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Equal Opportunity Employer
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Zanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws.
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Commercial Associate
\nRole Overview
\nTitle: Commercial Associate
\nHours: Full-time; Salaried
\nLocation: Salt Lake City, UT
\nBenefits Eligible: Yes
\nManager: Director of Commercial Strategy
\nMission – Why we exist and why we need you
\nGeothermal 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.
\nThis role helps Zanskar decide where to build, how to price, and which commercial structures make sense, so that geothermal projects reach customers faster and on stronger economics. The Commercial Analyst turns open-ended market questions into clear recommendations that shape our development and deal strategy. They also support building customer relations and negotiations to close deals.
\nOutcomes – Problems you’ll solve
\nWithin six months, you'll work with the Director of Commercial Strategy to evaluate new markets and increase the pipeline of contracted projects. This includes increasing market intelligence where you will have taken at least one open-ended problem, such as whether we should enter a particular market, and turned it into a work plan, a first-version model, expert input, and a CEO-ready memo with a clear recommendation and its key uncertainties. It will also include successful application and shortlisting in key RFPs for customers in those markets.
\n\n- Compare candidate power markets and recommend where Zanskar should focus, with a clear rationale and the key uncertainties behind the call
\n- Analyze pricing, underlying costs, and customer economics to help shape deals quickly and pressure-test commercial terms. May need to assess power price, congestion, basis, and curtailment risk for prospective projects and translate them into project economics and a recommended price to underwrite.
\n- Research behind-the-meter geothermal development, including the regulatory questions, customer needs, and how to tell the story, and work with counsel to reach legal conclusions
\n- Support customer negotiations and deals
\n- Consult market experts and synthesize their input into practical views on market rules, products, and risks
\n- Write concise memos for senior leadership
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\nCompetencies – What we’re looking for
\n\n- Applied power market knowledge: You understand how power markets work and can explain how congestion, basis, curtailment, and ancillary services affect what a project earns. You have worked with nodal markets or are clearly able to get up to speed quickly, and you are willing to go deep on the details of a market you haven't seen before.
\n- Structured problem solver: Give you a loose question like 'should we enter this market?' and you can frame it, decide what to look at first, make reasonable assumptions, and build a first version without a template. You enjoy this kind of work and don't need it to be tightly defined.
\n- Analytical thinker: You are comfortable working with a financial model and connecting price, cost, and deal-term assumptions to project returns and explain what drives the result. You ground research in numbers where possible.
\n- Broad commercial judgment and willingness to speak up: You connect market details back to the business decision and land on a recommendation, not just an analysis. You take on work outside a narrow job description, and you challenge assumptions respectfully, including the manager's, when the evidence points elsewhere.
\n- Clear written communication: You can write a crisp memo for senior leaders that states the recommendation, the reasoning, and the main uncertainties. You are equally comfortable talking through the same material with a market expert or the finance team.
\n
\nExperience
\n\n- Experience analyzing power markets, energy commercial strategy, or a closely related field, with the depth of experience less important than demonstrated sharp, independent work
\n- Hands-on experience building or extending financial models in Excel or similar tools
\n- Track record of producing written recommendations or analyses that informed a business decision
\n
\nPreferred
\n\n- Familiarity with nodal markets, congestion and basis, or ancillary services
\n- Experience building or critiquing power price forecasts
\n- Exposure to PPAs, hedging, or capacity markets, especially in WECC.
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\n\n
Location and Benefits
\n
\n- The position is based out of our headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah
\n- Paid holidays
\n- 18 days PTO + PTO accrual increase based on tenure
\n- Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage
\n- Short and Long Term Disability and Group Life Insurance
\n- Paid Parental Leave
\n- 401k
\n- Stock options
\n- Growth opportunities at a company with a direct impact in displacing carbon emissions
\n
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Commercial Associate
\nRole Overview
\nTitle: Commercial Associate
\nHours: Full-time; Salaried
\nLocation: Salt Lake City, UT
\nBenefits Eligible: Yes
\nManager: Director of Commercial Strategy
\nMission – Why we exist and why we need you
\nGeothermal 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.
\nThis role helps Zanskar decide where to build, how to price, and which commercial structures make sense, so that geothermal projects reach customers faster and on stronger economics. The Commercial Analyst turns open-ended market questions into clear recommendations that shape our development and deal strategy. They also support building customer relations and negotiations to close deals.
\nOutcomes – Problems you’ll solve
\nWithin six months, you'll work with the Director of Commercial Strategy to evaluate new markets and increase the pipeline of contracted projects. This includes increasing market intelligence where you will have taken at least one open-ended problem, such as whether we should enter a particular market, and turned it into a work plan, a first-version model, expert input, and a CEO-ready memo with a clear recommendation and its key uncertainties. It will also include successful application and shortlisting in key RFPs for customers in those markets.
\n\n- Compare candidate power markets and recommend where Zanskar should focus, with a clear rationale and the key uncertainties behind the call
\n- Analyze pricing, underlying costs, and customer economics to help shape deals quickly and pressure-test commercial terms. May need to assess power price, congestion, basis, and curtailment risk for prospective projects and translate them into project economics and a recommended price to underwrite.
\n- Research behind-the-meter geothermal development, including the regulatory questions, customer needs, and how to tell the story, and work with counsel to reach legal conclusions
\n- Support customer negotiations and deals
\n- Consult market experts and synthesize their input into practical views on market rules, products, and risks
\n- Write concise memos for senior leadership
\n
\nCompetencies – What we’re looking for
\n\n- Applied power market knowledge: You understand how power markets work and can explain how congestion, basis, curtailment, and ancillary services affect what a project earns. You have worked with nodal markets or are clearly able to get up to speed quickly, and you are willing to go deep on the details of a market you haven't seen before.
\n- Structured problem solver: Give you a loose question like 'should we enter this market?' and you can frame it, decide what to look at first, make reasonable assumptions, and build a first version without a template. You enjoy this kind of work and don't need it to be tightly defined.
\n- Analytical thinker: You are comfortable working with a financial model and connecting price, cost, and deal-term assumptions to project returns and explain what drives the result. You ground research in numbers where possible.
\n- Broad commercial judgment and willingness to speak up: You connect market details back to the business decision and land on a recommendation, not just an analysis. You take on work outside a narrow job description, and you challenge assumptions respectfully, including the manager's, when the evidence points elsewhere.
\n- Clear written communication: You can write a crisp memo for senior leaders that states the recommendation, the reasoning, and the main uncertainties. You are equally comfortable talking through the same material with a market expert or the finance team.
\n
\nExperience
\n\n- Experience analyzing power markets, energy commercial strategy, or a closely related field, with the depth of experience less important than demonstrated sharp, independent work
\n- Hands-on experience building or extending financial models in Excel or similar tools
\n- Track record of producing written recommendations or analyses that informed a business decision
\n
\nPreferred
\n\n- Familiarity with nodal markets, congestion and basis, or ancillary services
\n- Experience building or critiquing power price forecasts
\n- Exposure to PPAs, hedging, or capacity markets, especially in WECC.
\n
\n\n
Location and Benefits
\n
\n- The position is based out of our headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah
\n- Paid holidays
\n- 18 days PTO + PTO accrual increase based on tenure
\n- Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage
\n- Short and Long Term Disability and Group Life Insurance
\n- Paid Parental Leave
\n- 401k
\n- Stock options
\n- Growth opportunities at a company with a direct impact in displacing carbon emissions
\n
\n
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Equal Opportunity Employer
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Zanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws.
\n
Role Overview
\nTitle: Geophysical Technician
\nHours: Full-time; Hourly
\nLocation: Salt Lake City, UT
\nBenefits Eligible: Yes
\nManager: Field Data Acquisition Manager
\nMission – Why we exist and why we need you
\nGeothermal 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.
\nField data is the foundation of every decision we make, from where we explore to where we drill. The Geophysical Technician collects, processes, and delivers the high-quality gravity, magnetic, MT, and seismic data that lets Zanskar find and de-risk new geothermal resources faster and at lower cost.
\nOutcomes – Problems you’ll solve
\nWithin six months, you will be a trusted member of a field crew, safely and independently carrying out survey operations across the Western United States. You will deliver clean, well-documented datasets that geologists, data scientists, and drilling engineers can use right away. You will also be contributing ideas that make our acquisition and processing workflows more consistent, efficient, and repeatable.
\n\n- Plan, execute, and document field geophysical surveys, including gravity, magnetics, MT, and seismic, in line with Zanskar's best practices
\n- Operate, calibrate, and maintain field instruments and equipment to ensure data quality and extend equipment life
\n- Process and quality-check field data in the field and in the office, and deliver well-organized data products on schedule
\n- Collaborate with project geologists, data scientists, land team, and drilling engineers to align survey design and deliverables with exploration and drilling decisions
\n- Maintain safety, productivity, and professionalism during 14-day field rotations in remote desert and mountain environments
\n- Operate company vehicles safely and manage field logistics, including site access, equipment transport, and daily reporting
\n- Identify and test improvements to existing acquisition and processing methods and help learn and deploy new methods in house to increase discovery rates
\n- Contribute to after-action reviews by capturing lessons learned and updating standard operating procedures
\n- Represent Zanskar respectfully and with integrity in interactions with landowners, partners, and the environment
\n
\nCompetencies – What we’re looking for
\n\n- Geoscience aptitude: You have a solid foundation in geology and geothermal system fundamentals and can explain how a gravity, magnetic, MT, or seismic measurement connects to what is happening in the subsurface. Hands-on experience running and analyzing these methods outside the classroom, through research or professional work, is a strong plus.
\n- Technical aptitude: You are curious and pick up new software, instruments, and methods quickly. You care about operating equipment correctly and safely, and you help turn what works into standard practice for the team.
