambitious, energetic and highly effective teams that operate in a culture of mutual respect and cooperation.
- Ability to quickly analyze and formulate disparate information into sound, well-organized goals, strategies and actions; skill in adapting to change, practicing agility and flexibility as circumstances demand; willingness to travel extensively.
- Success in developing relationships with a broad range of constituents nationally; a consensus builder who can collaborate with Board, staff, members and partners; a team leader, builder and supporter; a sense of perspective and humor.
The expected compensation range for this position is $165,000 - $200,000 based on experience. For more information, please contact:
Lisa Grossman (650) 323-3565 or lisag@moppenheim.com
Mark Oppenheim (415) 762-2640 or marko@moppenheim.com
m/Oppenheim Executive Search
Field Engineer 1
Quaise Energy
Field Engineer 1
Location Mobile/Rotation
Position still open 4/17/2026
Job Description
Quaise Energy is unlocking the Earth’s deep heat to deliver clean, reliable, baseload energy at scale—almost anywhere in the world. As both a technology innovator and project developer, Quaise builds and operates solutions that harness superhot geothermal energy far below the surface, enabling power generation that can rival the output of today’s most efficient fossil fuel and nuclear plants. With its millimeter wave drilling technology, Quaise’s mission is to make superhot geothermal a backbone of the modern energy system, offering affordable, zero-carbon power and true energy independence for communities and nations everywhere.
The Field Engineer I role supports the buildout of Quaise Energy’s operations team as we advance geothermal energy development. This position will focus on assisting engineering teams with field-based testing and prototype drilling operations to depths of ~1,000m using millimeter wave drilling (MMWD) systems.
The field operations team is responsible for operating the MMWD system at sites across the U.S. and potentially internationally. This includes working with gyrotrons, high-voltage power supplies, chillers, compressors, water pumps, sensors, vacuum systems, and conventional drilling rig equipment. The Field Engineer I will apply prior field experience to ensure safe and efficient operations while contributing to rig-up, rig-over, and drilling activities.
Essential functions (Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.)
- Work on a 15-5 rotation schedule, with 12-hour day/night shifts.
- Ensure safe and efficient field operations; lead risk assessments prior to each activity.
- Assemble, test, and operate equipment for field trials.
- Maintain field operations records, daily logs, and inspection reports.
- Troubleshoot technical issues, conduct root cause analyses, and propose solutions.
- Provide technical feedback to the engineering team to optimize performance and safety of MMWD systems.
- Verify third-party equipment compliance with operational requirements.
- Plan, design, and execute System Integration Tests (SITs) with internal teams and external vendors.
- Document lessons learned and prepare end-of-well reports.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver efficient field trials.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Competencies
- Proficiency in drilling operations and troubleshooting downhole conditions.
- Strong practical and hands-on skills; ability to use basic hand tools.
- Experience collaborating with product development/engineering teams.
- Leadership potential and ability to work in a team of three on MMWD operations.
- Skilled at troubleshooting large, complex systems.
- Understanding of safety guidelines.
- Familiarity with writing procedures, root cause analysis, and HSE protocols.
- Experience interacting with third-party vendors and contractors.
- IADC RigPass Certification (or equivalent) preferred.
- Strong written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills
- Familiarity with a startup or high growth environment.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
- Proficient with Microsoft Project or other project planning software.
Supervisory responsibilities
- None
Education and Experience
- Bachelors degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Petroleum Engineering (or equivalent).
- 2-4 years of Oil and Gas Field Experience (drilling experience preferred).
Physical requirements
- The employee is regularly required to stand, sit, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and use hands to feel, reach, grasp, handle, or operate objects, tools, and controls.
- Must be able to lift, push, pull, transfer, or move items up to 60 pounds and perform physical tasks in field environments.
- Ability to climb ladders, scaffolds, and other elevated structures.
- Ability to travel and temporarily relocate to field sites (housing support provided).
- May involve working outdoors in hazardous conditions and extreme temperatures (safety gear provided).
- Flexibility to work non-traditional schedules and adapt to changing assignments and locations.
- Vision requirements include reviewing written and electronic materials in both digital and physical formats.
Other duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Management reserves the right to change, rescind, add, or delete the duties and responsibilities of positions within this job classification at any time.
Candidates can send resumes to jobs@quaise.com or apply via our Indeed careers page.
Affirmative Action/EEO statement
Quaise Energy is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, genetic information, disability, military status or age.
Geologist 3 - Geothermal Geologist 3
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
Geologist 3 - Geothermal Geologist 3
Anchorage or Fairbanks, AK
Job Number 52667
Position still open 4/17/2026
What You Will Be Doing:
Alaska has a rich endowment of energy resources, including some of the country's most significant geothermal resource potential. However, despite many promising indications, the state remains underexplored and urgently needs new high-quality geoscience data. If you have a background in geology or geophysics of geothermal energy and are interested in working on an applied research team, including conducting fieldwork in some of the most remote areas of North America, please consider applying for this exciting position and help Alaska chart a sustainable future! The Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS), is recruiting for a Geologist 3 position in the Energy Resources Section, based in either Fairbanks or Anchorage. The successful applicant will collect, analyze, and publish multidisciplinary data to help characterize Alaska's geothermal energy potential, attract exploration investment, and promote development success. This position has confirmed funding until June 30, 2027; additional program support will be pursued, but cannot be guaranteed.
Mission and Values/Culture:
The Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys is a dynamic agency focusing on applied geoscience research to benefit Alaska and its residents. The agency's mission is to determine the potential of Alaska lands for the production of metals, minerals, fuels, and geothermal resources, the locations and supplies of groundwater and construction material, and the potential geologic hazards to buildings, roads, bridges, and other installations and structures (AS 41.08.020). The Division views public geologic information as a key element in unlocking our natural resources, protecting communities, and helping Alaska’s economy grow. The Energy Resources Section generates new information about the geologic framework of frontier areas that may host undiscovered oil, gas, coal, and geothermal resources. We’ve recently expanded our work to support lower-carbon energy sources, including geologic CO2 sequestration, and to assess critical minerals in carbon ores required for many clean energy products.
Benefits of Joining Our Team:
The Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys offers ample opportunity for on-the-job training, a flexible work schedule, and partnerships with dedicated colleagues passionate about their work and the Division's mission. Staff are encouraged to learn and grow through work activities, from each other’s experiences, and via structured training in technical/science topics. Participation in conferences and workshops also provides opportunities for professional development. This position is eligible to accrue flex time during summer fieldwork, which can be used later for personal leave. The Geothermal Program is part of the Energy Resources Section, which includes dedicated staff who work together as a team to meet project and program goals that benefit the state of Alaska and its residents.
The Working Environment You Can Expect:
This Geologist 3 position may be located at the Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys' (DGGS) Geologic Materials Center (GMC) in Anchorage or at DGGS's Fairbanks office. The Geothermal Program Manager is currently based in Fairbanks. Either location is close to two of the state's main universities, providing opportunities to engage with the broader Earth Science community. The GMC is a state-of-the-art facility; members of the Energy Section regularly utilize this facility to sample cores or teach workshops. The daily work environment is open and collegial, allowing for collaboration and coordination among the entire DGGS staff. Program activities may also include the opportunity to interact with Alaska Native community members.
We are looking for a candidate who possesses the following position-specific competencies.
- Geology: Knowledge of the concepts, principles, and theories of the origins and structure of the earth, including the physical forces that have shaped it and its physical and organic history.
- Oral and Written Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
- Scientific Research: Knowledge of the concepts, principles, and theories of scientific principles related to environmental, ecological, biological, or physical science and the methods, and processes used to conduct a systematic and objective inquiry; including study design, collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; and the reporting of results.
- Partnering: Develops networks and builds alliances; collaborates across boundaries to build strategic relationships and achieve common goals.
- Project Management: Knowledge of the principles, methods, or tools for developing, scheduling, coordinating, and managing projects and resources, including monitoring and inspecting costs, work, and contractor performance.
Minimum Qualifications
Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:
- A bachelor's degree from an accredited college in geology, geophysics, geochemistry, geological engineering, engineering geology, or any of their subdivisions, including mining engineering. AND
- Two years of entry professional level experience in geology, geophysics, geochemistry, geological engineering, engineering geology, or any of their subdivisions, including mining engineering. This experience is met by service as a Geologist 1 with the State of Alaska or the equivalent with another employer. OR
- One year of journey professional level experience in geology, geophysics, geochemistry, geological engineering, engineering geology, or any of their subdivisions, including mining engineering. This experience is met by service as a Geologist 2 with the State of Alaska or the equivalent with another employer. OR
- A master's degree from an accredited college in geology, geophysics, geochemistry, geological engineering, engineering geology, or any of their subdivisions, including mining engineering.
Equivalent combinations of professional experience and graduate-level education in the geoscience fields described above are acceptable and will be considered as follows: 24 graduate semester hours=one full year of graduate education=one full year of professional experience.
Additional Required Information *Please see the website for all details
Geothermal Operations Engineer
Gradient Geothermal
Geothermal Operations Engineer
Denver, CO
Position still open 5/17/2026
Job description
Gradient Geothermal is seeking a talented and dedicated Systems or Facilities Engineer with a strong focus on design and on-site operations to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will play a critical role in the design, implementation, and maintenance of geothermal energy systems and safe facilities. This position requires a blend of technical expertise, project management skills, and hands-on operational experience, with national and international travel of 20-30% to client sites and operational locations.
Key Responsibilities
Design & Engineering:
- Develop detailed designs for geothermal energy systems, including well field layout, piping, and plant facilities.
- Utilize advanced software tools and simulation models to optimize system performance and efficiency.
- Prepare engineering drawings, specifications, and technical documentation, including assisting in creating company specifications.
- Develop and maintain documentation for standard operating procedures (SOPs) and ensure that teams are trained and compliant with established processes.
Project Management:
- Lead and manage projects from conception through commissioning, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams, including geologists, environmental scientists, and customer construction personnel.
- Monitor project progress, identify potential issues, and implement corrective actions as necessary.
- Manage and oversee the implementation of new technologies and tools to enhance process efficiency and overall organizational performance.
On-Site Operations:
- With safety top of mind, oversee on-site installation, commissioning, and testing of geothermal systems and facilities.
- Ensure compliance with safety standards, regulatory requirements, and company policies.
- Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues that arise during construction and operational phases.
Maintenance & Optimization:
- Develop and implement maintenance schedules and procedures to ensure the long-term reliability and efficiency of geothermal systems.
- Conduct performance analysis and recommend improvements to enhance system performance and reduce operational costs.
- Provide training and support to on-site personnel.
Collaboration & Communication:
- Liaise with clients, stakeholders, and regulatory bodies to ensure project alignment and compliance.
- Prepare and present technical reports, project updates, and feasibility studies to internal and external stakeholders.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the engineering team.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems/Process Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum of 4 years of experience in the design, construction, and operation of HVAC (or similar) facilities, piping, pumps and heat exchangers.
- Strong knowledge of geothermal energy technologies, including direct use applications and geothermal power plants.
- Proficiency in engineering design software (e.g., AutoCAD, SolidWorks, MATLAB).
- Excellent project management skills with a proven track record of successfully managing complex projects.
- Strong problem-solving abilities and hands-on technical skills.
- High level of accuracy in following procedures and documenting operations.
- Vigilance in monitoring operations and identifying potential issues.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Willingness to travel to project sites as needed (Travel is national and international, 30%-40%).
- Strong entrepreneurial drive and self-motivation to help grow the company in a dynamic environment.
Physical Requirements:
- Must be able to climb stairs and work in severe weather conditions.
- Good physical condition and stamina.
- Ability to work in challenging environments (e.g., remote locations, harsh weather).
- The ability to lift at least 20 pounds in awkward positions and 50 pounds from the floor to the waist.
Other Requirements:
- Willingness to travel to remote locations.
- Valid driver’s license and passport.
- Flexibility to work irregular hours.
- Ability to pass a background check and drug screening.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary.
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Flexible work environment with a focus on work-life balance.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates are invited to submit their resume, cover letter, and a portfolio of relevant work to: INFO@GradientGeothermal.com. Please include "Operations Engineer Application" in the subject line. Please consider applying if you do not meet all of the qualifications but are excited by the challenge and are passionate about our mission. Check LinkedIn for Easy Apply
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Gradient Geothermal is an equal-opportunity employer and values diversity in our workforce. We encourage all qualified individuals to apply, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status. If accommodation is required during any stage of the recruitment process, please contact any member of the Management team.
