Senior CAD Specialist
About Fervo Energy
Fervo Energy (NASDAQ: FRVO) is a modern power company developing next-generation geothermal resources to meet the growing demand for affordable, reliable, 24/7 carbon-free energy. Our mission is to transform geothermal into America’s most dependable and affordable source of clean, around-the-clock power. By combining innovations in horizontal drilling, fiber-optic sensing, and advanced reservoir engineering, Fervo has developed a repeatable approach to building utility-scale enhanced geothermal systems. Our flagship Cape Station development in Utah is planned to deliver 500 MW of firm, carbon-free power, and we are advancing a development pipeline of more than 50 GW. Join us and work alongside world-class engineers, geoscientists, operators, project builders, and business leaders working to make geothermal a cornerstone of a more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy future.
Position Description
The Senior CAD Specialist is a hands-on, senior individual contributor role with high potential for shaping future designer organization structure. This role produces drawings and 3D plant models, owns Fervo’s CAD and drawing standards and workflows, administers the CAD/PLM environment, manages Fervo’s external CAD partners --reviewing their deliverables and holding them to Fervo standards
This is a modeling-forward role. The Senior CAD Specialist will spend a significant share of their time producing P&IDs, general arrangements, 3D plant models, and IFC drawing packages. The role will also support the hiring of designers and drafters for the engineering organization, manage vendor relationships for PLM and CAD software upkeep, and handle transmittal and document control alongside the document control team. CAD, PLM, document control, and transmittal are a single ecosystem, and the ideal candidate approaches them that way.
Responsibilities
Drawing and Model Production: Produce P&IDs, general arrangements, piping and mechanical, civil/structural, and electrical drawings and 3D plant models to IFC quality. Own the federated plant model: run clash detection and constructability reviews, resolve coordination issues across disciplines, and incorporate field redlines into the as-built record. Where engineering has a resource gap, you close it at the board, not by delegating.
CAD and Plant Design: Be the most proficient user of Fervo’s CAD tools (Siemens NX, Octave Forte 3D, AutoCAD/Plant 3D, Revit, and Navisworks) in the engineering organization, and set the standard for data governance and design practice through the models and drawings you produce. Mentor designers and drafters on tool use and drawing quality.
- CAD Standards: Build Fervo’s CAD standards, including drafting conventions, title blocks, drawing templates, and file management protocols across all engineering modules. Drive 3D model-based approaches where they create leverage, such as clash detection, constructability reviews, and as-built capture.
- Document Control and Transmittal: Ensure the EDMS and transmittal workflow is integrated with CAD/PLM end-to-end, including outgoing submittals, vendor drawing review, RFI tracking, and redline incorporation into the as-built record. Define and/or enforce document numbering, revision conventions, and distribution matrices, and review and approve all deliverables before IFC issue or external distribution.
Standardization: Drive standardization across all engineering modules so that every plant benefits from the drawing and data work done on the last one. Find the best process to close the feedback loop between design and field execution, applying redline patterns and constructability issues forward to future plant designs.
Enterprise Integration: Understand how BOMs, part masters, and procurement data connect between PLM and ERP (SAP, Oracle, or similar), and where integration breaks without governance.
Qualifications
Required
7+ years of hands-on CAD design and drafting in industrial, energy, aerospace, or advanced manufacturing, with significant production drawing and modeling work experience
A portfolio of drawings and 3D models you personally produced. Candidates will be asked to walk through sample deliverables and complete a short modeling exercise during the interview process
Demonstrated experience building CAD standards, drawing templates, and document governance systems from scratch
Expert in at least one major CAD platform (Siemens NX, Octave Forte 3D, AutoCAD/Plant 3D, Revit, and Navisworks)), and fluent across multiple drawing types: P&IDs, general arrangements, civil/structural, electrical, and mechanical
Proficient in 3D model coordination and clash detection (Navisworks) on multi-discipline plant or facility models
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Direct PLM or PDM experience: data model configuration, revision workflows, BOM management, or enterprise integration
- Full drawing lifecycle ownership from early design through IFC, construction, and as-built
Preferred
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Plant design experience in a process, power, or energy facility environment (Siemens NX, Octave Forte 3D, AutoCAD/Plant 3D, Revit, and Navisworks), on the owner or EPC side
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Experience with scan-to-BIM, model-based quantity takeoff, or design automation
Background building something that had to scale, where the standard you set mattered far beyond the project in front of you
Location
Fervo Energy is headquartered in Houston, TX with growing offices in Golden, Oakland, Reno, and Salt Lake City. The preferred location for this role is Houston, TX.
Benefits & Perks
- Fervo offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, financial well-being, and life outside of work. Benefits for eligible employees include:
- Medical, dental, and vision plan options
- Employer-paid basic life insurance and short-term and long-term disability coverage
- A 401(k) plan with up to 6% match
- Flexible paid time off and paid parental leave
- Family-building, fertility, hormonal health, pregnancy, postpartum, and parenting support through Carrot
- A dependent care FSA for eligible child and elder care expenses
- An annual Lifestyle Spending Account for eligible wellness expenses, including fitness, financial planning, pet insurance, and pet care
- Employee ownership opportunities through Fervo’s Employee Stock Purchase Program, as well as LTI and bonus opportunities for eligible roles
Benefits and programs are subject to eligibility requirements and may change.
Our Workplace
Fervo Energy highly values having employees work in the office to foster collaboration and strengthen our company culture. This role follows a hybrid schedule, with team members expected to work in the office three days per week. Fervo considers this in-office schedule an essential function of the role. Your recruiter can share more information about the schedule.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Fervo Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, gender, religion, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sex, genetic information, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local law. Fervo also prohibits discrimination based on the perception that an individual has any of these characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of these characteristics.