\n- Resiliency: You stay safe, productive, and professional through long field days and multi-week rotations in remote, challenging terrain. Give us an example of how you have handled difficult field conditions or setbacks.
\n- Collaboration and communication: You work well with geologists, data scientists, land team members, and drilling engineers, and you can clearly communicate data status, issues, and results to people with different technical backgrounds.
\n- Stewardship: You act with respect and integrity, hold yourself and others to high standards, and represent Zanskar well to colleagues, outside stakeholders, and the environment.
\n
\nExperience
\n\n- Bachelor's degree in Geology, Earth Sciences, Geophysics, or a related field
\n- Experience independently executing and analyzing field methods such as gravity, magnetics, MT, or seismic through professional or research work outside of a classroom (highly desirable)
\n- Valid driver's license with no major infractions in the last three years
\n- Eligible to work in the U.S.
\n
\nPreferred
\n\n- OSHA, MSHA, First Aid, or Wilderness safety training; FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certification
\n- Experience with software such as Oasis Montaj, Geoscience Analyst, UgCS, Mission Planner, Leapfrog, or open-source equivalents; GIS proficiency with strong map and figure creation skills
\n- Basic Python coding and data cleaning
\n
\nLocation and Benefits
\n\n- The position is based out of our headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah
\n- Paid holidays
\n- Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage
\n- Short and Long Term Disability and Group Life Insurance
\n- 401k
\n- Stock options
\n- Growth opportunities at a company with a direct impact in displacing carbon emissions
\n
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\nTitle: Geophysical Technician
\nHours: Full-time; Hourly
\nLocation: Salt Lake City, UT
\nBenefits Eligible: Yes
\nManager: Field Data Acquisition Manager
\nMission – Why we exist and why we need you
\nGeothermal 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.
\nField data is the foundation of every decision we make, from where we explore to where we drill. The Geophysical Technician collects, processes, and delivers the high-quality gravity, magnetic, MT, and seismic data that lets Zanskar find and de-risk new geothermal resources faster and at lower cost.
\nOutcomes – Problems you’ll solve
\nWithin six months, you will be a trusted member of a field crew, safely and independently carrying out survey operations across the Western United States. You will deliver clean, well-documented datasets that geologists, data scientists, and drilling engineers can use right away. You will also be contributing ideas that make our acquisition and processing workflows more consistent, efficient, and repeatable.
\n\n- Plan, execute, and document field geophysical surveys, including gravity, magnetics, MT, and seismic, in line with Zanskar's best practices
\n- Operate, calibrate, and maintain field instruments and equipment to ensure data quality and extend equipment life
\n- Process and quality-check field data in the field and in the office, and deliver well-organized data products on schedule
\n- Collaborate with project geologists, data scientists, land team, and drilling engineers to align survey design and deliverables with exploration and drilling decisions
\n- Maintain safety, productivity, and professionalism during 14-day field rotations in remote desert and mountain environments
\n- Operate company vehicles safely and manage field logistics, including site access, equipment transport, and daily reporting
\n- Identify and test improvements to existing acquisition and processing methods and help learn and deploy new methods in house to increase discovery rates
\n- Contribute to after-action reviews by capturing lessons learned and updating standard operating procedures
\n- Represent Zanskar respectfully and with integrity in interactions with landowners, partners, and the environment
\n
\nCompetencies – What we’re looking for
\n\n- Geoscience aptitude: You have a solid foundation in geology and geothermal system fundamentals and can explain how a gravity, magnetic, MT, or seismic measurement connects to what is happening in the subsurface. Hands-on experience running and analyzing these methods outside the classroom, through research or professional work, is a strong plus.
\n- Technical aptitude: You are curious and pick up new software, instruments, and methods quickly. You care about operating equipment correctly and safely, and you help turn what works into standard practice for the team.
\n- Resiliency: You stay safe, productive, and professional through long field days and multi-week rotations in remote, challenging terrain. Give us an example of how you have handled difficult field conditions or setbacks.
\n- Collaboration and communication: You work well with geologists, data scientists, land team members, and drilling engineers, and you can clearly communicate data status, issues, and results to people with different technical backgrounds.
\n- Stewardship: You act with respect and integrity, hold yourself and others to high standards, and represent Zanskar well to colleagues, outside stakeholders, and the environment.
\n
\nExperience
\n\n- Bachelor's degree in Geology, Earth Sciences, Geophysics, or a related field
\n- Experience independently executing and analyzing field methods such as gravity, magnetics, MT, or seismic through professional or research work outside of a classroom (highly desirable)
\n- Valid driver's license with no major infractions in the last three years
\n- Eligible to work in the U.S.
\n
\nPreferred
\n\n- OSHA, MSHA, First Aid, or Wilderness safety training; FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certification
\n- Experience with software such as Oasis Montaj, Geoscience Analyst, UgCS, Mission Planner, Leapfrog, or open-source equivalents; GIS proficiency with strong map and figure creation skills
\n- Basic Python coding and data cleaning
\n
\nLocation and Benefits
\n\n- The position is based out of our headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah
\n- Paid holidays
\n- Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage
\n- Short and Long Term Disability and Group Life Insurance
\n- 401k
\n- Stock options
\n- Growth opportunities at a company with a direct impact in displacing carbon emissions
\n
","descriptionBodyPlain":"Role Overview\nTitle: Geophysical Technician\nHours: Full-time; Hourly\nLocation: Salt Lake City, UT\nBenefits Eligible: Yes\nManager: Field Data Acquisition Manager\nMission – Why we exist and why we need you\nGeothermal 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.\nField data is the foundation of every decision we make, from where we explore to where we drill. The Geophysical Technician collects, processes, and delivers the high-quality gravity, magnetic, MT, and seismic data that lets Zanskar find and de-risk new geothermal resources faster and at lower cost.\nOutcomes – Problems you’ll solve\nWithin six months, you will be a trusted member of a field crew, safely and independently carrying out survey operations across the Western United States. You will deliver clean, well-documented datasets that geologists, data scientists, and drilling engineers can use right away. You will also be contributing ideas that make our acquisition and processing workflows more consistent, efficient, and repeatable.\nPlan, execute, and document field geophysical surveys, including gravity, magnetics, MT, and seismic, in line with Zanskar's best practices\nOperate, calibrate, and maintain field instruments and equipment to ensure data quality and extend equipment life\nProcess and quality-check field data in the field and in the office, and deliver well-organized data products on schedule\nCollaborate with project geologists, data scientists, land team, and drilling engineers to align survey design and deliverables with exploration and drilling decisions\nMaintain safety, productivity, and professionalism during 14-day field rotations in remote desert and mountain environments\nOperate company vehicles safely and manage field logistics, including site access, equipment transport, and daily reporting\nIdentify and test improvements to existing acquisition and processing methods and help learn and deploy new methods in house to increase discovery rates\nContribute to after-action reviews by capturing lessons learned and updating standard operating procedures\nRepresent Zanskar respectfully and with integrity in interactions with landowners, partners, and the environment\nCompetencies – What we’re looking for\nGeoscience aptitude: You have a solid foundation in geology and geothermal system fundamentals and can explain how a gravity, magnetic, MT, or seismic measurement connects to what is happening in the subsurface. Hands-on experience running and analyzing these methods outside the classroom, through research or professional work, is a strong plus.\nTechnical aptitude: You are curious and pick up new software, instruments, and methods quickly. You care about operating equipment correctly and safely, and you help turn what works into standard practice for the team.\nResiliency: You stay safe, productive, and professional through long field days and multi-week rotations in remote, challenging terrain. Give us an example of how you have handled difficult field conditions or setbacks.\nCollaboration and communication: You work well with geologists, data scientists, land team members, and drilling engineers, and you can clearly communicate data status, issues, and results to people with different technical backgrounds.\nStewardship: You act with respect and integrity, hold yourself and others to high standards, and represent Zanskar well to colleagues, outside stakeholders, and the environment.\nExperience\nBachelor's degree in Geology, Earth Sciences, Geophysics, or a related field\nExperience independently executing and analyzing field methods such as gravity, magnetics, MT, or seismic through professional or research work outside of a classroom (highly desirable)\nValid driver's license with no major infractions in the last three years\nEligible to work in the U.S.\nPreferred\nOSHA, MSHA, First Aid, or Wilderness safety training; FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certification\nExperience with software such as Oasis Montaj, Geoscience Analyst, UgCS, Mission Planner, Leapfrog, or open-source equivalents; GIS proficiency with strong map and figure creation skills\nBasic Python coding and data cleaning\nLocation and Benefits\nThe position is based out of our headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah\nPaid holidays\nMedical, Dental & Vision Coverage\nShort and Long Term Disability and Group Life Insurance\n401k\nStock options\nGrowth opportunities at a company with a direct impact in displacing carbon emissions\n","hostedUrl":"https://jobs.lever.co/Zanskar/70e515c1-8615-48e9-b674-772144c59537","applyUrl":"https://jobs.lever.co/Zanskar/70e515c1-8615-48e9-b674-772144c59537/apply"},{"additional":"","additionalPlain":"","categories":{"commitment":"Full Time","location":"Salt Lake City, Utah","team":"G&A","allLocations":["Salt Lake City, Utah"]},"createdAt":1788893719671,"descriptionPlain":"In-House Counsel \nLocation: Salt Lake City, UT (in-office, hybrid) \nHours: Full-time; Salaried \nManager: Founders\nThe Role\nZanskar is at a pivotal inflection point. As we scale our geothermal development pipeline, we are consolidating legal work that has largely been managed through outside counsel into a focused, high-leverage in-house function. We are seeking an In-House Counsel to be a trusted legal partner to the Co-founders and leadership team—translating legal and regulatory risk into practical decisions that help the company move with speed and discipline. \nAs Zanskar’s first in-house legal leader, you will lead day-to-day legal work across corporate governance, financing, project development, commercial contracting, public policy, employment, intellectual property, compliance, and real property. You will help make our projects financeable, strengthen how we make decisions and manage risk, and lay the groundwork for a legal function that can grow with the company. As Zanskar grows, we expect this role to grow with it.\n\n\n","description":"In-House Counsel
\nLocation: Salt Lake City, UT (in-office, hybrid)
\nHours: Full-time; Salaried
\nManager: Founders
\nThe Role
\nZanskar is at a pivotal inflection point. As we scale our geothermal development pipeline, we are consolidating legal work that has largely been managed through outside counsel into a focused, high-leverage in-house function. We are seeking an In-House Counsel to be a trusted legal partner to the Co-founders and leadership team—translating legal and regulatory risk into practical decisions that help the company move with speed and discipline.