Join us in shaping the future of renewable energy and making a lasting impact on our planet.
GIS Analyst 3 - Geothermal GIS Analyst
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
GIS Analyst 3
Anchorage or Fairbanks, AK
Position still open 4/17/2026
What You Will Be Doing:
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) is seeking a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) professional to join our new Geothermal Energy team. The successful applicant for this GIS Analyst 3 position will collaborate with geologists to collect and analyze geothermal data and lead efforts to organize and catalogue data in appropriate databases. They will also perform geospatial data analysis and processing, web app development, and remote sensing data assessment to help characterize Alaska's geothermal energy resource potential. An important objective of the program is to make relevant data accessible to stakeholders, attract exploration investment, and promote development success. If you're interested in applied science and working in some of the most remote areas in North America, please consider applying for this exciting position and help Alaska chart a sustainable future! This position has confirmed funding until June 30, 2027; additional program support will be pursued but cannot be guaranteed.
Mission and Values/Culture:
The Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys is a dynamic agency focusing on applied geoscience research to benefit Alaska and its residents. The agency's mission is to determine the potential of Alaska lands for the production of metals, minerals, fuels, and geothermal resources, the locations and supplies of groundwater and construction material, and the potential geologic hazards to buildings, roads, bridges, and other installations and structures (AS 41.08.020). The Division views public geologic information as a key element in unlocking our natural resources, protecting communities, and helping Alaska’s economy grow. The Energy Resources Section generates new information about the geologic framework of frontier areas that may host undiscovered oil, gas, coal, and geothermal resources. We’ve recently expanded our work to support lower-carbon energy sources, including geologic CO2 sequestration, and to assess critical minerals in carbon ores required for many clean energy products.
Benefits of Joining Our Team:
The Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys offers ample opportunity for on-the-job training, a flexible work schedule, and partnerships with dedicated colleagues passionate about their work and the Division's mission. Staff are encouraged to learn and grow through work activities, from each other’s experiences, and via structured training in technical/science topics. Participation in conferences and workshops also provides opportunities for professional development. This position is eligible to accrue flex time during fieldwork, which can be used later for personal leave. The Geothermal Program is part of the Energy Resources Section, which includes dedicated staff who work together as a team to meet project and program goals that benefit the state of Alaska and its residents.
The Working Environment You Can Expect:
This GIS Analyst 3 position may be located at the Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys' (DGGS) Fairbanks office or at the Geologic Materials Center (GMC) in Anchorage. The Geothermal Program Manager is currently based in Fairbanks. Either location is close to two of the state's main universities, providing opportunities to engage with the broader Earth Science community. The GMC is a state-of-the-art facility; members of the Energy Section regularly utilize this facility to sample cores or teach workshops. The daily work environment is open and collegial, allowing for collaboration and coordination among the entire DGGS staff. Program activities may also include the opportunity to interact with Alaska Native community members.
We are looking for a candidate who possesses the following position-specific competencies.
- Oral and Written Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
- Earth Science: Knowledge of interdisciplinary disciplines associated with the earth’s composition, structure, or other physical aspects, including atmosphere.
- Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
Minimum Qualifications
Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:
- Accountability: Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Determines objectives, sets priorities, and delegates work. Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions. Complies with established control systems and rules. Database Management Systems: Knowledge of the uses of database management systems and software to control the organization, storage, retrieval, security, and integrity of data.
- Decision Making: Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.
- Geospatial Science – Knowledge of the concepts, principles, theories, and methods related to the collection, storage, analysis, visualization, and distribution of geographic based data and maps.
- Technical Competence: Uses knowledge that is acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform one's job; works with, understands, and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues.
Equivalent to those typically gained by:
Any combination of preparatory post-secondary education and/or progressively responsible experience in geographic information systems (GIS) operations, data collection, cartography, computer science, geography, or related field.
Special Note:
“Competencies” means a combination of interrelated knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation.
“Typically gained by” means the prevalent, usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.
“Training” and “education” in this guidance are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, on-line, self-study, and on-the-job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long-duration (such as a post-secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) programs.
“Progressively responsible” means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility.
Additional Required Information *Please see the website for all details
Interconnection & Transmission Manager
Zanskar
Interconnection & Transmission Manager
Location: Salt Lake City, UT. Possibly open to remote or hybrid
Hours: Full Time; Salaried Hybrid
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Manager: Ryan McGraw
Position still open 4/17/2026
Geothermal energy is the most abundant renewable energy source in the world. However, historically, it’s been hard to find and expensive to develop. At Zanskar, we’re using better technology to find and develop new geothermal resources in order to make geothermal a cost-effective and vital contributor to a carbon-free energy future. We are revolutionizing the exploration process, setting new industry standards for discovery rates and finding new prospects at an unprecedented scale.
The growing development team at Zanskar is advancing a multi-gigawatt portfolio of firm, carbon-free energy projects. We have submitted a number of interconnection requests to date, with many more to come. In addition, we are requesting firm transmission rights across WECC. We need your help to build our strategy for interconnection and transmission, file applications, manage processes, and ensure timely outcomes to deliver our projects on-time. You’ll be working in close coordination with teams across Zanskar as well as third-party consultants in preparation for managing all things interconnection and transmission across WECC.
Outcomes - Problems you’ll solve
Success in this role includes obtaining interconnection and transmission rights for Zanskar’s geothermal projects that align with our goals to place these projects in-service. This will require cross-functional alignment with our teams, building a plan for when, where, and how to file new requests, and building key relationships at the utilities we partner with.
Primary Duties will Include:
- Develop and execute an interconnection strategy across WECC and CAISO, with an eye toward expanding Zanskar’s footprint in other markets across the US;
- Lead queue submissions, study analyses, and negotiations relating to interconnection and transmission;
- Lead technical diligence efforts on potential acquisitions of 3rd party projects;
- Oversee technical analysis performed in-house and/or via external consultants in order to drive business decisions and increase the value and viability of Zanskar’s queue positions;
- Engage directly with transmission owners, utilities, ISOs, and regulatory stakeholders;
- Attend meetings pertaining to transmission planning on Zanskar’s behalf to understand and communicate current and pending changes in market structures and ensuing strategies for success;
- Track timeline and budget for each interconnection and transmission request and provide clear recommendations on whether to proceed with requests at appropriate milestones, including a transparent description of associated risks.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Zanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws.
Location and Benefits
- The position is located in Salt Lake City, UT (possibly open to remote or hybrid)
- Full Time; Salaried
- Paid holidays, and 18 days PTO
- Medical, dental, vision coverage
- 401k
- Paid Parental Leave
- A direct impact in displacing carbon emissions, and growth opportunities in a growing startup environment
All Candidates Require:
- BS in related field; Masters in a relevant subject area a plus
- 5+ years of interconnection or transmission project leadership, with direct experience in WECC and/or CAISO
The Ideal Candidate Should Demonstrate:
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Strong project management, team leadership and technical writing/communications skills
- Entrepreneurial and collaborative spirit with team-player mentality and ability to lead cross-functionally
- Top-notch communication skills allowing for cross-functional leadership, excellent stakeholder engagement, and providing clear and compelling recommendations to management
- Success leading interconnection requests and/or firm PTP transmission service requests
- Familiarity creating desktop-level reviews for project viability pertaining to interconnection and transmission
Interested in Employment with Zanskar?
Zanskar
Name your Role
Salt Lake City, Utah
Define your role / Full Time / Hybrid
Positions still open 4/17/2026
Are you really excited about Zanskar, but don't see a job that fits you? Please apply anyway!
We need extremely talented people of many backgrounds, to take on tasks as we continue to expand Zanskar. Our company is always looking to bring on great teammates who are passionate about our mission and want to bring their expertise to help us change the global energy landscape. If you don’t see a role that fits your passion, please feel free to let us know. We look forward to hearing from you and will reach out when there’s a good fit with our team.
If you have something unique to add to Zanskar, we'd like to hear from you. Use the "Apply for this Role" button to submit a cover letter, a resume, and let us get to know you better.
Location
The position will be located in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Zanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws.
Please reach out to careers@zanskar.us with any questions.
Operations & Maintenance Technician
Ormat Technologies, Inc
Operations & Maintenance Technician
Renewable Power and Energy Solutions
Philadelphia, US, 19103
Position still open 4/17/2026
Overview
This position is responsible for general operations and maintenance support in order to maintain high plant availability including condition monitoring and optimization, development and implementation of best practices for predictive and preventative maintenance, development of maintenance management system, develop and maintain critical spares program, and remote monitoring of asset health. This position will be based at one of several California plant locations which will be supported.
Responsibilities
- Thorough understanding of battery operation to include start-up, shutdown and emergency operational actions.
- Perform both routine and non-routine preventative and corrective maintenance on plant equipment.
- Make plant rounds, log equipment operating parameters and make adjustments on equipment as required.
- Schedule and coordinate field related activities in conjunction with the operations management.
- Requisition and assist in ordering and receiving plant materials.
- Represent the Company with vendors and regulators as assigned.
- The ability to respond calmly and think clearly in emergency situations and quickly access all areas of the plants.
- Evaluates and finds causes for equipment, procedural, and conditional control systems inefficiencies.
- The ability to respond calmly and think clearly in emergency situations and quickly access all areas of the plants.
- Strictly adhere to and enforce safety procedures as required by VESI, NFPA70E, and OSHA.
- Work with contractors and other temporary labor during on site activities.
- Use installed and portable test equipment, technical manuals, system drawings and electrical schematics to troubleshoot equipment and systems.
- Field equipment programming and troubleshooting.
- Must be able to operate a vehicle in a safe manner, enter and exit vehicle without assistance, remain alert while driving for continuous period of time and read and understand maps.
- The position requires being on-call to troubleshoot remotely if required.
- Must be able to travel overnight approximately 25% of the time out of the office by air, train or auto.
Other Responsibilities
- Must be able to climb ladders, climb to and work off of elevated platforms, ladders and walkways.
- Maintain trend reports on equipment operation for assigned system.
- Jobsite duties require sitting and/or standing for long periods of time with moderate bending, stooping, and kneeling.
- Complete various plant reports.
- Perform other duties and projects as assigned.
Requirements
- High school diploma with at least two (2) years of technical training in operations and routine maintenance of battery storage, power plants and four years of experience working in a power plant or an equivalent environment.
- Thorough knowledge of operating a power plant or battery storage facility.
- Thorough knowledge and/or background for operating and maintaining mechanical
- and/or electrical systems. Ability to maintain electrical systems is preferred.
- Knowledge and understanding of PLC based instrumentation and control systems. Ability to troubleshoot, repair and calibrate is preferred.
- Ability to understand engineering design drawings, vendor equipment drawings and technical information.
- Proficient in the use of hand tools, power tools and test equipment normally used in a power plant environment.
- Thorough knowledge of plant hazards and safety requirements.
- Thorough knowledge of computer based preventive maintenance programs.
- Computer literate in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and various other programs.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Must possess at any time a valid driver’s license with a driving record acceptable to ORMAT’s auto insurance carrier
- Ability to make effective long term and instantaneous decisions
- Ability to solve problems
- Attention to detail
- Use discretion to balance competing priorities
- Familiarity with standard power plant PPE and its proper use
- Available for off shift call in
- Will often work independently and be the only company person on site
- May be called upon to travel to other company sites
Physical Requirements
- Occasionally perform heavy lifting up to 75 pounds
- Must be able to frequently climb to and work off of elevated platforms, ladders and walkways
- Must be able to work in confined spaces and in harsh weather conditions
- Must be able to wear a variety of protective equipment
- This job requires sitting 30% of the time and standing 70%
- The ability to work at a computer and computer monitor for long periods of time and stay alert
Plant Manager
Calpine Corporation
Plant Manager-Power Operations
Requisition Number OPERA007892
Middletown, CA 95461, USA
Position still open 4/17/2026
Calpine Corporation is America's largest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources with operations in competitive power markets. Its fleet of 77 power plants in operation represents over 27,000 megawatts of generation capacity. Through wholesale power operations and its retail businesses, Calpine serves customers in 22 states and Canada. Its clean, efficient, modern and flexible fleet uses advanced technologies to generate power in a low-carbon and environmentally responsible manner.
