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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
Fervo is working to build the most cost-effective, repeatable geothermal power plants in the world. Joining Fervo's Powerblock team means solving frontier technical problems with immediate real-world impact, accelerating the clean energy transition and reinventing the way infrastructure is built.
The Facilities Engineer will lead the full engineering to construction lifecycle for the gathering and pipeline facilities of Fervo's next-generation power plants. Working at the interface between the subsurface resource teams and the power generation facilities, the role pairs hands-on engineering with direct ownership of cost, risk, and constructability. Early work will focus on facilities at Cape Station, including design of the geothermal fluid loops and associated facilities.
We're looking for an early career self-starter who is comfortable in the details, questions requirements instead of inheriting them, and thrives in rapid deployment cycles. The role will have significant technical responsibilities – you'll run hydraulics, define material specifications, develop P&IDs, and more. This position will report to the Facilities Engineering Supervisor, Major Equipment.
Responsibilities
- Engineering Execution: Perform engineering design and analysis including equipment and piping sizing, hydraulic and surge calculations, materials selection along with development of P&IDs, line lists, datasheets, and specifications, and review pipe stress analyses and 3D models.
- Rapid Deployment: Collaborate in fast learning cycles, feeding lessons from construction and operations forward into each new design while balancing design rigor with the pace of deployment.
- Process Safety and Facility Reviews: Participate in HAZOPs and PHAs, PSSRs, operability and constructability reviews, and Management of Change (MOC), along with site and facility walkdowns, and carry actions through to updated P&IDs and documents.
- Standardization and Continuous Improvement: Standardize equipment and designs into reusable engineering packages and basis of design documents so each iteration is faster and cheaper to build than the last.
- Technology Evaluation: Support evaluation of new technologies by gathering test data and risk inputs, with the opportunity to grow into leading innovation pilots from concept to implementation.
Qualifications
Required
- B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline
- 2 to 4 years of engineering experience designing, building, and delivering hardware in a manufacturing, energy, aerospace, automotive, or heavy industrial environment
- Strong foundation in fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and heat transfer, with the ability to apply them to piping hydraulics and equipment sizing
- Ability to size equipment and piping, perform hydraulic and surge calculations, and develop P&IDs, line lists, and equipment datasheets, with increasing independence
- Exposure to technical evaluation of vendor and package equipment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Preferred
- Working knowledge of materials selection for corrosive, scaling, or high-temperature service
- Comfort with pipe stress analysis and 3D model review
- Familiarity with ASME B31.3 and other relevant standards, or the drive to learn them quickly
- Field exposure to construction, commissioning, startup, or participation in a HAZOP or MOC process
- Comfort with Excel, Python, or similar tools for calculations and data analysis, and interest in applying AI to engineering workflows
- EIT certification or progress toward a PE license
What Success Looks Like in This Role
In the first 90 days, you understand the existing facilities end to end and find your first cost savings & optimizations in the design. By the end of year one, you own an equipment RFP through award and self-perform first-pass engineering instead of outsourcing it, while building trusted relationships with the subsurface, construction, and operations teams. Over time, you close major engineering decisions so none sit on the critical path, deliver measurable cost reductions against the prior phase, and leave behind documentation that lets the next engineer start without re-deriving the work. Success also means teammates seek you out for technical answers and you become the go-to person for questions on brine facilities.
Location
Fervo Energy has offices in Houston, TX, Golden, CO, Reno, NV, Oakland, CA, and Salt Lake City, UT. This position will be eligible for some hybrid work flexibility, but regular in-office presence in Houston, TX, with regular travel to Cape Station in Utah will be required.
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.
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
Fervo is working to build the most cost-effective, repeatable geothermal power plants in the world. Joining Fervo's Powerblock team means solving frontier technical problems with immediate real-world impact, accelerating the clean energy transition and reinventing the way infrastructure is built.
The Facilities Engineer will lead the full engineering to construction lifecycle for the gathering and pipeline facilities of Fervo's next-generation power plants. Working at the interface between the subsurface resource teams and the power generation facilities, the role pairs hands-on engineering with direct ownership of cost, risk, and constructability. Early work will focus on facilities at Cape Station, including design of the geothermal fluid loops and associated facilities.
We're looking for an early career self-starter who is comfortable in the details, questions requirements instead of inheriting them, and thrives in rapid deployment cycles. The role will have significant technical responsibilities – you'll run hydraulics, define material specifications, develop P&IDs, and more. This position will report to the Facilities Engineering Supervisor, Major Equipment.
Responsibilities
- Engineering Execution: Perform engineering design and analysis including equipment and piping sizing, hydraulic and surge calculations, materials selection along with development of P&IDs, line lists, datasheets, and specifications, and review pipe stress analyses and 3D models.
- Rapid Deployment: Collaborate in fast learning cycles, feeding lessons from construction and operations forward into each new design while balancing design rigor with the pace of deployment.
- Process Safety and Facility Reviews: Participate in HAZOPs and PHAs, PSSRs, operability and constructability reviews, and Management of Change (MOC), along with site and facility walkdowns, and carry actions through to updated P&IDs and documents.
- Standardization and Continuous Improvement: Standardize equipment and designs into reusable engineering packages and basis of design documents so each iteration is faster and cheaper to build than the last.