\nAs Zanskar’s first in-house legal leader, you will lead day-to-day legal work across corporate governance, financing, project development, commercial contracting, public policy, employment, intellectual property, compliance, and real property. You will help make our projects financeable, strengthen how we make decisions and manage risk, and lay the groundwork for a legal function that can grow with the company. As Zanskar grows, we expect this role to grow with it.
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","id":"87c47c05-b759-4522-9459-4d4a07443c41","lists":[{"text":"What You’ll Do","content":"\n
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Legal Partnership: Be a responsive, practical legal resource to the Co-founders and leadership team on day-to-day decisions, flagging enterprise-level risk and looping in outside counsel or the leadership team on the highest-stakes calls.
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Support Bankability: Help structure and negotiate project development, construction, financing, tax, offtake, interconnection, and other critical agreements so projects can meet lender and investor diligence standards.
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Project Development: Support legal work across mineral and surface rights, site control, land use, permitting, environmental review (including NEPA and CEQA where applicable), and federal, state, and local regulatory matters. Anticipate issues early and help development teams maintain momentum.
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Team Building (Humans + Agents): Help design a forward-thinking legal department. You will be expected to aggressively utilize AI and automation to handle high-volume workflows, keeping the internal team lean and high-leverage.
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Outside Counsel Management: Help manage outside-counsel strategy, selection, scope, budgets, performance, and knowledge transfer. Match work to the right provider, hold firms accountable for commercial advice and cost, and bring repeatable work in-house when it creates leverage.
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Experienced: You are an attorney in good standing and eligible for admission or registration in Utah, with meaningful experience in an in-house role — or as outside counsel with direct accountability to business clients — at a high-growth company, energy or infrastructure business, independent power producer, project developer, or similarly complex organization. Exposure to project finance, bankability, or energy development is a strong plus, though we're equally interested in strong generalists ready to grow into the space.
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Sound Judgment: You know how to distinguish real risk from noise, and you're comfortable giving clear, practical advice, including when the answer is \"no\", while knowing when to escalate.
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Operationally Modern: You use legal technology, data, and automation thoughtfully to improve speed, consistency, and insight—without compromising confidentiality, privilege, or professional judgment.
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Builder Mentality: You are comfortable starting from scratch or building on our existing processes and moving between higher-level advice and more detailed execution. You create fit-for-stage structures and controls rather than importing process for its own sake.
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Mission-Driven: You are energized by Zanskar’s mission and by a high-volume, first-of-kind environment where no two weeks look the same. You bring sound judgment, curiosity, and resilience to problems that may not have an established playbook.
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Commercial Instinct: You translate legal risk into clear options and help teams reach durable decisions. You know when to move quickly, when to escalate, and when the company needs an unambiguous no.
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Zanskar is a team of mission-oriented professionals who live by the value “Every Boot on the Ground.” We build new AI tools to discover the geothermal resources needed to provide carbon-free, baseload power to the world. We then turn those discoveries into power plants and operate them. We work on problems no one else has solved before, and we are looking for a General Counsel to help us clear the path.
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Direct access to the Co-founders and leadership team and real influence over how we shape and grow the legal function from here.
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A clear growth path: as the company and its legal needs scale, we expect this role and its scope to growth with it.
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Equity upside in a company at an early stage of what we believe is a very large market.
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The opportunity to shape the legal function—its processes, systems, external partnerships, and team—from the ground up in a way that reflects your vision of what great looks like.
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Work that matters! Geothermal is one of the most compelling solutions to firm clean power and Zanskar is at the frontier of it.
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A team that takes the mission seriously without taking itself too seriously.
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$170,000–$250,000 base salary + equity. We believe in transparency and will discuss the full compensation picture early in the process.
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Relocation support is available for the right candidate. This role is in-office in Salt Lake City and we are serious about that — but we are equally serious about finding the right person and will invest in making the move work.
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In-House Counsel
\nLocation: Salt Lake City, UT (in-office, hybrid)
\nHours: Full-time; Salaried
\nManager: Founders
\nThe Role
\nZanskar is at a pivotal inflection point. As we scale our geothermal development pipeline, we are consolidating legal work that has largely been managed through outside counsel into a focused, high-leverage in-house function. We are seeking an In-House Counsel to be a trusted legal partner to the Co-founders and leadership team—translating legal and regulatory risk into practical decisions that help the company move with speed and discipline.
\nAs Zanskar’s first in-house legal leader, you will lead day-to-day legal work across corporate governance, financing, project development, commercial contracting, public policy, employment, intellectual property, compliance, and real property. You will help make our projects financeable, strengthen how we make decisions and manage risk, and lay the groundwork for a legal function that can grow with the company. As Zanskar grows, we expect this role to grow with it.
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","descriptionBodyPlain":"In-House Counsel \nLocation: Salt Lake City, UT (in-office, hybrid) \nHours: Full-time; Salaried \nManager: Founders\nThe Role\nZanskar is at a pivotal inflection point. As we scale our geothermal development pipeline, we are consolidating legal work that has largely been managed through outside counsel into a focused, high-leverage in-house function. We are seeking an In-House Counsel to be a trusted legal partner to the Co-founders and leadership team—translating legal and regulatory risk into practical decisions that help the company move with speed and discipline. \nAs Zanskar’s first in-house legal leader, you will lead day-to-day legal work across corporate governance, financing, project development, commercial contracting, public policy, employment, intellectual property, compliance, and real property. You will help make our projects financeable, strengthen how we make decisions and manage risk, and lay the groundwork for a legal function that can grow with the company. As Zanskar grows, we expect this role to grow with it.\n\n\n","hostedUrl":"https://jobs.lever.co/Zanskar/87c47c05-b759-4522-9459-4d4a07443c41","applyUrl":"https://jobs.lever.co/Zanskar/87c47c05-b759-4522-9459-4d4a07443c41/apply"},{"additional":"","additionalPlain":"","categories":{"commitment":"Full Time","location":"Animas, New Mexico","team":"Lightning Dock","allLocations":["Animas, New Mexico"]},"createdAt":1791306141155,"descriptionPlain":"O&M Technician\nRole Overview\nTitle: O&M Tech\nHours: Full Time; 12 Hour Shift Work\nLocation: Lightning Dock Geothermal\nPay: $21+ per hour\nBenefitsEligible: Yes\nManager: O&M Manager/Plant Manager\nMission – Why we exist and why we need you\nGeothermal 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.\nThe Operations and Maintenance Technician position is responsible for day-to-day operations, repair and maintenance of the plant and wellfield equipment and auxiliaries of the Lightning Dock Facility. The O&M Technician will follow all safety, environmental, compliance and regulatory standards and ensure full plant optimization. To succeed in this role an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactory, accurately and safely. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or abilities required.\nOutcomes - Problems you’ll solve\nFollow all plant safety procedures, environmental regulations, and company policies at all times.\nDetect safety, environmental, and operational upsets quickly and take appropriate corrective action to minimize risk.\nProactively identify, troubleshoot, and resolve plant and wellfield issues in a timely manner, recommending site-specific solutions.\nComplete required safety documentation including pre-job safety briefings, Safe Work Permits, Job Safety Analyses (JSAs), and all site safety permits.\nMonitor daily power plant and geothermal wellfield operations, including startup, balancing, performance evaluation, and daily reporting.\nOperate site mobile equipment (excluding NCCCO-rated cranes) and utilize hand, electric, and pneumatic tools safely and proficiently.\nPerform basic service, predictive, and preventive maintenance on plant and wellfield equipment using CMMS software.\nOperate, maintain, and identify plant systems and components, including valves, rotating equipment, instrumentation, and P&IDs.\nExecute lockout/tagout/tryout procedures and comply with all plant safety, fire protection, life safety, and process safety management systems.\nFollow direction from plant leadership, coordinate contractors as needed, contribute to operational improvements, and remain flexible to meet changing plant needs.\nOther duties as assigned\nCompetencies – What we’re looking for\nDemonstrates high integrity, strong work ethic, sound judgment, and effective problem-solving abilities.\nPossesses strong planning and organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks, manage time efficiently, and develop realistic action plans.\nSelf-motivated, able to inspire and motivate others, and receptive to constructive feedback.\nExhibits effective leadership and people management skills.\nProficient in computer applications (MS Outlook, Excel, Word, and CMMS) with strong writing, grammar, and mathematical skills.\nStart, stop, and operate plant, wellfield, and auxiliary equipment at a basic operational level.\nOperate plant and wellfield systems from both the control room and in the field.\nIdentify, respond to, and assist in resolving upset or abnormal operating conditions accurately and efficiently.\nSupport optimization efforts to achieve the best operating point and maintain maximum plant output.\nEvaluate equipment performance, troubleshoot issues, and proactively recommend improvements.\nAssist with hourly, daily, and weekly site generation forecasting.\nDemonstrate the ability to work independently in plant and wellfield environments.\nMaintain knowledge of all regulatory compliance requirements and operating limits for plant and wellfield systems.\nMaintain regular attendance and punctuality, and perform other assigned duties as required.\nThis job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees may be required to follow other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties as requested, subject to all applicable state and federal laws. Certain job functions described herein may be subject to possible modification in accordance with applicable state and federal laws.\nLocation and Benefits\nThe position is based out of our Lightning Dock power plant located in Animas, NM\nPaid holidays\n18 days PTO + PTO accrual increase based on tenure\nMedical and dental coverage\n401k + Match\nStock options\nGrowth opportunities at a company with a direct impact in displacing carbon\nemissions\nEqual Opportunity Employer\nZanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws.\n","description":"O&M Technician
\nRole Overview
\nTitle: O&M Tech
Hours: Full Time; 12 Hour Shift Work
Location: Lightning Dock Geothermal
Pay: $21+ per hour
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Manager: O&M Manager/Plant Manager
\nMission – Why we exist and why we need you
\nGeothermal 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.