The company was established on the premise that a strong commitment to the environment is inextricably linked to excellence in power generation and corporate responsibility. Since its founding in 1984, Calpine has led the power industry in its unwavering commitment to environmental stewardship. In addition, its renewable geothermal plants use steam generated deep below the earth's surface to produce clean, renewable electricity.
Job Summary: (includes but is not limited to the following, other duties may be assigned)
Responsible for the day-to-day operations and maintenance of a single plant facility including managing, directing, planning, and coordinating total power plant operations; monitors plan performance and corrects abnormalities. Specific responsibilities include overall human resources responsibility for supervisory leadership, operations and maintenance personnel and all sub-contractors with authority to hire and terminate employees, setting maintenance schedule and conducting routine maintenance, and managing ongoing training programs. Manages plant business and budget issues with home office interface. Proposes and implements equipment modifications and plant improvements. Implements, manages, maintains, and updates all plant procedures, site policies, training and safety programs and work practices. Maintains safe and efficient operations of the facility, including accountability for regulatory compliance with all local, State, and Federal regulations.
The Plant Manager is highly visible in the community, responsible for public relations and community interaction. The position is responsible for local interactions with customers including steam host and utility.
Job Responsibilities
- Accomplishes work through others. Manages the overall operations and maintenance of a single plant facility with an operational focus.
- Manages employees performing related duties including full human resources, cost and budgetary accountabilities.
- Decisions typically related to resources, project approach, and tactical operations.
- Results have significant impact on costs and the achievement of function objectives or project-based goals.
- Makes decisions for large-scale projects, a closely related set of projects and initiatives involving own and possibly related functional areas.
- Receives assignments in the form of objectives and determines tactical approach, resources, schedules, and goals.
- Works within general guidelines; applies advanced technical knowledge to solve moderately complex problems for a function.
- Manages a single function or portion of a department. Regularly manages large-scale projects/activities or a very closely related set of projects/activities.
- Responsible for performance reviews, promotional decisions, and pay actions for support and professional levels.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent.
- Previous work leadership experience including a minimum of 5 years supervisory/managerial experience.
- Typically requires minimum of 10+ years with a detailed understanding of electrical generation power plants, including startup, operations, and maintenance of power plant equipment.
Salary Information
Salary Range - $149.739.00 - $190,918.00
Additional Calpine Information:
- Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities.
- Calpine is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment and need special assistance or an accommodation to use our website or to apply for a position, please send an e-mail with your request to hrrecruitment@calpine.com. Determination on requests for reasonable accommodation are made on case-by-case basis.
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Plant Operator
Ormat Technologies, Inc
Plant Operator
Renewable Power and Energy Solutions
Fallon, NV, US, 89406
Position still open 4/17/2026
Overview
The primary responsibility of a Plant Operator is to ensure that the operation of the power plant is safely and efficiently carried out in accordance with Plant Safety Procedures and Standard Operating Procedures. Additional duties include; monitoring plant systems and equipment on a continuous basis, and responding to alarms and out-of-specification parameters by taking appropriate corrective action.
Responsibilities
- Strictly adhere to and enforce safety procedures and successfully complete operator safety qualifications within the designated timeframes.
- Control a variety of power-generation equipment and machinery during normal operation, scheduled maintenance, and emergency repair procedures.
- Review routine operating data troubleshoot abnormal indications and take corrective actions.
- Utilize a variety of analog and digital informational displays to understand operational performance variables, maintain a chronological log of plant activities and ensure optimal level of production.
- Participate in the planning and scheduling of plant activities.
- Prepare, review, edit, and recommend operating procedures.
- Perform preventive maintenance tasks (PM’s).
- Perform fire equipment testing.
- Assist with equipment isolation, evacuation and lockout/tagouts.
- Must be able to operate a vehicle in a safe manner, enter and exit vehicle without assistance.
- Must be able to remain alert while driving for continuous period of time and read and understand maps.
- Must be able to work overtime, weekends and holidays when necessary.
- Must be able to work 12-hour rotating shifts and cover call outs as required.
- Must be able to read and follow written procedures.
- Must be able to interpret mechanical process and electrical drawings.
- Monitor meters, gauges, and control boards to verify operational parameters, and adjust equipment, generator output, voltage, and electricity flow rates according to standard protocols and power grid requirements.
- Attends monthly safety and Operator training as required.
- Participate in regular training to improve performance, acquire professional licenses, and maintain certifications required by Ormat and government regulations.
- When assigned as a Plant Operator 2,3, or 4:
- Successfully complete the Plant Operator 2 qualifications within the designated timeframes.
- Collaborate with contractors and vendors for all activities.
- When assigned as a Plant Operator 3 or 4:
- Successfully complete the Plant Operator 3 qualifications within the designated timeframes.
- Collaborate with contractors and vendors for all activities.
- Take readings and enter data into the plant computer.
- Participate in the administrative maintenance of the plant operating manuals.
- Direct activities and assist in training plant operators.
- Review station and equipment logs.
- Respond to plant recovery following upsets.
- Maintain proficiency in the operation of the plant.
- Assure that the plant meets its generation requirements while operating in a safe and efficient manner.
- Perform Shift Supervisor duties when needed.
- Communicate clearly and effectively with other power plant personnel, including managers, engineers and repair technicians to encourage teamwork and coordinate tasks.
Other Responsibilities:
- Performs environmental and general housekeeping duties.
- Perform other duties as directed.
Requirements
- Ability to understand procedures and instructions to the areas of assignment as would be acquired in four years of high school.
- Must be able to read, write and speak English at a level which will permit the employee to accurately understand and communicate information to perform the job duties safely and efficiently.
- Must possess a valid driver’s license with a driving record acceptable to Ormat’s Safe Driving policy.
- Must be able to use and acquire knowledge of a variety of computer software applications in e-mail communications and spreadsheets. Must be proficient in MS Excel, Outlook, and use of the Internet.
- Must be able to effectively communicate both orally and in writing.
Experience:
Plant Operator 2:
- Six (6) months of experience as a Plant Operator 1 or demonstrated ability to perform the Plant Operator 1 tasks with little or no supervision.
Plant Operator 3:
- Must have one (1) year experience as a Plant Operator 2 or demonstrated ability to perform the Plant Operator 2 and Plant Operator 3 tasks with little or no supervision.
- Leadership skills of supervisory experience with the ability to move into a shift supervisor role is a plus.
Plant Operator 4:
- Must have one (1) year experience as a Plant Operator 3 or demonstrated ability to perform the Plant Operator 3 and Plant Operator 4 tasks with little or no supervision.
Physical Requirements:
- The ability to lift 50 lbs. periodically.
- Must be able to frequently climb to and work off of elevated platforms, ladders and walkways.
- Must be able to work in confined spaces and in harsh weather conditions.
- Must be able to wear and work in fire retardant clothing provided by Ormat.
- Must wear protective equipment in the performance of some duties as required by safety procedures and regulations.
- Plant Operator 1 & 2: This job requires sitting 30% of the time and standing 70%.
- Plant Operator 3 & 4: This job requires sitting 80% of the time with the ability to stay alert.
Nearest Major Market: Reno
Reservoir Engineering Manger
Fervo Energy
Reservoir Engineering Manager
Houston, TX
Full Time
Position still open 5/18/2026
Fervo Energy is developing the world’s largest enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) and is seeking a Reservoir Engineering Manager to lead reservoir engineering efforts supporting the development of our geothermal assets. This role will be responsible for ensuring technical rigor in reservoir modeling, stimulation design, production forecasting, and wellfield development planning while mentoring and guiding the reservoir engineering team. The Reservoir Engineering Manager will work closely with geology, drilling, completions, power generation, and commercial teams to translate subsurface understanding into optimized field development strategies. The ideal candidate is a strong technical reservoir engineer with unconventional development experience who enjoys mentoring engineers, challenging technical assumptions, and working collaboratively across disciplines to solve complex subsurface problems. The Reservoir Engineering Manager will report directly to the Director of Resource.
Responsibilities
- Reservoir Engineering Leadership Lead and mentor the reservoir engineering team, fostering a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Provide technical oversight and quality control of reservoir engineering analyses, models, forecasts, and development recommendations.
- Ensure reservoir engineering work meets high technical standards and supports efficient decision-making across development teams.
- Stewardship of data acquisition activities, budget, and AFE’s.
- Development Planning and Optimization Lead reservoir engineering contributions to wellfield development planning, including well spacing, stimulation strategies, production forecasting, and long-term resource management.
- Integrate geological, geomechanical, operational, and production data to optimize field development strategies.
- Evaluate development scenarios and provide recommendations that balance technical performance, operational risk, and economic outcomes.
- Stimulation Design and Reservoir Performance Collaborate with completions engineers to evaluate and optimize stimulation designs for enhanced geothermal wells.
- Analyze stimulation performance using field data, modeling, and diagnostic testing to improve future well designs.
- Support development of stimulation strategies that maximize reservoir connectivity and long-term productivity.
- Reservoir Modeling and Simulation Lead development and application of reservoir simulation and fracture modeling tools to support field development decisions.
- Integrate geologic, geomechanical, and production data into reservoir models used for development planning and forecasting.
- Conduct sensitivity analyses to understand uncertainty and optimize well and stimulation designs.
- Data Acquisition and Reservoir Diagnostics Design subsurface data acquisition strategies to reduce development uncertainty and improve reservoir understanding.
- Evaluate and integrate diagnostic data including fiber optics, microseismic monitoring, tracer testing, and pressure transient analysis.
- Ensure data acquisition programs provide actionable insights that improve development outcomes.
- Production Forecasting and Reserves Develop and maintain production forecasts to support development planning and commercial decisions.
- Perform production analysis and reservoir simulation to understand well performance and guide future development.
- Support reserves evaluation and resource assessment activities.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration Work closely with geology, drilling, completions, and power generation teams to ensure alignment between subsurface understanding and development execution.
- Partner with finance and commercial teams to support development economics and investment decisions.
- Present reservoir engineering insights and recommendations to senior leadership.
- Continuous Improvement and Innovation Identify opportunities to improve reservoir engineering workflows, modeling approaches, and development strategies.
- Evaluate and implement emerging technologies that enhance reservoir understanding and development efficiency.
Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Geological Engineering, or related discipline.
• 8+ years of reservoir engineering experience in oil & gas or geothermal development.
• Strong experience supporting field development planning and production forecasting in unconventional or complex reservoirs.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership.
• Experience working in cross-disciplinary development teams including geology, drilling, completions, and operations.
• Proficiency with reservoir and fracture simulation tools such as ResFrac, CMG, Eclipse, Intersect, GOHFER, StimPlan, Kinetix, FracOptima, or similar.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate technical analyses into actionable development decisions.
• Experience with data analytics, machine learning, or Python-based workflows for subsurface analysis.
Preferred Qualifications
• Master’s or PhD in Engineering or related technical discipline.
• Experience in unconventional reservoir development or enhanced geothermal systems.
• Experience integrating geomechanics into reservoir and fracture modeling workflows.
• Familiarity with fiber-optic diagnostics, microseismic monitoring, and other subsurface diagnostic technologies.
Benefits
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: $180,000-$220,000 based on Colorado locality, pay in other locations may vary.
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.
Location
Fervo Energy is headquartered in Houston, TX, with growing offices in Golden, CO, Reno, NV, and Oakland, CA, and Salt Lake City, UT. This position will be eligible for some hybrid work flexibility, but regular in-office presence at the Golden or Houston office will be required.
Reservoir Engineer - Operational Exploration
Fervo Energy
Reservoir Engineer - Operational Exploration
Any Fervo Office Location
Position still open 5/18/2026
Fervo’s Mission is to use innovation in geoscience to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy. To accomplish that goal, Fervo has developed groundbreaking technology solutions that have advanced the state-of-the-art of geothermal energy decades ahead of schedule, including the world’s most successful commercial enhanced geothermal system completed in 2023. Fervo has raised nearly $2 billion from leading investors and has secured a multi-billion dollar project pipeline to meet the world’s growing need for 24/7 carbon free energy. Join us and work alongside world-class engineers, researchers, investors, and developers in making geothermal a key pillar of our climate-friendly energy future.
