CAD Specialist

Fervo has built the worlds first commercial-scale enhanced geothermal system and will never build a first-of-a-kind project again. Everything from here is a product not a project. Every plant we build will be documented engineered and handed off through a controlled information backbone. CAD PLM Document Control and Transmittal are not separate problems they are a single ecosystem. If the standard you write today shapes every plant Fervo builds for the next decade this is the role.

The CAD Specialist is an individual contributor role with high potential for shaping future organizational structure. Single point of accountability for CAD standards PLM implementation drawing quality document governance and transmittal across Fervos full Powerblock portfolio.

Responsibilities

Build the CAD Program

• Build Fervos CAD standards from the ground up: drafting conventions title blocks drawing templates and file management protocols across all engineering modules.
• Evaluate select and implement the plant design process chain. Own the tools and their integration into downstream systems not just the output.
• Drive 3D model-based approaches where they create leverage: clash detection constructability reviews and as-built capture.

Implement the PLM Backbone

• Stand up a PLM/PDM platform suited to Fervos scale. Architect the data model: part numbering BOM structures revision workflows ECR/ECO/ECN processes.
• Define integrations between PLM and enterprise systems ERP procurement asset management so design data flows cleanly across the digital thread without manual re-keying.

Own Document Control & Transmittal

• Own the EDMS and transmittal workflow end-to-end: outgoing submittals vendor drawing review RFI tracking and redline incorporation into the as-built record.
• Define and enforce document numbering revision conventions and distribution matrices. Review and approve all deliverables before IFC issue or external distribution.

Build the Standard

• Drive standardization across all engineering modules. Every plant should benefit from the drawing and data work done on the last one.
• Close the feedback loop between design and field execution. Redline patterns and constructability issues are data apply them forward.

Software & Process Chain

CAD & Plant Design

• 2D/Plant: AutoCAD Plant 3D AVEVA E3D or SmartPlant 3D. Proficiency in at least one intelligent P&ID and 3D plant design platform required.
• MCAD: Siemens NX PTC Creo CATIA or SolidWorks familiarity with one major platform for equipment modeling and package integration.

PLM / PDM & EDMS

• PLM: Siemens Teamcenter PTC Windchill or Aras (purpose-built); Arena Teamcenter X or Vault (cloud/lightweight). Depth in any one platform over breadth across all.
• EDMS: Aconex Documentum or Meridian for capital project environments. Bluebeam for markup and redline workflows.
• Able to evaluate whether standalone EDMS or PLM-native document control is the right fit at Fervos scale and make that call with a clear rationale.

Enterprise Integration

• ERP: SAP Oracle or similar. Must understand how BOMs part masters and procurement data connect between PLM and ERP and where integration breaks without governance.

Qualifications

Required

• 10 years in CAD engineering data management or design delivery industrial energy aerospace or advanced manufacturing.
• Demonstrated experience building CAD standards drawing templates and document governance systems from scratch.
• Expert in at least one major CAD platform (AutoCAD Plant 3D NX CATIA or equivalent). Fluent across all drawing types: P&IDs general arrangements civil/structural electrical mechanical.
• 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

• Siemens NX and/or Teamcenter depth or comparable experience in PTC Windchill/Creo.
• Background in aerospace automotive OEM or semiconductor where PLM is load bearing and document control is engineered.
• EDMS experience in capital project environments and familiarity with PLM-ERP integration (SAP or Oracle).
• 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.