\nThe Operations and Maintenance Technician position is responsible for day-to-day operations, repair and maintenance of the plant and wellfield equipment and auxiliaries of the Lightning Dock Facility. The O&M Technician will follow all safety, environmental, compliance and regulatory standards and ensure full plant optimization. To succeed in this role an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactory, accurately and safely. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or abilities required.
\nOutcomes - Problems you’ll solve
\n\n- Follow all plant safety procedures, environmental regulations, and company policies at all times.
\n- Detect safety, environmental, and operational upsets quickly and take appropriate corrective action to minimize risk.
\n- Proactively identify, troubleshoot, and resolve plant and wellfield issues in a timely manner, recommending site-specific solutions.
\n- Complete required safety documentation including pre-job safety briefings, Safe Work Permits, Job Safety Analyses (JSAs), and all site safety permits.
\n- Monitor daily power plant and geothermal wellfield operations, including startup, balancing, performance evaluation, and daily reporting.
\n- Operate site mobile equipment (excluding NCCCO-rated cranes) and utilize hand, electric, and pneumatic tools safely and proficiently.
\n- Perform basic service, predictive, and preventive maintenance on plant and wellfield equipment using CMMS software.
\n- Operate, maintain, and identify plant systems and components, including valves, rotating equipment, instrumentation, and P&IDs.
\n- Execute lockout/tagout/tryout procedures and comply with all plant safety, fire protection, life safety, and process safety management systems.
\n- Follow direction from plant leadership, coordinate contractors as needed, contribute to operational improvements, and remain flexible to meet changing plant needs.
\n- Other duties as assigned
\n
\nCompetencies – What we’re looking for
\n\n- Demonstrates high integrity, strong work ethic, sound judgment, and effective problem-solving abilities.
\n- Possesses strong planning and organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks, manage time efficiently, and develop realistic action plans.
\n- Self-motivated, able to inspire and motivate others, and receptive to constructive feedback.
\n- Exhibits effective leadership and people management skills.
\n- Proficient in computer applications (MS Outlook, Excel, Word, and CMMS) with strong writing, grammar, and mathematical skills.
\n- Start, stop, and operate plant, wellfield, and auxiliary equipment at a basic operational level.
\n- Operate plant and wellfield systems from both the control room and in the field.
\n- Identify, respond to, and assist in resolving upset or abnormal operating conditions accurately and efficiently.
\n- Support optimization efforts to achieve the best operating point and maintain maximum plant output.
\n- Evaluate equipment performance, troubleshoot issues, and proactively recommend improvements.
\n- Assist with hourly, daily, and weekly site generation forecasting.
\n- Demonstrate the ability to work independently in plant and wellfield environments.
\n- Maintain knowledge of all regulatory compliance requirements and operating limits for plant and wellfield systems.
\n- Maintain regular attendance and punctuality, and perform other assigned duties as required.
\n
\nThis job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees may be required to follow other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties as requested, subject to all applicable state and federal laws. Certain job functions described herein may be subject to possible modification in accordance with applicable state and federal laws.
\nLocation and Benefits
\n\n
\n- The position is based out of our Lightning Dock power plant located in Animas, NM
\n- Paid holidays
\n- 18 days PTO + PTO accrual increase based on tenure
\n- Medical and dental coverage
\n- 401k + Match
\n- Stock options
\n- Growth opportunities at a company with a direct impact in displacing carbon
emissions \n
\n
Equal Opportunity Employer
\n
Zanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws.
\n
O&M Technician
\nRole Overview
\nTitle: O&M Tech
Hours: Full Time; 12 Hour Shift Work
Location: Lightning Dock Geothermal
Pay: $21+ per hour
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Manager: O&M Manager/Plant Manager
\nMission – Why we exist and why we need you
\nGeothermal 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.
\nThe Operations and Maintenance Technician position is responsible for day-to-day operations, repair and maintenance of the plant and wellfield equipment and auxiliaries of the Lightning Dock Facility. The O&M Technician will follow all safety, environmental, compliance and regulatory standards and ensure full plant optimization. To succeed in this role an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactory, accurately and safely. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or abilities required.
\nOutcomes - Problems you’ll solve
\n\n- Follow all plant safety procedures, environmental regulations, and company policies at all times.
\n- Detect safety, environmental, and operational upsets quickly and take appropriate corrective action to minimize risk.
\n- Proactively identify, troubleshoot, and resolve plant and wellfield issues in a timely manner, recommending site-specific solutions.
\n- Complete required safety documentation including pre-job safety briefings, Safe Work Permits, Job Safety Analyses (JSAs), and all site safety permits.
\n- Monitor daily power plant and geothermal wellfield operations, including startup, balancing, performance evaluation, and daily reporting.
\n- Operate site mobile equipment (excluding NCCCO-rated cranes) and utilize hand, electric, and pneumatic tools safely and proficiently.
\n- Perform basic service, predictive, and preventive maintenance on plant and wellfield equipment using CMMS software.
\n- Operate, maintain, and identify plant systems and components, including valves, rotating equipment, instrumentation, and P&IDs.
\n- Execute lockout/tagout/tryout procedures and comply with all plant safety, fire protection, life safety, and process safety management systems.
\n- Follow direction from plant leadership, coordinate contractors as needed, contribute to operational improvements, and remain flexible to meet changing plant needs.
\n- Other duties as assigned
\n
\nCompetencies – What we’re looking for
\n\n- Demonstrates high integrity, strong work ethic, sound judgment, and effective problem-solving abilities.
\n- Possesses strong planning and organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks, manage time efficiently, and develop realistic action plans.
\n- Self-motivated, able to inspire and motivate others, and receptive to constructive feedback.
\n- Exhibits effective leadership and people management skills.
\n- Proficient in computer applications (MS Outlook, Excel, Word, and CMMS) with strong writing, grammar, and mathematical skills.
\n- Start, stop, and operate plant, wellfield, and auxiliary equipment at a basic operational level.
\n- Operate plant and wellfield systems from both the control room and in the field.
\n- Identify, respond to, and assist in resolving upset or abnormal operating conditions accurately and efficiently.
\n- Support optimization efforts to achieve the best operating point and maintain maximum plant output.
\n- Evaluate equipment performance, troubleshoot issues, and proactively recommend improvements.
\n- Assist with hourly, daily, and weekly site generation forecasting.
\n- Demonstrate the ability to work independently in plant and wellfield environments.
\n- Maintain knowledge of all regulatory compliance requirements and operating limits for plant and wellfield systems.
\n- Maintain regular attendance and punctuality, and perform other assigned duties as required.
\n
\nThis job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees may be required to follow other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties as requested, subject to all applicable state and federal laws. Certain job functions described herein may be subject to possible modification in accordance with applicable state and federal laws.
\nLocation and Benefits
\n\n
\n- The position is based out of our Lightning Dock power plant located in Animas, NM
\n- Paid holidays
\n- 18 days PTO + PTO accrual increase based on tenure
\n- Medical and dental coverage
\n- 401k + Match
\n- Stock options
\n- Growth opportunities at a company with a direct impact in displacing carbon
emissions \n
\n
Equal Opportunity Employer
\n
Zanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws.
\n
\n
Role Overview
\n
Title: Paralegal / Contract & Compliance Manager
\n
Hours: Full-time, salaried
\n
Location: Hybrid, Salt Lake City
\n
Benefits Eligible: Yes
\n
Reports to: In-House Counsel
\n
\n
Why we exist and why we need you
\n
Geothermal energy represents the world’s most abundant renewable energy resource, with 2,300 times more energy in the earth’s geothermal heat than in all known fossil fuels combined. However, despite its vast potential, the industry has historically been limited by high costs and difficulty in identifying viable resources. Our innovative approach is setting new industry standards for geothermal exploration and discovery rates, with the potential to become a key contributor to the global clean energy transformation.
\n
To accelerate our growth and success, we are seeking a detail-oriented, proactive Contract & Compliance Lead to ensure operational efficiency, mitigate legal risks, and optimize legal processes across a growing portfolio of geothermal projects. This position offers the opportunity to make a tangible impact in an emerging industry, working closely with senior leadership and external partners to build and manage a robust and compliant contract framework. If you’re a seasoned paralegal or legal professional who thrives in dynamic, fast-paced environments, we want you to help us lead the way.
\n
\n
Outcomes – Problems You’ll Solve
\n
\n- \n
Contract Optimization & Efficiency: Review and improve contracts to address key issues early, reducing legal fees, accelerating deal execution, and streamlining the review and approval process without compromising quality.