Description
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 Reservoir Engineer focused on field diagnostics and exploration means owning well performance evaluation from test design through interpretation and applying those learnings to prospect maturation and development strategy. This role provides technical guidance, independent evaluation, and analytical support to Resource and Exploration teams. The position is ideal for an engineer who enjoys synthesizing complex diagnostic data, establishing best practices, and informing investment and development decisions across a portfolio.
This position collaborates closely with Resource, Geoscience, D&C, and Development teams to review plans, interpret results, and provide recommendations that inform execution and portfolio decisions.
Responsibilities
Reservoir Engineering Ownership
- Advise Resource teams on the design and objectives of diagnostic programs, including pressure transient tests, interference tests, DFITs, step-rate tests, and completion step-down tests.
- Independently review and interpret pressure, rate, and temperature data to assess reservoir properties, fracture behavior, and well performance.
- Evaluate crossflow behavior, injector–producer connectivity, and reservoir compartmentalization to inform development strategy.
- Provide guidance on lateral rate distribution and zonal performance diagnostics (e.g., PLT/DTS/DAS, tracer programs).
- Review completion step-down tests, injection/falloff programs, and stimulation diagnostics to assess near-wellbore and fracture performance.
- Support Exploration teams in prospect screening, reservoir characterization, and early-stage risk assessment.
- Provide input on location selection and wellbore targeting based on structural, thermal, and permeability models.
- Define minimum viable data acquisition strategies to evaluate new prospects efficiently and reduce uncertainty.
- Deliver clear technical recommendations to asset teams to guide optimization, stimulation strategy, and injection management.
- Promote consistent diagnostic standards and interpretation methodologies across projects.
- Partner with D&C to refine stage design, cluster efficiency, and stimulation strategy based on observed performance.
- Integrate diagnostic findings into reservoir models and development plans.
Team and Culture
- Operate with technical independence and objectivity while maintaining strong collaborative relationships with asset teams.
- Provide constructive challenge and thoughtful recommendations grounded in data and engineering principles.
- Balance rigor with pragmatism in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
- Contribute to a culture of transparency, consistency, and continuous improvement across the portfolio.
- Be responsive and reliable in remote settings, maintaining momentum without requiring constant oversight.
- Adapt quickly to shifting priorities, new data, and evolving project scopes.
Qualifications
Required
- B.S. in Engineering (Petroleum, Mechanical, Chemical, or related discipline).
- 4+ years of experience in reservoir engineering, well testing, production engineering, or a related subsurface role; advanced degree may be considered in lieu of experience.
- Strong understanding of fluid flow in porous and fractured media.
- Experience interpreting pressure transient tests (drawdown, buildup, interference, falloff).
- Experience with DFIT analysis and fracture gradient estimation.
- Familiarity with injection/production diagnostics and completion evaluation.
- Ability to assess subsurface uncertainty and communicate risk clearly.
- Strong analytical, synthesis, and communication skills.
Preferred
- Experience in geothermal reservoir engineering, enhanced geothermal systems (EGS), or unconventional resource development.
- Experience supporting multiple assets or working in a centralized technical team.
- Familiarity with fracture-dominated or thermally driven systems.
- Experience integrating diagnostic insights into reservoir simulation or forecasting workflows.
- Experience contributing to exploration screening or prospect maturation processes.
- Ability to translate detailed technical analysis into executive-level summaries.
Location
Fervo Energy is headquartered in Houston, TX, with growing offices in Golden, CO, Reno, NV, and Oakland, CA, and Salt Lake City, UT. This position will be eligible for some hybrid work flexibility, but regular in-office presence at the Golden or Houston office will be required.
Compensation & Benefits
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: $135,000-$195,000 based on Colorado locality, pay in other locations may vary.
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.
Research Chemical Engineer
Eavor
Research Chemical Engineer
Technology R&D - Calgary, Alberta (Hybrid)
Department: Drilling Technology Development
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Reports to: Chief Technologies Officer (CTO)
Salary Range: $125,008- $130,000 (To be negotiated) / 40.00 hours per week
Language of Work: English
Starts as soon as possible
Position still open 4/17/2026
Eavor Technologies Inc. is looking for a Research Chemical Engineer to join our Technology Research & Development team. This dynamic role combines technical expertise with project management and strategic alignment. The successful candidate will play a key role in bridging research, product development, and business objectives—ensuring innovation initiatives are effectively managed from concept to execution. Responsibilities will also include oversight of intellectual property activities and the R&D budget.
Based in Calgary, Alberta, and working closely with a multidisciplinary, international team, you will help advance the development of the world’s first closed-loop geothermal system. This permanent full-time, in-office position is located in Calgary, with limited travel required based on business needs. To learn more about our mission and projects, please visit Eavor’s website or our LinkedIn page.
Some of What you Will Do (Tasks)
- Conduct research into the development or improvement of chemical engineering processes, reactions and materials
- Participate in interdisciplinary research and development projects
- Plan and manage budgets
- Review and adapt information regarding product innovations, competitors and market conditions
- Co-ordinate project
- Prepare funding and grant applications and proposals
Job Duties
- Project Management: Leading product development research; Create and maintain standardized project workflows for other research projects within the team in collaboration with project leads; Collaborate with leaders of each work stream and technical staff to ensure project milestones and deadlines are tracked and delivered
- Intellectual Property Management: Monitor and track patent action items, working closely with legal counsel and the technology team to ensure Intellectual Property (IP) deliverables and deadlines are met ; Manage IP Committee process; Manage internal IP database
- Manage Finance Interface: Build 2025 R&D budget and track, report, and manage spending vs budget; Lead development of external funding applications for R&D; Budget projection and reporting
- Competitor Intelligence: Lead competitor analysis
- Documentation and Reporting
Must-Have Qualifications:
• Earned doctorate (Ph.D) degree - Chemical Engineering
• Experience in materials science, chemistry, or a closely related field
• 3 years to less than 5 years of experience in geothermal energy research or in managing Geothermal research activities
• Proven experience in preparing and submitting funding applications to agencies such as Alberta Innovates, Emissions Reduction Alberta, NSERC, or equivalent
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
Eligible for registration as a Professional Engineer (P. Eng.) by a provincial or territorial association
Experience and specialization
- Computer and technology knowledge
- Business intelligence
- MS Excel
- MS Office
- MS Outlook
- MS PowerPoint
- MS Word
- MS Project
- Jira
Area of work experience:
- Project management
- Research and development
- Product development and formulation
Type of industry experience: Geothermal
Specialization or experience: Materials science chemistry
Area of specialization:
- Industrial chemistry
- Renewable resources
- Materials science
Additional information
- Security and safety
- Criminal record check
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Fast-paced environment
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Personal suitability:
- Accurate
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Team player
Other: PhD in Chemical Engineering req’d; Experience in materials science, chemistry, or closely related field req’d; Minimum of 3 years managing research activities; Proven experience in preparing and submitting funding applications to agencies such as Alberta Innovates, Emissions Reduction Alberta, NSERC, or equivalent; Project management certification (EG> PMP, CAPM) pref’d; Proficiency with project management tools such as Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, Miro, Jira, Notion, or similar pref’d
Who is Eavor Technologies Inc.
Eavor (pronounced “Ever”) is a private company founded in 2017 to develop and commercialize disruptive geothermal technology. We leverage oil and gas technology, along with some proprietary solutions, to create the world’s first closed-loop geothermal system. Eavor has successfully built a prototype demonstration facility (“Eavor-Lite”) in Alberta along with our partners. Working with clients and partners, we are progressing a pipeline of commercial projects in Northern Europe, Canada, The United States, and Japan.
Why Eavor Technologies Inc.?
Our company is committed to providing an environment where we enable quality learning experiences and mentoring with a group of professionals. We will help grow your professional career in our quickly expanding company.
What we bring to the table:
- Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Bonus
- Group insurance benefits
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
Long-term benefits
- Maternity and parental benefits
- Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA)
Other benefits
- Learning/training paid by employer
- On-site recreation and activities
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
- Team building opportunities
Who can apply for this job? You can apply if you are:
- a Canadian citizen
- a permanent resident of Canada
- a temporary resident of Canada with a valid work permit
- Do not apply if you are not authorized to work in Canada. The employer will not respond to your application.
How to apply
- Direct Apply
- By Direct Apply
- Online: https://eavor.com/careers/
How-to-apply instructions: Here is what you must include in your application:
- Cover letter
- Highest level of education and name of institution where it was completed
Eavor Technologies is an equal-opportunity employer, and we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and barrier-free work environment for all employees and candidates. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply and if accommodation is required during any stage of the recruitment process, please contact any member of the Management team. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.)
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Senior Control Systems Engineer
Eavor
Senior Control Systems Engineer
Department: Software Engineering
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Reports To: Director, Software Engineering
Job Type: Full-time
Position still open 4/17/2026
Eavor (pronounced “Ever”) is a private company founded in 2017 to develop and commercialize disruptive geothermal technology. We leverage oil and gas technology, along with proprietary solutions, to create the world’s first closed-loop geothermal system. Eavor has successfully built a prototype demonstration facility (“Eavor-Lite”) in Alberta along with our partners. Working with clients and partners, we are progressing a pipeline of commercial projects in Northern Europe, Canada, the United States, and Japan. Eavor Technologies Inc. is seeking a highly skilled Senior Control Systems Engineer with extensive experience designing and tuning control systems for both individual components and large-scale, integrated systems.
In this role, you will architect the overall control system design and functional specification for a next-generation drilling system, integrating proven technologies with proprietary Eavor innovations. The system will evolve from a minimum viable product with advisory functionality to model-level control, driven by physics-based simulations and informed by real-time telemetry. Your initial deliverable will be an integrated virtual control system model (SIL/HIL/digital twin) used to simulate, validate, and optimize operational procedures. You will collaborate closely with external partners, service providers, and consultants responsible for subsystem controls—ensuring that hierarchical procedures are properly triggered and executed across a wide range of simulated scenarios. The ideal candidate brings strong technical expertise, a systems-thinking mindset, and the ability to integrate complex control architectures into cohesive, scalable designs.
This hybrid role is based in Calgary, Alberta, with occasional travel as required by business needs. We invite you to read more about Eavor at our website or LinkedIn.
Some of What You Will Do
- Define and maintain the overall control system architecture: establish hierarchy, redundancy, communications, and cybersecurity boundaries for integrated operations.
- Lead development of the supervisory control layer: integrate vendor subsystems and manage constraints, coordination logic, and system interactions in alignment with defined Control Law.
- Architect control logic and interlocks: design systems that guide operators naturally toward correct actions and safeguard against unintended behavior.
- Oversee integration and implementation quality: manage partners and vendors to ensure compliance with standards, cybersecurity, and functional acceptance requirements.
- Collaborate across internal and external teams: validate control behavior, interfaces, and hierarchical procedures through simulation, testing, and iterative refinement.
- Support verification and deployment.
Some of What You Will Need
Education & Eligibility
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical, Mechatronics, Mechanical, Chemical, or Controls/Systems Engineering (or equivalent experience).
- 10+ years in controls with significant systems architecture ownership; leadership of multi-discipline projects preferred.
- Eligible for APEGA registration; P.Eng. (or working toward) strongly preferred.
- Eligible to work in Canada.
- Hybrid role in Calgary, Alberta (target 3 days in office); occasional travel to vendor or site for FAT/SAT/commissioning; limited on-call as needed.
Technical Expertise
- Strong understanding of flow control, feedback systems, and integrated facility architecture, including redundancy, networking, and historian integration.
- Working familiarity with industrial control and automation systems sufficient to lead multidisciplinary teams and interface effectively with vendors and integrators.
- Experience with model-based design and simulation (Simulink, Modelica, or equivalent) to validate system behavior and performance.
- Knowledge of industrial communication standards (OPC UA, MQTT Sparkplug, Modbus) and data management systems.
- Understanding of functional safety, cybersecurity, and control system reliability principles (IEC 61511/61508, ISA/IEC 62443).
- Strong communication skills for cross-disciplinary coordination, technical documentation, and stakeholder alignment.