- Technology Evaluation: Support evaluation of new technologies by gathering test data and risk inputs, with the opportunity to grow into leading innovation pilots from concept to implementation.
Qualifications
Required
- B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline
- 2 to 4 years of engineering experience designing, building, and delivering hardware in a manufacturing, energy, aerospace, automotive, or heavy industrial environment
- Strong foundation in fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and heat transfer, with the ability to apply them to piping hydraulics and equipment sizing
- Ability to size equipment and piping, perform hydraulic and surge calculations, and develop P&IDs, line lists, and equipment datasheets, with increasing independence
- Exposure to technical evaluation of vendor and package equipment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Preferred
- Working knowledge of materials selection for corrosive, scaling, or high-temperature service
- Comfort with pipe stress analysis and 3D model review
- Familiarity with ASME B31.3 and other relevant standards, or the drive to learn them quickly
- Field exposure to construction, commissioning, startup, or participation in a HAZOP or MOC process
- Comfort with Excel, Python, or similar tools for calculations and data analysis, and interest in applying AI to engineering workflows
- EIT certification or progress toward a PE license
What Success Looks Like in This Role
In the first 90 days, you understand the existing facilities end to end and find your first cost savings & optimizations in the design. By the end of year one, you own an equipment RFP through award and self-perform first-pass engineering instead of outsourcing it, while building trusted relationships with the subsurface, construction, and operations teams. Over time, you close major engineering decisions so none sit on the critical path, deliver measurable cost reductions against the prior phase, and leave behind documentation that lets the next engineer start without re-deriving the work. Success also means teammates seek you out for technical answers and you become the go-to person for questions on brine facilities.
Location
Fervo Energy has offices in Houston, TX, Golden, CO, Reno, NV, Oakland, CA, and Salt Lake City, UT. This position will be eligible for some hybrid work flexibility, but regular in-office presence in Houston, TX, with regular travel to Cape Station in Utah will be required.
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.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Facilities Engineer
Verify your degree field matches the role
USCIS requires a direct connection between your degree and the facilities engineering position. A degree in mechanical or industrial engineering typically aligns, but a general business degree won't support the specialty occupation requirement without significant coursework in engineering.
Search LCA filings by SOC code
Facilities Engineer roles file under SOC 17-2199 in the DOL system. Filter OFLC disclosure data by that code to find employers who have actively sponsored this title, not just companies with a general H-1B history.
Use Migrate Mate to target verified sponsors
Pull up Facilities Engineer listings on Migrate Mate to see which employers have verified H-1B LCA filing history for this exact role. That filters out companies that sponsor selectively or only for software positions.
Confirm prevailing wage tier before negotiating
Run the OFLC Wage Search for SOC 17-2199 in your target metro before any salary conversation. Your offered wage must meet at least Level I for the LCA to certify, and many facilities roles fall at Level II or III in high-cost markets.
Ask about cap-exempt employer status early
Universities, teaching hospitals, and nonprofit research institutions are cap-exempt, meaning you can start on H-1B any time of year without lottery risk. Facilities engineering roles at these employers are a viable path if you've lost the lottery or need to avoid the April registration window.
Document professional engineer licensure carefully
If the role requires a PE license, confirm with the employer whether USCIS will use the license as additional evidence of specialty occupation. State-issued PE credentials can strengthen the petition, but they don't substitute for the bachelor's degree requirement in the underlying filing.
H-1B Visa Facilities Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Facilities Engineer role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes, provided the employer's job description requires at least a bachelor's degree in a specific engineering field such as mechanical, civil, electrical, or industrial engineering. Roles that accept any four-year degree regardless of field are harder to defend as specialty occupations. The O*NET profile for this SOC code supports the degree requirement, which helps when USCIS reviews the petition.
Which industries sponsor H-1B visas most consistently for Facilities Engineers?
Universities, hospital systems, large commercial real estate operators, semiconductor manufacturers, and pharmaceutical companies file H-1B LCAs for Facilities Engineers at higher volumes than most other sectors. These employers tend to have in-house HR teams familiar with the process and ongoing facilities headcount needs. You can browse employers with active filing history for this title on Migrate Mate.
What happens to my H-1B status if my facilities role is reclassified or my duties change significantly?
If your employer changes your job duties substantially, such as shifting you from hands-on engineering to a predominantly administrative facilities management role, USCIS may view that as a material change requiring an amended H-1B petition. Your employer should file the amendment before the change takes effect. Failing to do so creates a period of unauthorized employment even if you remain with the same company.
Can a staffing agency sponsor an H-1B visa for a Facilities Engineer placed at a client site?
Yes, but the staffing agency is the petitioning employer of record and bears the LCA wage obligation. USCIS scrutinizes third-party placement petitions closely for specialty occupation and employer-employee relationship evidence. The agency must demonstrate it controls the terms and conditions of your work, and the end client's job requirements must independently satisfy the specialty occupation standard.
How does a PE license affect my H-1B petition as a Facilities Engineer?
A Professional Engineer license issued by a U.S. state board strengthens your petition as corroborating evidence that the role requires advanced specialized knowledge. USCIS doesn't treat it as a substitute for the bachelor's degree requirement, but adjudicators do weigh it when evaluating whether the position rises to specialty occupation level. Include your PE certificate and the state board's requirements in the supporting documentation.