\n \n- \n
Legal Risk Mitigation & Compliance: Identify and resolve legal risks and compliance gaps, ensuring contracts and operations comply with policies, regulations, and legal requirements to protect the company from liability and minimize disputes or penalties.
\n \n- \n
Cross-functional Collaboration: Coordinate with internal teams and external counsel to align on legal needs, facilitating smoother negotiations and ensuring clear, comprehensive agreements that meet company objectives.
\n \n- \n
Diligence & Documentation: Prepare legal documentation for fundraising and investor due diligence, ensuring transparency and compliance. Develop efficient document management practices to maintain organized contracts, filings, and compliance records.
\n \n- \n
State and Federal Filings: Manage filings for Zanskar entities, ensuring compliance with reporting requirements.
\n \n- \n
Employment Law Knowledge: Partner with HR and in-house counsel on offer letters, employment agreements, contract amendments, adjusted work arrangements and other employee-related legal matters. Help ensure documentation and practices are consistent, compliant, and appropriately reviewed.
\n \n
\n
\n
Competencies – What We’re Looking For
\n
\n- \n
Legal & Regulatory Compliance: In-depth understanding of corporate compliance and regulations, balancing legal risk and business goals for multiple departments including land deals
\n \n- \n
Risk Management: Proactive in identifying and addressing legal risks and compliance gaps.
\n \n- \n
Operational Efficiency & Project Management: Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines with high efficiency.
\n \n- \n
Stakeholder Communication: Strong ability to translate legal concepts into actionable insights for teams and external partners.
\n \n- \n
Team Collaboration & Leadership: Ability to work with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to influence outcomes and drive consensus.
\n \n- \n
Negotiation: Expertise in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex contracts; strong knowledge of energy-sector law a plus.
\n \n
\n
\n
\n
Benefits – Why You'll Love Working Here
\n
\n- \n
Competitive base salary with bonus structure and equity stock options
\n \n- \n
18 Days PTO + accrual increase based on tenure
\n \n- \n
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
\n \n- \n
Life Insurance
\n \n- \n
Short Term & Long Term Disability
\n \n- \n
Paid Holidays
\n \n- \n
401(k)
\n \n- \n
Growth opportunities at a company with a direct impact on displacing carbon emissions
\n \n
\n
\n
\n
Equal Opportunity Employer
\n
Zanskar is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply and will provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable laws.
\n
\n
\n
\n
Role Overview
\n
Title: Paralegal / Contract & Compliance Manager
\n
Hours: Full-time, salaried
\n
Location: Hybrid, Salt Lake City
\n
Benefits Eligible: Yes
\n
Reports to: In-House Counsel
\n
\n
Why we exist and why we need you
\n
Geothermal energy represents the world’s most abundant renewable energy resource, with 2,300 times more energy in the earth’s geothermal heat than in all known fossil fuels combined. However, despite its vast potential, the industry has historically been limited by high costs and difficulty in identifying viable resources. Our innovative approach is setting new industry standards for geothermal exploration and discovery rates, with the potential to become a key contributor to the global clean energy transformation.
\n
To accelerate our growth and success, we are seeking a detail-oriented, proactive Contract & Compliance Lead to ensure operational efficiency, mitigate legal risks, and optimize legal processes across a growing portfolio of geothermal projects. This position offers the opportunity to make a tangible impact in an emerging industry, working closely with senior leadership and external partners to build and manage a robust and compliant contract framework. If you’re a seasoned paralegal or legal professional who thrives in dynamic, fast-paced environments, we want you to help us lead the way.
\n
\n
Outcomes – Problems You’ll Solve
\n
\n- \n
Contract Optimization & Efficiency: Review and improve contracts to address key issues early, reducing legal fees, accelerating deal execution, and streamlining the review and approval process without compromising quality.
\n \n- \n
Legal Risk Mitigation & Compliance: Identify and resolve legal risks and compliance gaps, ensuring contracts and operations comply with policies, regulations, and legal requirements to protect the company from liability and minimize disputes or penalties.
\n \n- \n
Cross-functional Collaboration: Coordinate with internal teams and external counsel to align on legal needs, facilitating smoother negotiations and ensuring clear, comprehensive agreements that meet company objectives.
\n \n- \n
Diligence & Documentation: Prepare legal documentation for fundraising and investor due diligence, ensuring transparency and compliance. Develop efficient document management practices to maintain organized contracts, filings, and compliance records.
\n \n- \n
State and Federal Filings: Manage filings for Zanskar entities, ensuring compliance with reporting requirements.
\n \n- \n
Employment Law Knowledge: Partner with HR and in-house counsel on offer letters, employment agreements, contract amendments, adjusted work arrangements and other employee-related legal matters. Help ensure documentation and practices are consistent, compliant, and appropriately reviewed.
\n \n
\n
\n
Competencies – What We’re Looking For
\n
\n- \n
Legal & Regulatory Compliance: In-depth understanding of corporate compliance and regulations, balancing legal risk and business goals for multiple departments including land deals
\n \n- \n
Risk Management: Proactive in identifying and addressing legal risks and compliance gaps.
\n \n- \n
Operational Efficiency & Project Management: Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines with high efficiency.
\n \n- \n
Stakeholder Communication: Strong ability to translate legal concepts into actionable insights for teams and external partners.
\n \n- \n
Team Collaboration & Leadership: Ability to work with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to influence outcomes and drive consensus.
\n \n- \n
Negotiation: Expertise in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex contracts; strong knowledge of energy-sector law a plus.
\n \n
\n
\n
\n
Benefits – Why You'll Love Working Here
\n
\n- \n
Competitive base salary with bonus structure and equity stock options
\n \n- \n
18 Days PTO + accrual increase based on tenure
\n \n- \n
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
\n \n- \n
Life Insurance
\n \n- \n
Short Term & Long Term Disability
\n \n- \n
Paid Holidays
\n \n- \n
401(k)
\n \n- \n
Growth opportunities at a company with a direct impact on displacing carbon emissions
\n \n
\n
\n
\n
Equal Opportunity Employer
\n
Zanskar is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply and will provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable laws.
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
Equal Opportunity Employer
\n
Zanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws.
\n
\n
Role Overview
\nTitle: Project Engineering Manager
\nHours: Full-time; Salaried
\nLocation: Salt Lake City, UT (on-site)
\nBenefits Eligible: Yes
\nManager: VP of Project Delivery
\nMission – Why we exist and why we need you
\nGeothermal 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.
\nZanskar's first geothermal plants will become the template for every plant we build after them. As Project Engineering Manager, you will own the technical backbone of that template, from the design basis and company-wide technical specifications to the lessons learned that make each new plant cheaper and faster to build, so every plant after it gets built better.
\nOutcomes – Problems you’ll solve
\nSuccess in this role in 6 months means the design basis and engineering scope for the power plant, substation, and gen-tie are clear, owned by you, and understood by the EPC contractor and the rest of Project Delivery. You will have put the engineering and design management plan in place, including the design deliverable schedule and review process, and scheduled the constructability, operability/maintainability, design model, and HAZOP reviews so that actions are closed before the project advances through each stage gate.
\nYou will have the management of change process running, so technical and scope changes are evaluated, approved, and documented, with their cost and schedule impact understood. You will also have started capturing technical lessons learned and developing company-wide technical specifications and the standard design basis, so what we learn on the first project feeds directly into our standardized plant design.
\nAlong the way, you will be the technical voice of Project Delivery: representing engineering at stage gates and with the independent engineer, coordinating technical interfaces with our interconnection group, approving technical submittals and procurement packages with the procurement team, and building strong working relationships with the engineers and contractors who will carry the design through construction and commissioning.
\nCompetencies – What we’re looking for
\n\n- Engineering depth: A BS in mechanical, civil, electrical, chemical, or construction engineering and 10+ years of engineering in heavy infrastructure, including at least one project taken from design through commissioning. Experience in geothermal, binary ORC, power plants, oil and gas, or chemicals is helpful, as is working knowledge of substation and high-voltage gen-tie design.
\n- Review leadership: You have led design, constructability, and HAZOP reviews, and you know how to make sure every action is closed before a project moves forward.
\n- Standards builder: You like turning hard-won project lessons into repeatable standards. You will own our company-wide technical specifications and the process for approving deviations from them, so experience developing standardized designs or technical specifications across multiple projects is helpful.
\n- Owner-side contractor management: You have managed outside engineers and contractors, including engineering-of-record and EPC teams, through design reviews, RFIs, and change orders. Owner-side experience on EPC-contracted projects and experience working with an independent engineer or lender's technical advisor are helpful.
\n- Leader and communicator: You have managed people and can hire and mentor engineers. You can explain technical tradeoffs clearly to articulate optimal design solutions and achieve buy in from stakeholders.
\n
\nLocation, Salary, and Benefits
\n\n- The position is located in Salt Lake City, UT, on-site, with periodic travel to project locations, the EPC contractor's office, and key equipment suppliers.
\n- Full-time; Salaried
\n- Paid holidays
\n- 18 days PTO + PTO accrual increase based on tenure
\n- Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
\n- Group Life, STD & LTD
\n- Equity Packages
\n- 401k
\n- Paid Parental Leave
\n- A direct impact in displacing carbon emissions, and growth opportunities in a growing startup environment
\n
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\nTitle: Project Engineering Manager
\nHours: Full-time; Salaried
\nLocation: Salt Lake City, UT (on-site)
\nBenefits Eligible: Yes
\nManager: VP of Project Delivery
\nMission – Why we exist and why we need you
\nGeothermal 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.
\nZanskar's first geothermal plants will become the template for every plant we build after them. As Project Engineering Manager, you will own the technical backbone of that template, from the design basis and company-wide technical specifications to the lessons learned that make each new plant cheaper and faster to build, so every plant after it gets built better.