Bonus Experience
- Model predictive control (MPC) or advanced supervisory control strategies.
- Digital twin platforms and physics-based modeling for system validation.
- Analytics-driven or data-informed control optimization approaches.
Why Eavor Technologies Inc.
Our company is committed to providing an environment that enables quality learning experiences and mentoring within a team of professionals. We will help grow your professional career in our quickly expanding company.
What we bring to the table:
- Competitive compensation package including upside opportunity
- Professional development opportunities
- Flexible, hybrid working environment
- Benefits package including health, dental, and life
- Company-sponsored Health Care Spending Account
- Company-sponsored RRSP match program
- Fast-paced, fun, and collaborative working environment
- Company-sponsored professional development
- A team invested in you both personally and professionally
- New and freshly renovated office space including gym membership
- The opportunity to change the world and be part of the evolution of scalable, clean, baseload, and dispatchable power
Eavor Technologies is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to fostering an inclusive and barrier-free work environment for all employees and candidates. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply. If accommodation is required during any stage of the recruitment process, please contact any member of the Management team. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.
Senior Geophysicist
Zanskar
Senior Geophysicist
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Hours: Full Time; Salaried, Hybrid
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Position still open 4/17/2026
Geothermal is abundant but historically hard to find and expensive to develop. Zanskar modernizes geothermal exploration by combining field data collection, advanced imaging, and data science so developers can drill with confidence. Your mission is to detect and characterize the faults that control geothermal fluid flow—with special emphasis on extensional provinces and volcanic terranes where there are many wavefield scatterers, high wavefront attenuation, and often weak impedance contrasts —and to turn active‑source seismic data into drill‑relevant decisions. This role bridges survey design, acquisition, processing, anisotropic depth modeling and imaging, and clear uncertainty communication to internal stakeholders.
Outcomes-- Problems you'll solve
- Design seismic surveys to see reflections from offset strata and/or faults and fault zones. Align survey geometry, near‑surface strategy, and interpretation goals with exploration and reservoir teams so the design maximizes fault detectability.
- Deliver depth‑migrated fault images with stated uncertainty. Run robust land survey workflows (elevation/refraction statics, denoise/ground‑roll attenuation, decon, Q‑comp) and use time-migration for rapid QC and depth migration for final imaging.
- Build reliable velocity models. Iterate with tomography (and FWI where practical); validate with angle‑domain gathers, horizon ties, and well/checkshot control when available; demonstrate depth accuracy fit‑for‑drilling.
- Focus on permeability‑controlling structure. Emphasize fault/fracture characterization and subtle offsets typical of extensional & volcanic settings; produce fault‑focused deliverables and quantify uncertainty.
- Own vendor execution. Draft SoWs with measurable acceptance criteria (e.g., gather flatness, depth mistie budgets, formats, reproducibility); run technical evaluations; lead day‑to‑day QC; sign off on deliverables; integrate external results into Zanskar’s versioned models.
What we're looking for (Required)
- MSc or PhD in Geophysics, Seismology, Physics, Mathematics, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 5+ years in land 2D and/or 3D active‑source design, processing, and depth imaging. With demonstrated fault modeling and/or fault imaging—bonus if completed in extensional settings or volcanic zones (your priority for the role).
- Strong statics and near‑surface model building (refraction; exposure to FWI).
- Proven anisotropic model building (VTI required; TTI strongly preferred) with gather‑based QC (flattening, residual moveout).
- Experience overseeing contractors: writing SoWs, evaluating bids, managing schedule/budget, running acceptance tests, and integrating results
Preferred Experience
- Basin & Range or analogous extensional‑terrain experience.
- FWI for near‑surface/velocity updates; RTM and other novel imaging exposure.
- Cloud/GPU workflows; Python fluency, version control (git) and CI for processing recipes.
Location and Benefits
- The position is based out of our headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is a hybrid position
- Paid Holidays
- 18 days PTO + PTO accrual increase based on tenure
- Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage
- 401k
- Stock Options
- Growth opportunities at a quickly scaling company with a direct impact in displacing carbon emissions
Equal Opportunity Employer
Zanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws.
Senior Geothermal Reservoir Engineer
Zanskar
Title: Senior Geothermal Reservoir Engineer
Hours: Full-Time, Salaried
Location: Salt Lake City, UT, Hybrid (3 days in office, 2 days can be remote)
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Manager: Head of Exploration or Head of Reservoir R&D (depending on applicant’s skillset)
Position still open 4/17/2026
Why we exist
Geothermal energy is the most abundant renewable energy source in the world. There is 2,300 times more energy in geothermal heat in the ground than in oil, gas, coal, and methane combined. However, historically it’s been hard to find and expensive to develop. At Zanskar, we’re building technology to find and develop new geothermal resources in order to make geothermal a cheap and vital contributor to a carbon-free electrical grid.
At Zanskar, we combine deep subsurface expertise with modern data and modeling to improve geothermal discovery and development outcomes. We conduct well tests and build reservoir models to make better calls on well targeting, and field optimization strategy.
Who you are
- The Senior Geothermal Reservoir Engineer will play a critical role in understanding and forecasting geothermal reservoir performance and translating that understanding into field development decisions. A successful candidate will:
- Lead - own reservoir engineering workstreams end-to-end: test planning, execution support, interpretation, model updates, and recommendations.
- Model - move fluently between well test interpretation and numerical simulation, and reconcile mismatches between model predictions and field behavior.
- Collaborate - partner closely with geoscience, drilling, facilities, and operations teams to drive alignment and decision quality.
- Teach - raise the technical bar through strong documentation, clear communication, and mentorship across disciplines.
What you’ll do
- Well test design, execution support, and interpretation
- Plan and oversee well tests and surveillance programs (production tests, injection tests, pressure transient tests, interference tests, falloff/step-rate tests, spinner/PTS campaigns, and tracer tests as appropriate).
- Provide real-time support during tests and interpret results post-test (e.g., permeability-thickness, skin, boundaries, connectivity, injectivity/productivity, and reservoir pressure trends).
- Build repeatable analysis workflows, templates, and QC checks so results are trustworthy and comparable across wells and campaigns.
History matching and integrated reservoir/wellbore modeling
- Build, calibrate, and maintain reservoir models that match observed field history (rates, pressures, temperatures/enthalpy, injectivity/productivity, and tracer/connectivity signals).
- Perform sensitivity and uncertainty analysis; communicate what is known vs. uncertain and what data would most reduce uncertainty.
Forecasting, development planning, and optimization
- Generate production and injectivity forecasts under multiple operational and development scenarios (including uncertainty ranges).
- Evaluate reservoir management strategies (injection allocation, make-up well timing, pump strategies, and remediation options as relevant).
- Translate model outputs into decision-ready recommendations (generation impacts, operational tradeoffs, and key risks).
- Data, tooling, and cross-functional communication
- Maintain high-quality operating datasets and ensure completeness and provenance across test data, production/injection data, and well logs.
- Build lightweight analytics (Python/SQL) to automate recurring analyses and monitoring dashboards.
- Present findings via concise memos and reviews; be the owner of the reservoir narrative that leaders and operators can rely on.
What we’re looking for
- B.S. (or higher) in Reservoir Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Geoscience, or a related field.
- 4+ years of reservoir engineering experience in geothermal and/or analogous subsurface industries (oil & gas, hydrogeology, CCS), with demonstrated ownership of well tests and reservoir modeling work.
Proven excellence in several of the following technical skills:
- Well testing and surveillance: design and interpretation of PTA (build-up, falloff/step-rate), interference/connectivity tests, injectivity/productivity, and tracer-based diagnostics; strong data QC.
- Numerical simulation: develop and update geothermal reservoir models with wellbore models; calibrate against field data and integrate geologic constraints into conceptual and numerical models.
- History matching: ability to adjust parameters systematically, understand non-uniqueness, and communicate uncertainty and model limitations
Forecasting: scenario-based production and injectivity forecasts tied to operational constraints; translate results into actionable field recommendations.
- Cross-functional communication: write clear technical memos, present tradeoffs, and collaborate effectively with operations, drilling, and facilities teams.
- Nice-to-haves: reservoir-surface network integration; probabilistic history matching/optimization workflows; fluency in Python and SQL.
Location and Benefits
- The position is based out of our headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is a hybrid position with periodic travel (~15-30%) to operating geothermal assets.
Benefits include:
- Paid holidays
- 18 days PTO + PTO accrual increase based on tenure
- Medical, dental and vision coverage
- 401k Stock options
- Paid Parental Leave
- Growth opportunities at a company with a direct impact in displacing carbon emissions
Equal Opportunity Employer
Zanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws.
Senior Machine Learning Engineer
Zanskar
Senior Machine Learning Engineer
Title: Senior Machine Learning Engineer
Hours: Full-Time, Salaried
Location: Salt Lake City, UT, On-Site
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Manager: Prospect Generation Manager
Position still open 4/17/2026
Mission – Why we exist and why we need you
Geothermal energy is the most abundant renewable energy source in the world. There is 2,300 times more energy in geothermal heat in the ground than in oil, gas, coal, and methane combined. However, historically it’s been hard to find and expensive to develop. At Zanskar, we’re using better technology to find and develop new geothermal resources in order to make geothermal a cheap and vital contributor to a carbon-free electrical grid. We are revolutionizing the exploration process, setting new industry standards for discovery rates and finding new prospects at an unprecedented scale. To reduce risk and improve outcomes, we rely on novel machine learning modeling.
The Senior Machine Learning Engineer will design, build, and operate production-grade geospatial machine learning models within the Prospect Generation team to uncover hidden geothermal systems and drive real-world exploration decisions. A successful candidate will be a hands-on contributor, an experienced innovator, and a technical leader with an ability to grow deep learning expertise across teams. Strong communication skills are essential, as this role requires close collaboration with research, engineering, geoscience, land, and field teams. Startup experience is a strong plus.
Competencies – What we’re looking for
- 6+ years professional experience in machine learning engineering, preferably in a business environment
Proven technical skills:
- Deep expertise in modern deep learning and statistical methods
- Proven experience developing, deploying, and maintaining production-grade machine learning models
- Strong software and infrastructure fluency. Our tech stack includes Python, SQL, PyTorch, GitHub, and Docker. (Familiarity with GCP, Dagster, Terraform, and QGIS is a plus.)
- Ability to work closely and collaboratively with engineers, domain experts, and non-technical stakeholders
- Strong plus: computer vision expertise; experience with geospatial, remote sensing, or geophysical data
Location and Benefits
- The position is based out of our headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is a hybrid position
Benefits include:
- Paid holidays
- 15 days PTO + PTO accrual increase based on tenure
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401k
- Stock options
- Growth opportunities at a company with a direct impact in displacing carbon emissions
Equal Opportunity Employer
Zanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws.
Structural Geologist
Zanskar
Structural Geologist
Location: Salt Lake Utah
Exploration Full Time Onsite
Position still open 4/17/2026
Geothermal energy is a massive untapped renewable resource, but unlocking it requires knowing where to drill and why. At Zanskar, we’re modernizing geothermal exploration by combining world-class field science with advanced R&D and machine learning to build a smarter, faster, and cheaper way to find and develop geothermal resources.
We’re seeking a Senior Subject Matter Expert in Fault and Fracture Mapping to lead structural interpretation and field-based analysis across our growing geothermal exploration portfolio. Your work will directly shape where and how we drill by identifying and characterizing the structural controls on permeability that make geothermal systems viable. You’ll be a bridge between field geoscience and cutting-edge machine learning tools, helping us turn data into decisions that drive real megawatts onto the grid. Outcomes – Problems you’ll solve You will own the structural framework for Zanskar’s geothermal prospects. Your insights into fault kinematics, fracture networks, and stress regimes will reduce uncertainty, improve drilling outcomes, and accelerate project timelines. You’ll guide field programs to collect meaningful data, translate those findings into 3D geologic models, and work closely with both our Exploration Geologists and R&D team to continuously improve how we identify and characterize geothermal targets.
Responsibilities
- Serve as Zanskar’s technical lead for fault and fracture systems analysis across geothermal projects
- Conduct and lead field-based structural mapping campaigns to characterize fault geometries, surface expressions, and fracture attributes
- Guide the acquisition and interpretation of structural data sets (e.g., LiDAR, drone imagery, field mapping, oriented core, structural logs)
- Build and refine 3D structural models (Leapfrog, Move, or equivalent) to support conceptual reservoir models and drill planning
- Evaluate fault-related permeability potential and fracture connectivity using both field and subsurface datasetsWork closely with Exploration Geologists to synthesize geologic, geophysical, and geochemical inputs into robust conceptual models
- Collaborate with R&D to support the development and training of predictive models using structural and fault datasets
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior geoscientists on structural geology methods and field techniques
- Contribute to generative exploration strategy by identifying high-potential structural settings for new prospect development
- Travel regularly to field sites across the western U.S. (30–40%) to lead structural mapping and support active drilling programs
Experience
- Expert-level knowledge in structural geology, with a focus on fault systems, fracture mechanics, and hydrothermal permeability
- M.S. or Ph.D. in structural geology, tectonics, geomechanics, or a related field
- 7–10+ years of applied field and subsurface experience in structurally complex terrains (geothermal, mineral exploration, petroleum, or related industries)
- Advanced proficiency with 3D structural modeling tools (Leapfrog, Move, Petrel, or similar)
- Demonstrated excellence in field mapping and structural interpretation from multiple data sources
- Strong cross-disciplinary collaboration skills — able to communicate and integrate effectively with geologists, engineers, and data scientists
- Experience designing and executing field programs, managing logistics, and synthesizing results into exploration decisions
- Familiarity with geostatistics, geomechanical modeling, or ML/AI integration into geological workflows is a plus
- Comfortable operating in a fast-moving startup environment with evolving goals and high-impact work
Location and Benefits
- Paid holidays
- 15 days PTO + PTO accrual increase based on tenure
- Medical and dental coverage
- 401k + Match
- Stock options
- Leadership opportunities in a mission-driven company transforming geothermal energy through technology and science
Equal Opportunity Employer Zanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state and local fair employment practice laws.
Talent Acquisition & Comp Lead
Zanskar
Talent Acquisition & Comp Lead
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Hours: Full Time; Salaried, Hybrid
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Position still open 4/17/2026
Geothermal energy is the most abundant renewable energy source in the world. There is 2,300 times more energy in geothermal heat in the ground than in oil, gas, coal, and methane combined. However, historically it’s been hard to find and expensive to develop. At Zanskar, we’re using better technology to find and develop new geothermal resources in order to make geothermal a cheap and vital contributor to a carbon-free electrical grid.
Zanskar grew 50% in the last twelve months and we plan to accelerate that growth. We need a Talent Acquisition & Compensation Lead to build upon and run existing systems to enable faster and more hiring across all our teams, which include software engineers, geophysical experts, geologists, drilling managers, administrators, finance, and more.
The Talent Acquisition & Compensation Lead will be responsible for the recruiting process such as building a healthy pipeline of candidates, managing initial screening and candidate interactions, and ensuring the candidate interactions with the company are smooth. Success will primarily be measured in speed in which we close qualified candidates through a structured process, targeting 5 weeks for time-to-hire. You will build other systems to track and improve our ability to measure recruiting success. Secondarily, the Lead will maintain a longer-term hiring plan and make sure Executive team members and necessary stakeholders are updated on the process. Additionally, the Talent Acquisition & Compensation Lead will support our People Ops function for compensation research and bi-annual comp review.
Key example activities include:
- Maintain and improve scorecards and structured interviews for priority roles; train interviewers and achieve >90% feedback form completion.
- Proactive outreach to qualified candidates for roles based on Hiring Managers’ blueprint of an ideal candidate, in addition to vetting inbounds.
- Maintain / Reduce time-to-accept by ~20% through streamlined stages, calibrated rubrics, and faster decision cycles.
- Support research function for salary bands for ≥80% of roles; introduce offer guardrails within internal salary bands
- Optimize ATS/HRIS configuration; create single source of truth for accepted offers as well as tracking reasons for decline, if applicable.
Competencies – What we’re looking for
- Structured, hypothesis-driven problem solving: You break ambiguous talent and comp challenges into testable hypotheses, quantify tradeoffs, and drive to decisions with clear logic and data.
- Compensation analytics & architecture: Skilled in market pricing, leveling frameworks, salary banding, location differentials, and pay equity analysis; comfortable with messy data and building pragmatic models using tools such as Pave, Mercer, Carta comps, etc.
- Full-funnel talent acquisition craft: You’ve built scalable sourcing strategies for technical and/or niche roles, supported structured interviews, and improved quality-of-hire while keeping time-to-hire to 30 days for traditional roles, 50 days for more niche/technical roles.
- Stakeholder influence & change management: Credible partner to hiring managers; you align on principles, maintain & improve operating mechanisms, and hold teams accountable without creating friction/disrupting HM’s current work-flow.
- Systems fluency & operational rigor: You get leverage from tools ATS/HRIS systems (Lever & Lattice knowledge a plus) and support processes that are simple, compliant, and flexible, but hard to break. You maintain organized job search documentation, help draft federally compliant job descriptions, and leverage appropriate recruiting channels depending on the role (university job boards, domain specific job boards, etc)
- Nice-to-haves: Startup experience; exposure to energy, drilling, geoscience, or tech
Location & Benefits
- The position is located in Salt Lake City, UT (hybrid)
- Full-time; Salaried
- Paid holidays and 18 days PTO
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- 401k
- Paid parental leave
- A direct impact in displacing carbon emissions, plus growth opportunities in a quickly scaling geothermal startup
Equal Opportunity Employer
Zanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws.
Turbine Control Engineer III
Calpine Corporation
Turbine Control Engineer III
Middletown, CA 95461, USA
Position still open 4/17/2026
Calpine Corporation is America's largest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources with operations in competitive power markets. Its fleet of 77 power plants in operation represents over 27,000 megawatts of generation capacity. Through wholesale power operations and its retail businesses, Calpine serves customers in 22 states and Canada. Its clean, efficient, modern and flexible fleet uses advanced technologies to generate power in a low-carbon and environmentally responsible manner.
The company was established on the premise that a strong commitment to the environment is inextricably linked to excellence in power generation and corporate responsibility. Since its founding in 1984, Calpine has led the power industry in its unwavering commitment to environmental stewardship. In addition, its renewable geothermal plants use steam generated deep below the earth's surface to produce clean, renewable electricity.
Job Summary (includes but is not limited to the following, other duties may be assigned)
Controls Field Service for Calpine turbine fleet – Potential for heavy travel of 60% or more; performs troubleshooting of turbine control systems.
Job Scope & Technical Excellence
- Comprehensive knowledge.
- Seasoned professional with advanced applied experience.
- Applies advanced skills contributing to knowledge areas within function, but not yet an expert in all.
- Develop and implement control logic changes on gas and steam turbines.
- Audit OEM recommended controls changes and work with OEM as necessary for troubleshooting, data gathering and resolving turbine issues.
- Lead informal training sessions for Operations and colleagues on logic changes and controls skills.
Decision Makine & Impact
- Makes recommendations on moderately complex issues regarding project components and tasks.
- May make recommendations on new processes, tools and services; supports and contributes to development of new products, services or techniques.
Work Complexity
- Works on problems of diverse scope ranging from moderate to complex.
- Uses independent judgment requiring in-depth analysis of variable factors. Collaborates with senior professionals in selection of methods, techniques, and analytical approach
Self-Management & Leadership
- Works under limited supervision.
- Prioritizes own weekly schedule and may guide others in the completion of tasks within clearly defined schedules as set by management.
- Regularly provides on-the-job skills training to others in complex technical areas.
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree Engineering.
- 10+ yrs related experience
Salary Information
- Salary Range - $106,581.76 - $135,891.74
Additional Calpine Information
- Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities.
- Calpine is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment and need special assistance or an accommodation to use our website or to apply for a position, please send an e-mail with your request to hrrecruitment@calpine.com. Determination on requests for reasonable accommodation are made on case-by-case basis.
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Maintenance Operator
Calpine
Maintenance Operator -Power Operator
Requisition Number MAINT008231
Wilmington, DE 19809
Position Still open 5/15/2026
Job Details
Calpine, a business unit of Constellation Energy Corporation (Nasdaq: CEG), is America's largest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources with operations in competitive power markets. With 79 energy facilities in operation, Calpine’s fleet has the capacity to generate approximately 27,000 MW of electricity – enough to power approximately 27 million homes. Through wholesale power operations and its retail businesses, Calpine serves customers in 22 states and Canada. Its clean, efficient, modern and flexible fleet uses advanced technologies to generate power in a low-carbon and environmentally responsible manner.
The company was established on the premise that a strong commitment to the environment is inextricably linked to excellence in power generation and corporate responsibility. Since its founding in 1984, Calpine has led the power industry in its unwavering commitment to environmental stewardship. In addition, its renewable geothermal plants use steam generated deep below the earth's surface to produce clean, renewable electricity.
Job Summary (including but not limited to the following; other duties may be assigned)
Under limited supervision regularly and customarily performs and/or assists in the performance of any work required for the maintenance and operation of the plant equipment.
Job Responsibilities
- Works alone or with others as part of a team as directed.
- May be required to oversee the work of others of similar or lesser classifications. At top step of progression, may be required to oversee the work of contractor personnel in the absence of supervision.
- Observes, records and evaluates data; maintains and reviews operational and maintenance reporting logs and performs other necessary clerical work incidental to the job.
- Will be assigned outside or inside duties. Will work shift work, scheduled work, over time or irregular hours as may be necessary or requested to maintain continuity of service of the station or system.
- Ensures adequate turnover of information between shifts.
- Reads blueprints, instruction manuals, and other similar documents as necessary for proper operation, troubleshooting, maintenance and repair of equipment.
- Cooperates and communicates fully with all organizational personnel. Works alone or with others as required.
- Maintain high standards of safety and housekeeping.
- Must be knowledgeable of an act upon emergency procedures during non-routine situations to maintain personnel safety and continuity of service.
Job Requirements
- High School or Vocational School education.
- Must have at least two (2) years' experience in power plant maintenance or operations, combustion turbine maintenance or the equivalent, such as prior job experience or military training OR an equivalent educational experience where the employee must have completed one (I) year in an Associates' Degree Program with courses in electricity, electronics, instrumentation ore a related field OR three (3) courses in one of those same fields with content satisfactory to the company in a post high school accredited curriculum.
- In depth knowledge of utility or industrial facility materials practices preferred.
- Effective oral and written communication skills
- Planning and organizing skills.
- Safety awareness and adherence to regulatory, company and site policies and procedures.
- Decision making and problem solving skills.
- Create a climate conducive to team success. Cooperates fully with all other members of the organization and other departments. Must be able to deal properly with the public, vendors, contractors and in the best interest of the company.
- Must possess a valid driver's license at all times.
- Must be able to pass qualification tests prior to the Company awarding the position.
- Must be able to talk, walk, stand, sit, stoop, reach above shoulder, climb, and crawl, do heavy lifting, and must be able to see color.
- Must possess or obtain within six months valid TWIC credentials.
- Must adhere to Calpine’s physical requirement standards.
- Training and progression testing will be administered as identified and developed. Failure to pass progression testing at any point will require remaining at the existing step of salary progression, with the employee eligible for retesting within the next six (6) months. Failure to pass any progression test a second time or complete required courses on schedule will result in the employee being discharged.
- Maintain high standards of safety, environmental compliance and housekeeping at all times.
Additional Calpine Information:
- Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities.
- Calpine is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment and need special assistance or an accommodation to use our website or to apply for a position, please send an e-mail with your request to hrrecruitment@calpine.com. Determination on requests for reasonable accommodation are made on case-by-case basis.
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Engineer - Data Analyst
Calpine
Engineer - Data Analyst - Power Operations
Requisition Number OPERA008217
Pasadena, TX 775071056
Position Still open 5/15/2026
Job Details
Calpine, a business unit of Constellation Energy Corporation (Nasdaq: CEG), is America's largest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources with operations in competitive power markets. With 79 energy facilities in operation, Calpine’s fleet has the capacity to generate approximately 27,000 MW of electricity – enough to power approximately 27 million homes. Through wholesale power operations and its retail businesses, Calpine serves customers in 22 states and Canada. Its clean, efficient, modern and flexible fleet uses advanced technologies to generate power in a low-carbon and environmentally responsible manner.