\nOutcomes – Problems you’ll solve
\nSuccess in this role in 6 months means the design basis and engineering scope for the power plant, substation, and gen-tie are clear, owned by you, and understood by the EPC contractor and the rest of Project Delivery. You will have put the engineering and design management plan in place, including the design deliverable schedule and review process, and scheduled the constructability, operability/maintainability, design model, and HAZOP reviews so that actions are closed before the project advances through each stage gate.
\nYou will have the management of change process running, so technical and scope changes are evaluated, approved, and documented, with their cost and schedule impact understood. You will also have started capturing technical lessons learned and developing company-wide technical specifications and the standard design basis, so what we learn on the first project feeds directly into our standardized plant design.
\nAlong the way, you will be the technical voice of Project Delivery: representing engineering at stage gates and with the independent engineer, coordinating technical interfaces with our interconnection group, approving technical submittals and procurement packages with the procurement team, and building strong working relationships with the engineers and contractors who will carry the design through construction and commissioning.
\nCompetencies – What we’re looking for
\n\n- Engineering depth: A BS in mechanical, civil, electrical, chemical, or construction engineering and 10+ years of engineering in heavy infrastructure, including at least one project taken from design through commissioning. Experience in geothermal, binary ORC, power plants, oil and gas, or chemicals is helpful, as is working knowledge of substation and high-voltage gen-tie design.
\n- Review leadership: You have led design, constructability, and HAZOP reviews, and you know how to make sure every action is closed before a project moves forward.
\n- Standards builder: You like turning hard-won project lessons into repeatable standards. You will own our company-wide technical specifications and the process for approving deviations from them, so experience developing standardized designs or technical specifications across multiple projects is helpful.
\n- Owner-side contractor management: You have managed outside engineers and contractors, including engineering-of-record and EPC teams, through design reviews, RFIs, and change orders. Owner-side experience on EPC-contracted projects and experience working with an independent engineer or lender's technical advisor are helpful.
\n- Leader and communicator: You have managed people and can hire and mentor engineers. You can explain technical tradeoffs clearly to articulate optimal design solutions and achieve buy in from stakeholders.
\n
\nLocation, Salary, and Benefits
\n\n- The position is located in Salt Lake City, UT, on-site, with periodic travel to project locations, the EPC contractor's office, and key equipment suppliers.
\n- Full-time; Salaried
\n- Paid holidays
\n- 18 days PTO + PTO accrual increase based on tenure
\n- Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
\n- Group Life, STD & LTD
\n- Equity Packages
\n- 401k
\n- Paid Parental Leave
\n- A direct impact in displacing carbon emissions, and growth opportunities in a growing startup environment
\n
","descriptionBodyPlain":"Role Overview\nTitle: Project Engineering Manager\nHours: Full-time; Salaried\nLocation: Salt Lake City, UT (on-site)\nBenefits Eligible: Yes\nManager: VP of Project Delivery\nMission – Why we exist and why we need you\nGeothermal 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.\nZanskar's first geothermal plants will become the template for every plant we build after them. As Project Engineering Manager, you will own the technical backbone of that template, from the design basis and company-wide technical specifications to the lessons learned that make each new plant cheaper and faster to build, so every plant after it gets built better.\nOutcomes – Problems you’ll solve\nSuccess in this role in 6 months means the design basis and engineering scope for the power plant, substation, and gen-tie are clear, owned by you, and understood by the EPC contractor and the rest of Project Delivery. You will have put the engineering and design management plan in place, including the design deliverable schedule and review process, and scheduled the constructability, operability/maintainability, design model, and HAZOP reviews so that actions are closed before the project advances through each stage gate.\nYou will have the management of change process running, so technical and scope changes are evaluated, approved, and documented, with their cost and schedule impact understood. You will also have started capturing technical lessons learned and developing company-wide technical specifications and the standard design basis, so what we learn on the first project feeds directly into our standardized plant design.\nAlong the way, you will be the technical voice of Project Delivery: representing engineering at stage gates and with the independent engineer, coordinating technical interfaces with our interconnection group, approving technical submittals and procurement packages with the procurement team, and building strong working relationships with the engineers and contractors who will carry the design through construction and commissioning.\nCompetencies – What we’re looking for\nEngineering depth: A BS in mechanical, civil, electrical, chemical, or construction engineering and 10+ years of engineering in heavy infrastructure, including at least one project taken from design through commissioning. Experience in geothermal, binary ORC, power plants, oil and gas, or chemicals is helpful, as is working knowledge of substation and high-voltage gen-tie design.\nReview leadership: You have led design, constructability, and HAZOP reviews, and you know how to make sure every action is closed before a project moves forward.\nStandards builder: You like turning hard-won project lessons into repeatable standards. You will own our company-wide technical specifications and the process for approving deviations from them, so experience developing standardized designs or technical specifications across multiple projects is helpful.\nOwner-side contractor management: You have managed outside engineers and contractors, including engineering-of-record and EPC teams, through design reviews, RFIs, and change orders. Owner-side experience on EPC-contracted projects and experience working with an independent engineer or lender's technical advisor are helpful.\nLeader and communicator: You have managed people and can hire and mentor engineers. You can explain technical tradeoffs clearly to articulate optimal design solutions and achieve buy in from stakeholders.\nLocation, Salary, and Benefits\nThe position is located in Salt Lake City, UT, on-site, with periodic travel to project locations, the EPC contractor's office, and key equipment suppliers.\nFull-time; Salaried\nPaid holidays\n18 days PTO + PTO accrual increase based on tenure\nMedical, Dental & Vision coverage\nGroup Life, STD & LTD\nEquity Packages\n401k\nPaid Parental Leave\nA direct impact in displacing carbon emissions, and growth opportunities in a growing startup environment\n","hostedUrl":"https://jobs.lever.co/Zanskar/6781a9bf-1e76-49f0-b739-41956b2fd4f4","applyUrl":"https://jobs.lever.co/Zanskar/6781a9bf-1e76-49f0-b739-41956b2fd4f4/apply"},{"additionalPlain":"Location, Salary, and Benefits\n- The position is based out of our headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah\n- Full-time position\n- Paid holidays\n- Generous Relocation Packages\n- 15 days PTO + Accrual increase based on tenure\n- Paid Sick Leave\n- Medical and dental coverage\n- 401k \n- A direct impact in displacing carbon emissions\n- Growth opportunities in a growing startup environment\n \nEqual Opportunity Employer \n \nZanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws\n","additional":"Location, Salary, and Benefits
\n- The position is based out of our headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah
\n- Full-time position
\n- Paid holidays
\n- Generous Relocation Packages
\n- 15 days PTO + Accrual increase based on tenure
\n- Paid Sick Leave
\n- Medical and dental coverage
\n- 401k
\n- A direct impact in displacing carbon emissions
\n- Growth opportunities in a growing startup environment
\n
\nEqual Opportunity Employer
\n
\nZanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws
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\nTitle: Project Finance Associate
\nHours: Full-time; Salaried
\nLocation: Salt Lake City, UT - Hybrid
\nBenefits Eligible: Yes
\nReporting to: Head of Finance
\n
\nMission – Why we exist and why we need you
\n
\nGeothermal 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 an affordable and vital contributor to a carbon-free electrical grid. We’ve set new industry standards for discovery rates, finding new prospects at an unprecedented scale and revolutionizing the exploration process.
\n
\nThe Project Finance Associate will be crucial in supporting the Head of Finance in financial modeling and analysis and strategic decisions focusing on the economic viability of geothermal projects. This is a career-level role, and we expect the Project Finance Associate to grow and find new ways to impact our organization, contributing to Zanskar’s broader financial and capital allocation strategy.
\n
\nOutcomes - Problems you’ll solve
\n
\nIn the first six months, there will be a concentrated emphasis on performing different financial analyses to guide key investment decisions on individual geothermal projects and across the portfolio including valuation, capital allocation, financing, and deal structure. This will require becoming intimately familiar with potential capital permutations, structure sensitivities, and value levers. You will work closely with cross-functional experts in various groups such as land acquisition, development, exploration, etc. You will work directly with the Head of Finance and senior management in the structuring, negotiation, and execution of project finance transactions, including debt and equity financings for infrastructure projects.
\n
\nCompetencies – What we’re looking for
\n - Industry-specific modeling knowledge: Can develop and maintain complex financial models for project and infrastructure financing that may include construction financing, back leverage, tax equity financing, and project offtake, among others. Capability should be equivalent to 2-4 years of experience in project finance, specifically in energy and renewables (geothermal energy is a plus)
\n- Reliability: Ability to deliver impressive results in a cross-functional, high-growth, and fast-paced environment
\n- Flexibility: Can perform analysis on a variety of projects with different project or transaction deadlines with potentially shifting priorities. Feels comfortable structuring and resolving ambiguity in order to come up with an actionable answer
\n- Cross-functional communicator: Able to translate various internal and external teams’ input into financial models as well as communicate the impact of those with non-financial stakeholders
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\nTitle: Project Finance Associate
\nHours: Full-time; Salaried
\nLocation: Salt Lake City, UT - Hybrid
\nBenefits Eligible: Yes
\nReporting to: Head of Finance
\n
\nMission – Why we exist and why we need you
\n
\nGeothermal 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 an affordable and vital contributor to a carbon-free electrical grid. We’ve set new industry standards for discovery rates, finding new prospects at an unprecedented scale and revolutionizing the exploration process.
\n
\nThe Project Finance Associate will be crucial in supporting the Head of Finance in financial modeling and analysis and strategic decisions focusing on the economic viability of geothermal projects. This is a career-level role, and we expect the Project Finance Associate to grow and find new ways to impact our organization, contributing to Zanskar’s broader financial and capital allocation strategy.