The company was established on the premise that a strong commitment to the environment is inextricably linked to excellence in power generation and corporate responsibility. Since its founding in 1984, Calpine has led the power industry in its unwavering commitment to environmental stewardship. In addition, its renewable geothermal plants use steam generated deep below the earth's surface to produce clean, renewable electricity.
Job Summary (includes but is not limited to the following, other duties may be assigned)
We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Data Analyst to join our team in the energy and utilities sector. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in data analysis, with experience in data preparation and visualization tools. This role is critical to our business, as the successful candidate will be responsible for leading and contributing to key projects focused on data integration and providing comprehensive and accurate insights that directly influence decision-making processes and help drive the financial success of the company.
A significant part of the work involves evaluating power generation equipment and subcomponents/systems, ensuring that the data-driven insights provided are accurate and impactful. The candidate must be capable of analyzing complex problems, building predictive models, and making strategic recommendations that impact our bottom line. The role also involves active participation in high-level discussions, where the candidate’s insights and analysis will play a significant role in shaping the company's financial strategies. The Data Analyst will be based in our Houston office, with an expectation to work on-site full-time for the first year. After the first year, there is an option to work remotely two days a week.
Job Responsibilities
- Analyze complex datasets and provide actionable insights to drive decision-making across various business areas.
- Lead projects focused on data integration, ensuring comprehensive and accurate data solutions that enhance operational efficiency.
- Evaluate power generation equipment and subcomponents/systems, contributing to the company’s operational reliability and financial performance.
- Develop and maintain SQL queries, dashboards, and reports using tools like Tableau and Excel to track key performance indicators.
- Collaborate with internal and external teams to gather requirements, build models, and make strategic recommendations that impact the company’s bottom line.
- Completes tasks that require an ability to recognize deviation from accepted practices for a single department or function.
- Experience in the energy and utilities industry is preferred but not required; candidates with relevant industry experience are welcome.
- Strong Microsoft PowerPoint skills, with the ability to create clear and impactful presentations.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, able to convey complex information clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, adhering to broad guidelines while taking initiative to solve problems.
- Team player with a results-oriented mindset, comfortable with diving into issues, brainstorming solutions, and learning new methods and tools to address challenges.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Data Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field from an ABET accredited institution.
- Typically requires 0 to 3 years of experience, prefer a minimum of 2 years of experience as a Data Analyst, with a proven track record of working on complex data analysis projects.
- Prefer a minimum of 2 years of experience with data analysis and preparation tools, such as SQL, Python, R, Excel, Alteryx, KNIME, etc along with experience in visualization platforms like Tableau, Power BI, QlikView, etc is required.
Growth Opportunities
- This role offers opportunities for career advancement within the company, with the potential to take on more complex projects and responsibilities as you grow in your role.
Additional Calpine Information:
- Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities.
- Calpine is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment and need special assistance or an accommodation to use our website or to apply for a position, please send an e-mail with your request to hrrecruitment@calpine.com. Determination on requests for reasonable accommodation are made on case-by-case basis.
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Business Development Representative
Calpine
Business Development Representative
Requisition Number BUSIN008304
Houston, TX 77002
Position Still open 5/15/2026
Job Details
Calpine, a business unit of Constellation Energy Corporation (Nasdaq: CEG), is America's largest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources with operations in competitive power markets. With 79 energy facilities in operation, Calpine’s fleet has the capacity to generate approximately 27,000 MW of electricity – enough to power approximately 27 million homes. Through wholesale power operations and its retail businesses, Calpine serves customers in 22 states and Canada. Its clean, efficient, modern and flexible fleet uses advanced technologies to generate power in a low-carbon and environmentally responsible manner.
The company was established on the premise that a strong commitment to the environment is inextricably linked to excellence in power generation and corporate responsibility. Since its founding in 1984, Calpine has led the power industry in its unwavering commitment to environmental stewardship. In addition, its renewable geothermal plants use steam generated deep below the earth's surface to produce clean, renewable electricity.
Job Summary (includes but is not limited to the following, other duties may be assigned)
With significant supervision, the Business Development Representative develops strategic relationships with targeted commercial & industrial companies in need of our expertise, products and services to enhance profitability for Solutions.
Job Responsibilities
- Develop and Grow – You will have the opportunity to leverage existing mentoring and training resources to gain a clear understanding of markets, products, services, systems and skills. Must stay current with market and regulatory changes and convey likely implications to clients in a timely, clear and concise manner.
- Customer Relationship Development / Prospecting – Identify, contact, and develop personal relationships with key buying influences within targeted accounts to facilitate business acquisition and retention.
- Customer Needs Clarification - Consult with buying influences at multiple levels of client / prospect organization to identify the strategic outcomes they are seeking to achieve.
- Sell Customer Value Propositions - Collaborate with cross-functional internal teams (for example, technical, commercial, and legal) to configure a process, product and service solution that connects with each customer's needs.
- Promote Customer Focus - Collaborate internally and work as the customer champion in cross-functional teams to build strong external customer relationships.
- Customer Relationship Management / Account Management - Develop and implement relationship management plans for assigned customer accounts to identify and build relationships with relevant decision makers and influencers to enable effective two-way flow of information and resolution of issues. Document plans and actions in enterprise CRM software.
- Gross Margin Generation - Qualify, negotiate, document and close business with targeted Accounts consistent with documented sales processes that results in the creation of gross margin commensurate with objectives.
Job Requirements
- Greater than 3 years of general work experience and a minimum of 2 years business development experience.
- Action Oriented - Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
- Resilient - Rebounds from setbacks and adversity when facing difficult situations with composure and professionalism. Has the grit to bounce back from tough outcomes and keep going.
- Collaborates - Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. For example, readily involves others to accomplish goals; stays in touch and shares information; discourages "us versus them" thinking; shows appreciation for others' ideas and input.
- Communicates Effectively - Communicates clearly and concisely, while conveying a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences and skillfully summarizes to confirm understanding.
- Decision Quality - Makes good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward. Takes smart, independent action in urgent and non-routine situations, knows when to escalate for others' involvement.
- Drives Results - Consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances. Shows great tenacity to complete goals/initiatives in a timely way.
- Nimble Learning - Learns through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.
- Self-Development - Actively seeks new ways to grow and be challenged by regularly practicing and applying new knowledge and skills; is quick to share new learning with others.
- Customer Focus - Builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer-centric solutions. by using customer feedback and data to drive continuous improvement
- Interpersonal Savvy - Relates openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people by staying attuned to group interpersonal dynamics to resolves difficult interpersonal situations.
- Manages Complexity - Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems by asking good questions and encouraging others to think creatively about complex situations.
- Plans and Aligns - Plans and prioritizes work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals Aligns own work with relevant workgroups. Takes some steps to reduce bottlenecks and speed up the work.
- Sales Methodology Expertise – Must possess knowledge and exhibit practice of using a sales methodology such as Miller Heiman, Challenger, SPIN, etc.
- Communication – Solid listening, speaking, presenting and writing capabilities.
- Coachable – Willing and able to take constructive criticism and incorporate changes into approach.
- Systems – Must have strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite and CRM systems.
- Negotiates Strategically/Tactically - Uses knowledge and skills to act with assistance from a mentor or RVP to facilitate the commercial details of an opportunity such that both parties are satisfied with the value gained.
- Tenacious Prospecting - Applies a disciplined approach to identifying and pursuing new potential clients. Builds and utilizes a “multi-touch" cadence and systematically tracks activities with prospects to stay on track.
- Qualifying - Applies expertise to spend the appropriate time for the size and potential of each opportunity. Invests appropriate effort given the competitive landscape, budget and timing.
- Approximately 30% travel required.
Additional Calpine Information:
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Exploration Geologist
Fervo Energy
Reservoir Engineering Manager
Fervo Energy has offices in Reno, Houston, Oakland, and Golden.
Full Time
Position still open 5/18/2026
The Exploration Geologist will support geological modeling workstreams to achieve Fervo’s geothermal energy development goals.
Decarbonizing the energy sector is an urgent challenge, and with the right technology, geothermal energy can play a central role. We are expanding our team to help make this vision a reality. Fervo Energy has developed technology to make geothermal power scalable and cost-effective. Join us and work alongside world-class engineers, researchers, investors, and developers in making geothermal a key pillar of our climate-friendly energy future.
Position Description
The Exploration Geologist will support Fervo Energy’s geological modeling workstream to achieve our
geothermal energy development goals. This position will play a key role in evaluating resource opportunities and executing exploration activities across Fervo’s growing project portfolio. Responsibilities will include working with geophysical datasets to build three-dimensional conceptual models of geothermal reservoirs, developing geothermal play concepts in new basins, acreage evaluation and prospect ranking, and executing Fervo’s exploration strategy. In addition, the Exploration Geologist will support general wellsite geology activities for Fervo’s exploration and appraisal drilling programs.
Essential Functions
- Integrate geologic datasets (well lithology logs, geologic maps, seismic, MT, gravity, etc.) to build conceptual geomodels across Fervo’s geothermal development portfolio.
- Evaluate and model three-dimensional temperature conditions at new prospects based on existing datasets.
- Provide geologic interpretations to subsurface engineering team to inform effective well planning and reservoir development strategies.
- Work across a cross-functional team of reservoir engineers, geophysicists, and drilling & completions engineers to develop geothermal reservoir conceptual models and numerical reservoir models.
- Identify and evaluate growth opportunities for Fervo’s development portfolio through land acquisition and exploration.
- Oversee mudlogging, wireline logging, geo-steering, and general wellsite geology for Fervo’s exploration and appraisal drilling programs.
- Evaluate subsurface state of stress through analysis of image logs, structural data, and seismicity data.
- Perform offset well analysis to develop geologic prognoses, evaluate wellbore stability, and support D&C team to develop well plans.
- Assist with asset management, resource reserve estimates, and investment analysis/diligence.
- Travel periodically to field sites across the western U.S. as required Required and Preferred
Qualifications
- Required: 5+ years of geologist experience in the geothermal, mining, or oil & gas industries
- Required: Bachelor’s degree in geology, geological engineering, or geophysics, or related discipline; MS degree or beyond is a plus
- Required: Proficiency in ArcGIS software
- Required: Proficiency in 3D geomodeling software (LeapFrog, Petrel, EarthVision, GOCAD, or similar)
- Required: Experience interpreting well temperature logs
- Preferred: Strong background in structural geology
- Preferred: Previous wellsite geologist and/or exploration geologist experience preferred
- Preferred: Prior experience in geologic resource assessment and geologic mapping for conventional hydrothermal systems
- Preferred: Experience in wellbore image log analysis for stress characterization and fracture characterization
- Preferred: Experience in data analytics and geostatistics
Location
Fervo Energy has offices in Reno, Houston, Oakland, and Golden. This position will be eligible for some hybrid work flexibility, but regular in-office presence will be required.
About Fervo Energy
Fervo Energy provides 24/7 carbon-free energy through development of next-generation geothermal power. Fervo’s mission is to leverage innovation in geoscience to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy. Geothermal has a major role to play in the future electric grid and Fervo’s key innovations bring a full suite of modern technology to make geothermal cost competitive. Fervo’s innovations include technologies such as advanced computational models, horizontal drilling, and distributed fiber optic sensing that have been developed with partners including Schlumberger, ARPA-E, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Fervo has an industry leading development pipeline with projects with multiple partners including Google and East Bay Community Energy. Fervo’s investors and financiers include leading venture capital firms Capricorn and Breakthrough Energy Ventures, industry leaders Helmerich and Payne and BHP, and research support through Activate, ARPA-E, and the Department of Energy Geothermal Technologies Office.
Director of Sales and Market Development
Ormat Technologies, Inc
Renewable Power and Energy Solutions
Director of Sales and Market Development
Reno, NV, US, 89511
Position still open 5/18/2026
Overview
This position will lead our commercial expansion in North America. Beyond traditional sales, this position will be responsible for building the market for Ormat’s Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) technology.
This position will act as a pioneer, educating key stakeholders and creating the commercial infrastructure necessary to close large-scale projects valued at $100M+. The position will report directly to the VP of EGS and play a pivotal role in establishing Ormat as the leader in the geothermal energy transition.