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\nOutcomes - Problems you’ll solve
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\nIn the first six months, there will be a concentrated emphasis on performing different financial analyses to guide key investment decisions on individual geothermal projects and across the portfolio including valuation, capital allocation, financing, and deal structure. This will require becoming intimately familiar with potential capital permutations, structure sensitivities, and value levers. You will work closely with cross-functional experts in various groups such as land acquisition, development, exploration, etc. You will work directly with the Head of Finance and senior management in the structuring, negotiation, and execution of project finance transactions, including debt and equity financings for infrastructure projects.
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\nCompetencies – What we’re looking for
\n - Industry-specific modeling knowledge: Can develop and maintain complex financial models for project and infrastructure financing that may include construction financing, back leverage, tax equity financing, and project offtake, among others. Capability should be equivalent to 2-4 years of experience in project finance, specifically in energy and renewables (geothermal energy is a plus)
\n- Reliability: Ability to deliver impressive results in a cross-functional, high-growth, and fast-paced environment
\n- Flexibility: Can perform analysis on a variety of projects with different project or transaction deadlines with potentially shifting priorities. Feels comfortable structuring and resolving ambiguity in order to come up with an actionable answer
\n- Cross-functional communicator: Able to translate various internal and external teams’ input into financial models as well as communicate the impact of those with non-financial stakeholders
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","descriptionBodyPlain":"Role Overview \nTitle: Project Finance Associate \nHours: Full-time; Salaried \nLocation: Salt Lake City, UT - Hybrid\nBenefits Eligible: Yes \nReporting to: Head of Finance \n \nMission – Why we exist and why we need you\n \nGeothermal 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 an affordable and vital contributor to a carbon-free electrical grid. We’ve set new industry standards for discovery rates, finding new prospects at an unprecedented scale and revolutionizing the exploration process.\n \nThe Project Finance Associate will be crucial in supporting the Head of Finance in financial modeling and analysis and strategic decisions focusing on the economic viability of geothermal projects. This is a career-level role, and we expect the Project Finance Associate to grow and find new ways to impact our organization, contributing to Zanskar’s broader financial and capital allocation strategy. \n \nOutcomes - Problems you’ll solve\n \nIn the first six months, there will be a concentrated emphasis on performing different financial analyses to guide key investment decisions on individual geothermal projects and across the portfolio including valuation, capital allocation, financing, and deal structure. This will require becoming intimately familiar with potential capital permutations, structure sensitivities, and value levers. You will work closely with cross-functional experts in various groups such as land acquisition, development, exploration, etc. You will work directly with the Head of Finance and senior management in the structuring, negotiation, and execution of project finance transactions, including debt and equity financings for infrastructure projects.\n \nCompetencies – What we’re looking for\n - Industry-specific modeling knowledge: Can develop and maintain complex financial models for project and infrastructure financing that may include construction financing, back leverage, tax equity financing, and project offtake, among others. 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At Zanskar, we are accelerating geothermal development by combining technical excellence, disciplined execution, and strong strategic partnerships. As we advance multiple geothermal exploration and development partnerships, we need a highly capable Project Coordinator who can help translate strategy into\nexecution. This role sits at the center of cross-functional workstreams and external relationships, ensuring that partnership projects move forward efficiently, professionally, and with strong internal alignment.\nThis is not a passive administrative role. It is an execution-oriented, high-ownership position for someone who can operate confidently with leadership, engage effectively with vendors and partners, and proactively solve problems in a fast-moving startup environment.\nOutcomes - Problems You’ll Solve\nIn this role, you will help ensure that partnership projects:\nStay organized, on schedule, and aligned across multiple internal teams\nHave clear next steps, owners, timelines, and documented decisions\nAre prepared for leadership reviews and external partner discussions\nMaintain strong communication between Zanskar, consultants, and vendors\nAnticipate risks early and proactively address bottlenecks\nOperate with startup agility while maintaining professional rigor\nAbout the Role\nZanskar is seeking a highly organized and proactive Project Manager to support strategic partnership projects and government funded programs, with a particular focus on Department of Energy (DOE) and Department of Defense (DOD) projects. Working closely with the Director of Partnerships & Projects, this role will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage schedules and deliverables, support grant and project administration, and help ensure complex projects move forward efficiently. Experience with federal grants or government funded projects is strongly preferred but not required. We are also interested in candidates with strong project management experience who can quickly learn federal program requirements and bring structure to\ncomplex, multi-stakeholder projects.\nWhat You’ll Do\nManage project plans, schedules, milestones, action items, risks, and deliverables across partnership and government-funded projects.\nSupport execution and administration of DOE, DOD, and other federally funded projects and grants.\nTrack grant and project requirements, reporting deadlines, budgets, cost share, invoices/reimbursements, and key commitments.\nCoordinate cross-functional workstreams across Exploration, Drilling, Development, Engineering, Permitting, Land, Finance, Legal, and external partners.\nCoordinate preparation of technical and financial reports, project updates, presentations, and other required deliverables.\nFacilitate project meetings, document decisions and action items, and drive follow-through.\nSupport communication with government stakeholders, commercial partners, consultants, vendors, and subcontractors. \nPrepare concise, executive-ready project updates and briefing materials.\nIdentify schedule, budget, administrative, and execution risks early and help drive solutions.\nBuild and improve project management systems, trackers, documentation, and workflows.\nStep into undefined gaps, create structure, and help keep multiple projects moving forward.\nCompetencies – What we’re looking for\nStrong project management, organizational, and execution skills.\nAbility to coordinate multiple projects, priorities, and stakeholders simultaneously.\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills.\nStrong attention to detail and follow-through.\nAbility to bring structure and clarity to ambiguous or rapidly evolving projects.\nHigh ownership mindset and willingness to proactively solve problems.\nComfortable working with technical teams, leadership, external partners, and vendors.\nAbility to operate effectively in a fast-paced startup environment.\nPreferred Experience\nExperience with DOE, DOD, or other federal grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, or government-funded projects is strongly preferred, but not required.\nExperience in energy, infrastructure, engineering, natural resources, construction, or other technical/capital-intensive environments preferred but not required.\nFamiliarity with project budgeting, financial tracking, reporting, or project controls.\nExperience coordinating consultants, vendors, subcontractors, or external partners.\nWhat Makes This Role Unique\nYou will work at the intersection of geothermal development, strategic partnerships, and government-funded programs, helping move complex projects from commitments and funding through successful execution.\n \nThis role is well suited for someone who enjoys creating structure, coordinating across technical and business teams, solving problems, and taking ownership in an environment where processes are still being built.\nYou will help create structure where ambiguity exists, bring clarity to complex multi-stakeholder efforts, and elevate the overall quality and polish of project execution.\nBenefits\nThe position is based out of our headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah\nPaid holidays\n18 days PTO + PTO accrual increase based on tenure\nMedical, Dental & Vision Coverage\nShort and Long Term Disability and Group Life Insurance\nPaid Parental Leave\n401k\nStock options\nGrowth opportunities at a company with a direct impact in displacing carbon emissions\nEqual Opportunity Employer\nZanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws.\n","description":"Project Manager, Partnerships & Projects
\nRole Overview
\nTitle: Project Manager, Partnerships & Projects
Hours: Full Time; Salaried
Location: Salt Lake City, UT (Hybrid)
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Manager: Director, Partnerships & Projects
\nMission – Why we exist and why we need you
\nGeothermal energy is the most abundant renewable energy source in the world, yet it remains underdeveloped due to exploration risk, development complexity, and capital intensity. At Zanskar, we are accelerating geothermal development by combining technical excellence, disciplined execution, and strong strategic partnerships. As we advance multiple geothermal exploration and development partnerships, we need a highly capable Project Coordinator who can help translate strategy into
execution. This role sits at the center of cross-functional workstreams and external relationships, ensuring that partnership projects move forward efficiently, professionally, and with strong internal alignment.
\nThis is not a passive administrative role. It is an execution-oriented, high-ownership position for someone who can operate confidently with leadership, engage effectively with vendors and partners, and proactively solve problems in a fast-moving startup environment.
\nOutcomes - Problems You’ll Solve
\nIn this role, you will help ensure that partnership projects:
\n\n- Stay organized, on schedule, and aligned across multiple internal teams
\n- Have clear next steps, owners, timelines, and documented decisions
\n- Are prepared for leadership reviews and external partner discussions
\n- Maintain strong communication between Zanskar, consultants, and vendors
\n- Anticipate risks early and proactively address bottlenecks
\n- Operate with startup agility while maintaining professional rigor
\n
\nAbout the Role
\nZanskar is seeking a highly organized and proactive Project Manager to support strategic partnership projects and government funded programs, with a particular focus on Department of Energy (DOE) and Department of Defense (DOD) projects. Working closely with the Director of Partnerships & Projects, this role will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage schedules and deliverables, support grant and project administration, and help ensure complex projects move forward efficiently. Experience with federal grants or government funded projects is strongly preferred but not required. We are also interested in candidates with strong project management experience who can quickly learn federal program requirements and bring structure to
complex, multi-stakeholder projects.
\nWhat You’ll Do
\n\n- Manage project plans, schedules, milestones, action items, risks, and deliverables across partnership and government-funded projects.
\n- Support execution and administration of DOE, DOD, and other federally funded projects and grants.
\n- Track grant and project requirements, reporting deadlines, budgets, cost share, invoices/reimbursements, and key commitments.
\n- Coordinate cross-functional workstreams across Exploration, Drilling, Development, Engineering, Permitting, Land, Finance, Legal, and external partners.
\n- Coordinate preparation of technical and financial reports, project updates, presentations, and other required deliverables.