Responsibilities
- Market Creation & Education: Actively "build the market" by educating utilities, industrial energy users, and regulators on the benefits and bankability of EGS technology.
- Relationship & Pipeline Development: Identify and engage EGS developers, geothermal startups, project developers, and strategic partners and pursue large-scale project opportunities, taking them from initial concept to final contract.
- End-to-End Deal Leadership: Lead opportunities from first contact through qualification, commercial structuring, proposal, negotiation, and signature.
- Oil & Gas Integration: Leverage deep connections in the Oil & Gas sector to identify synergies, such as repurposing assets or applying drilling expertise to geothermal applications.
- Ecosystem Building: Develop strategic partnerships with EPC firms, drilling contractors, and financial institutions to create a "total solution" for customers.
- Policy & Advocacy: Work with the VP EGS to influence industry standards and take advantage of federal and state incentives (e.g., IRA).
Other Responsibilities - Other duties and projects as assigned.
Requirements
- B.Sc. in Engineering, Geosciences, or related field. MBA is a plus.
- 10+ years in Business Development or Sales, with a proven track record of launching new technologies or opening new markets in the energy sector.
- Experience in closing infrastructure-scale deals valued at hundreds of millions of dollars.
- Strong roots in Oil & Gas and/or Power Generation are essential.
- Ability to see the "big picture" and articulate the value of a new technology to skeptical, traditional stakeholders.
- Must have exceptional interpersonal skills. A master communicator who can build trust and maintain C-level relationships over long development cycles.
- Commercial, Contracts & Negotiation: Strong understanding of commercial contracts and proven negotiation skills; ability to partner effectively with legal while owning commercial outcomes.
- Financial Expertise: Deep understanding of Project Finance, energy economics, and deal structuring for $100M+ assets.
- Must have the ability to read, write and speak English at a level that will permit the employee to understand and communicate information in a manner that will enable the employee to perform the job duties safely and efficiently.
- Ability to travel up to 75%.
Physical Requirements
- Job requires sitting and/or standing for long periods of time with moderate bending, stooping, and kneeling.
- The ability to work at a computer and computer monitor and use repetitive motion for long periods of time.
Nearest Major Market: Reno
Nearest Secondary Market: Tahoe
Floorhand
Ormat Technologies, Inc
FloorHand
Director of Sales and Market Development
Reno, NV, US, 89511
Position still open 5/18/2026
Overview
Responsible for assisting in the safe and efficient operations of the rig and carrying out a variety of physical activities on the drilling rig floor.
Responsibilities
- Strictly adhere to and enforce all safety procedures
- Responsible for immediate reporting to Driller of all accidents and incidents
- Responsible for assisting Derrickman with the mud pump and drilling fluid system maintenance
- Responsible for assisting Motorman with essential functions of drilling operations
- Must be able to train and later act as a Motorman in the Motorman’s absence
- Responsible for tripping pipe and making connections
- Responsible for assisting with the mud mixing
- Assist with keeping equipment and rig in safe and good working order
- Responsible for keeping rig, equipment, and location clean
- Responsible for operating forklifts, heavy equipment and auxiliary equipment
- Must be able to travel extensively to other locations, including rural areas, other states and internationally, to work where the rig is operating
- Must be able to work weekends and holidays when necessary
- Must be able to work overtime when necessary
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assist other employees in completing assigned tasks
- Perform other duties as directed
Requirements
- The ability to understand procedures and instructions to the areas of assignment as would be acquired in four years of high school
- Must have basic knowledge and understanding of mechanical operations
- Must have mechanical knowledge of equipment
- Must have the ability to follow instructions and work in cooperation with others
- Must be able to safely operate a forklift, heavy equipment and auxiliary equipment
- Must be able to communicate in English with other employees and read and write at a level that will enable to perform the work in a safe and efficient manner
- Must be able to communicate verbally and visually in a clear and effective manner including in noisy and low illumination environments
- Must be able to operate a vehicle in a safe manner
- Must possess at any time a valid driver’s license with a driving record acceptable to ORMAT’s auto insurance carrier
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- This job requires sitting approximately 10% and standing up to 90%
- The ability to lift 50 lbs. repeatedly
- Must be able to wear any required protective equipment, as required by safety procedures and regulations
- Must be able to frequently climb to and work off of elevated platforms, ladders and walkways
- Must be able to work at extreme heights and in confined spaces
- This job requires standing for long periods of time with moderate bending, stooping, and kneeling
- Must be able to work in severe weather conditions
Additional information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Software Engineer
Quaise
Software Engineer
Houston, Texas
Position still open 5/18/2026
Company Description
Quaise Energy is unlocking Earth’s deep heat to deliver clean, reliable, baseload energy at scale—almost anywhere in the world. As both a technology innovator and project developer, Quaise builds and operates solutions that harness superhot geothermal energy far below the surface, enabling power generation that can rival the output of today’s most efficient fossil fuel and nuclear plants. Leveraging millimeter wave drilling, developed after more than a decade of research at MIT, Quaise’s mission is to make superhot geothermal a backbone of the modern energy system, offering affordable, zero-carbon power and true energy independence for communities and nations everywhere.
Job Description
Quaise is seeking a Software Engineer to develop lab-scale and field-ready engineering applications that support diagnostics systems and MMW drilling operations. This role will focus on implementing software solutions that enable real-time data processing, visualization, and control system integration, allowing the broader engineering team to focus on advanced development efforts.
A key component of this role is designing, building, and maintaining a persistent time-series database to support diagnostics and process measurements. This foundational work is critical to improving how diagnostic data is captured, processed, and delivered to field and control teams, ultimately strengthening Quaise’s ability to deploy reliable, high-performance systems in the field.
The ideal candidate thrives in a hands-on, multidisciplinary environment and is motivated to build robust, scalable software systems that directly impact field operations and system performance.
Essential functions (Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.)
- Design, develop, test, and maintain engineering applications supporting MMW drilling and diagnostics systems.
Lead implementation efforts for software systems, translating engineering requirements into reliable, production-ready tools. - Design and maintain a time-series database architecture for real-time and historical diagnostics and process data.
- Develop systems for real-time data acquisition, processing, and visualization to support field operations and control teams.
Build user interfaces and tools tailored to varying operational needs (real-time diagnostics, feedback systems, preprocessing workflows).
Collaborate with diagnostics, engineering, and field operations teams to integrate hardware updates and third-party systems. - Establish and maintain reusable tools, scripts, and frameworks for data processing and analysis.
Define system requirements, architecture, and build/test/deploy strategies in collaboration with cross-functional teams. - Develop documentation, training materials, and support resources for internal users.
- Integrate with third-party engineering software and external systems as needed.
Contribute to long-term software strategy and infrastructure development. - Performs other related duties as assigned.
Competencies
- Proficiency in Python; experience with C++ or C# preferred.
- Experience developing engineering applications in a technical or industrial environment.
- Experience with database design and management, particularly time-series data systems.
- Experience with real-time data processing and system integration.
- Experience with GUI development (e.g., PyQt, React, or similar frameworks).
- Familiarity with version control systems and modern development tools.
- Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to translate complex technical requirements into scalable software solutions.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills in multidisciplinary teams.
- High level of ownership, with the ability to independently identify gaps and drive solutions.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
Supervisory responsibilities
- This role does not include formal people-management responsibilities.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience developing engineering or technical software applications.
- Strong foundation in software development principles, system design, and data handling.
Physical requirements
- The employee is regularly required to stand, sit, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, as well as use hands to feel, reach, grasp, handle, or operate objects, tools and/or controls.
- The employee must be able to lift, push, pull, transfer, or move items up 20 pounds at times for departmental needs.
- Ability to move from one worksite to another or light travel to various job sites and locations to complete tasks.
- The vision requirement includes reviewing written and electronic materials in digital and physical format.
Other duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Management reserves the right to change, rescind, add, or delete the duties and responsibilities of positions within this job classification at any time.
Affirmative Action/EEO statement
Quaise Energy is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, genetic information, disability, military status or age.
Sr. Mechanical CAD Designer
QUAISE
Sr. Mechanical CAD Designer
Houston, Texas
Position is still open 5/18/2026
Company Description
Quaise Energy is unlocking Earth’s deep heat to deliver clean, reliable, baseload energy at scale – almost anywhere in the world. As both a technology innovator and project developer, Quaise builds and operates solutions that harness superhot geothermal energy far below the surface, enabling power generation that can rival the output of today’s most efficient fossil fuel and nuclear plants. Leveraging millimeter wave drilling, developed after more than a decade of research at MIT, Quaise’s mission is to make superhot geothermal a backbone of the modern energy system, offering affordable, zero-carbon power and true energy independence for communities and nations everywhere.
Job Description
Quaise is seeking an experienced and hands-on Senior Mechanical CAD Designer to support the design, development, and testing of millimeter wave drilling technologies. This role works closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams to develop detailed mechanical designs, prototype assemblies, and production-ready documentation for complex laboratory and field systems.
The Senior Mechanical CAD Designer will independently own mechanical assemblies and CAD deliverables while supporting prototype integration, manufacturability, fabrication coordination, and testing activities. This individual will serve as a key technical contributor within the design organization and play an important role in improving design quality, assembly efficiency, and overall system execution in a fast-paced R&D environment.
Essential functions (Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.)
- Create, maintain, and release detailed 3D models, assemblies, fabrication drawings, and engineering documentation using CAD software.
- Independently own and manage mechanical design packages and assembly-level CAD work for prototype and development systems.
- Collaborate closely with mechanical, electrical, RF, and test engineers to support integration of mechanical components within larger system architectures.
- Evaluate designs for manufacturability, assembly efficiency, tolerance accumulation, serviceability, and fabrication feasibility.
- Support prototype assembly, troubleshooting, fit-up verification, and testing activities in both laboratory and field environments.
- Coordinate with suppliers, machine shops, fabrication vendors, and internal teams to support procurement and manufacturing activities.
- Assist with development and maintenance of CAD standards, drawing quality, BOM structure, and engineering documentation processes.
- Identify design issues proactively and recommend practical solutions to improve reliability, manufacturability, and assembly efficiency.
- Support engineering teams with fixture design, prototype modifications, and implementation of engineering changes.
- Provide guidance and technical support to junior designers and engineering support personnel as needed.
- Participate in occasional field visits to support prototype deployment, testing, and evaluation activities.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Competencies
- Advanced proficiency with PTC Creo or equivalent 3D CAD software required. Experience with Windchill or PLM systems preferred.
- Strong understanding of mechanical design principles, fabrication methods, machining processes, and mechanical assemblies.
- Working knowledge of GD&T, tolerance stack-up analysis, and engineering drawing standards.
- Experience supporting prototype development and integration in industrial, energy, manufacturing, or R&D environments.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with a practical, hands-on mindset.
- Ability to balance design intent with manufacturing realities and field usability considerations.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to collaborate effectively within multidisciplinary technical teams.
- Strong communication skills and ability to interact professionally with engineers, technicians, suppliers, and vendors.
Supervisory responsibilities
- This role does not include formal people-management responsibilities.
Education and Experience
- Associate’s degree or formal technical training in Drafting, Mechanical Design, Mechanical Technology, or a related technical field required. Equivalent practical experience may also be considered.
- 5-7 years of related experience in mechanical CAD design, product development, prototype systems, or industrial mechanical design environments required.
- Experience supporting fabrication, machining, prototype assembly, or testing activities strongly preferred.
- Experience with industrial mechanical systems, pressure systems, drilling technologies, or complex electromechanical assemblies is preferred.
- Experience working within prototype-heavy or R&D-focused organizations is highly preferred.
Physical requirements
- The employee is regularly required to stand, sit, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, as well as use hands to feel, reach, grasp, handle, or operate objects, tools and/or controls.
- The employee must be able to lift, push, pull, transfer, or move items up 20 pounds at times for departmental needs.
- Ability to move from one worksite to another or light travel to various job sites and locations to complete tasks.
- The vision requirement includes reviewing written and electronic materials in digital and physical format.
Other duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Management reserves the right to change, rescind, add, or delete the duties and responsibilities of positions within this job classification at any time.
Affirmative Action/EEO statement
Quaise Energy is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, genetic information, disability, military status or age.
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