\n- Facilitate project meetings, document decisions and action items, and drive follow-through.
\n- Support communication with government stakeholders, commercial partners, consultants, vendors, and subcontractors.
\n- Prepare concise, executive-ready project updates and briefing materials.
\n- Identify schedule, budget, administrative, and execution risks early and help drive solutions.
\n- Build and improve project management systems, trackers, documentation, and workflows.
\n- Step into undefined gaps, create structure, and help keep multiple projects moving forward.
\n
\nCompetencies – What we’re looking for
\n\n- Strong project management, organizational, and execution skills.
\n- Ability to coordinate multiple projects, priorities, and stakeholders simultaneously.
\n- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
\n- Strong attention to detail and follow-through.
\n- Ability to bring structure and clarity to ambiguous or rapidly evolving projects.
\n- High ownership mindset and willingness to proactively solve problems.
\n- Comfortable working with technical teams, leadership, external partners, and vendors.
\n- Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced startup environment.
\n
\nPreferred Experience
\n\n- Experience with DOE, DOD, or other federal grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, or government-funded projects is strongly preferred, but not required.
\n- Experience in energy, infrastructure, engineering, natural resources, construction, or other technical/capital-intensive environments preferred but not required.
\n- Familiarity with project budgeting, financial tracking, reporting, or project controls.
\n- Experience coordinating consultants, vendors, subcontractors, or external partners.
\n
\nWhat Makes This Role Unique
\nYou will work at the intersection of geothermal development, strategic partnerships, and government-funded programs, helping move complex projects from commitments and funding through successful execution.
\n
\nThis role is well suited for someone who enjoys creating structure, coordinating across technical and business teams, solving problems, and taking ownership in an environment where processes are still being built.
\nYou will help create structure where ambiguity exists, bring clarity to complex multi-stakeholder efforts, and elevate the overall quality and polish of project execution.
\nBenefits
\n\n- The position is based out of our headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah
\n- Paid holidays
\n- 18 days PTO + PTO accrual increase based on tenure
\n- Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage
\n- Short and Long Term Disability and Group Life Insurance
\n- Paid Parental Leave
\n- 401k
\n- Stock options
\n- Growth opportunities at a company with a direct impact in displacing carbon emissions
\n
\nEqual Opportunity Employer
\n\n
Zanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws.
\n
Project Manager, Partnerships & Projects
\nRole Overview
\nTitle: Project Manager, Partnerships & Projects
Hours: Full Time; Salaried
Location: Salt Lake City, UT (Hybrid)
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Manager: Director, Partnerships & Projects
\nMission – Why we exist and why we need you
\nGeothermal energy is the most abundant renewable energy source in the world, yet it remains underdeveloped due to exploration risk, development complexity, and capital intensity. At Zanskar, we are accelerating geothermal development by combining technical excellence, disciplined execution, and strong strategic partnerships. As we advance multiple geothermal exploration and development partnerships, we need a highly capable Project Coordinator who can help translate strategy into
execution. This role sits at the center of cross-functional workstreams and external relationships, ensuring that partnership projects move forward efficiently, professionally, and with strong internal alignment.
\nThis is not a passive administrative role. It is an execution-oriented, high-ownership position for someone who can operate confidently with leadership, engage effectively with vendors and partners, and proactively solve problems in a fast-moving startup environment.
\nOutcomes - Problems You’ll Solve
\nIn this role, you will help ensure that partnership projects:
\n\n- Stay organized, on schedule, and aligned across multiple internal teams
\n- Have clear next steps, owners, timelines, and documented decisions
\n- Are prepared for leadership reviews and external partner discussions
\n- Maintain strong communication between Zanskar, consultants, and vendors
\n- Anticipate risks early and proactively address bottlenecks
\n- Operate with startup agility while maintaining professional rigor
\n
\nAbout the Role
\nZanskar is seeking a highly organized and proactive Project Manager to support strategic partnership projects and government funded programs, with a particular focus on Department of Energy (DOE) and Department of Defense (DOD) projects. Working closely with the Director of Partnerships & Projects, this role will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage schedules and deliverables, support grant and project administration, and help ensure complex projects move forward efficiently. Experience with federal grants or government funded projects is strongly preferred but not required. We are also interested in candidates with strong project management experience who can quickly learn federal program requirements and bring structure to
complex, multi-stakeholder projects.
\nWhat You’ll Do
\n\n- Manage project plans, schedules, milestones, action items, risks, and deliverables across partnership and government-funded projects.
\n- Support execution and administration of DOE, DOD, and other federally funded projects and grants.
\n- Track grant and project requirements, reporting deadlines, budgets, cost share, invoices/reimbursements, and key commitments.
\n- Coordinate cross-functional workstreams across Exploration, Drilling, Development, Engineering, Permitting, Land, Finance, Legal, and external partners.
\n- Coordinate preparation of technical and financial reports, project updates, presentations, and other required deliverables.
\n- Facilitate project meetings, document decisions and action items, and drive follow-through.
\n- Support communication with government stakeholders, commercial partners, consultants, vendors, and subcontractors.
\n- Prepare concise, executive-ready project updates and briefing materials.
\n- Identify schedule, budget, administrative, and execution risks early and help drive solutions.
\n- Build and improve project management systems, trackers, documentation, and workflows.
\n- Step into undefined gaps, create structure, and help keep multiple projects moving forward.
\n
\nCompetencies – What we’re looking for
\n\n- Strong project management, organizational, and execution skills.
\n- Ability to coordinate multiple projects, priorities, and stakeholders simultaneously.
\n- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
\n- Strong attention to detail and follow-through.
\n- Ability to bring structure and clarity to ambiguous or rapidly evolving projects.
\n- High ownership mindset and willingness to proactively solve problems.
\n- Comfortable working with technical teams, leadership, external partners, and vendors.
\n- Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced startup environment.
\n
\nPreferred Experience
\n\n- Experience with DOE, DOD, or other federal grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, or government-funded projects is strongly preferred, but not required.
\n- Experience in energy, infrastructure, engineering, natural resources, construction, or other technical/capital-intensive environments preferred but not required.
\n- Familiarity with project budgeting, financial tracking, reporting, or project controls.
\n- Experience coordinating consultants, vendors, subcontractors, or external partners.
\n
\nWhat Makes This Role Unique
\nYou will work at the intersection of geothermal development, strategic partnerships, and government-funded programs, helping move complex projects from commitments and funding through successful execution.
\n
\nThis role is well suited for someone who enjoys creating structure, coordinating across technical and business teams, solving problems, and taking ownership in an environment where processes are still being built.
\nYou will help create structure where ambiguity exists, bring clarity to complex multi-stakeholder efforts, and elevate the overall quality and polish of project execution.
\nBenefits
\n\n- The position is based out of our headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah
\n- Paid holidays
\n- 18 days PTO + PTO accrual increase based on tenure
\n- Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage
\n- Short and Long Term Disability and Group Life Insurance
\n- Paid Parental Leave
\n- 401k
\n- Stock options
\n- Growth opportunities at a company with a direct impact in displacing carbon emissions
\n
\nEqual Opportunity Employer
\n\n
Zanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws.
\n
Equal Opportunity Employer
\nZanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws.
","categories":{"commitment":"Full Time","location":"Salt Lake City, Utah","team":"Finance","allLocations":["Salt Lake City, Utah"]},"createdAt":1762815944449,"descriptionPlain":"Role Overview\nTitle: Senior Accountant\nHours: Full-time; Salaried\nLocation: Salt Lake City, UT, Hybrid\nBenefits Eligible: Yes\nManager: Controller\n \nMission – Why we exist and why we need you \n \nGeothermal 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 \n \nAs we scale, a rock-solid accounting function is critical. The Senior Accountant will ensure our books are accurate, timely, and audit-ready—providing the financial clarity that lets our scientists, engineers, and field teams focus on revolutionizing geothermal exploration.\n","description":"Role Overview
\nTitle: Senior Accountant
\nHours: Full-time; Salaried
\nLocation: Salt Lake City, UT, Hybrid
\nBenefits Eligible: Yes
\nManager: Controller
\n
\nMission – Why we exist and why we need you
\n
\nGeothermal 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
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\nAs we scale, a rock-solid accounting function is critical. The Senior Accountant will ensure our books are accurate, timely, and audit-ready—providing the financial clarity that lets our scientists, engineers, and field teams focus on revolutionizing geothermal exploration.
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Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field.\n
3-5 years total progressive accounting experience, including at least 2 years of hands-on general ledger accounting (public or private).\n
At least 1 year of experience performing month-end close and balance-sheet account reconciliations.\n
At least 6 months of preferred experience using AI assistants (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini) to draft, review, and validate accounting work.\n\n
Preferred Qualifications
\n\n
CPA or CPA-eligible.\n
Experience with NetSuite.\n
Experience supporting an external financial statement audit.\n\n
Competencies
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Role Overview
\nTitle: Senior Accountant
\nHours: Full-time; Salaried
\nLocation: Salt Lake City, UT, Hybrid
\nBenefits Eligible: Yes
\nManager: Controller
\n
\nMission – Why we exist and why we need you
\n
\nGeothermal 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
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\nAs we scale, a rock-solid accounting function is critical. The Senior Accountant will ensure our books are accurate, timely, and audit-ready—providing the financial clarity that lets our scientists, engineers, and field teams focus on revolutionizing geothermal exploration.
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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 software and machine learning modeling.\n \nWho you are\nThe Senior Distributed Systems Engineer will play a critical role developing and maintaining Zanskar’s next-generation multi-physics well-targeting engine. A successful candidate will:\nLead - you will be a trusted leader who can both design and deliver a reliable distributed compute system that meets the ongoing needs of our scientific research teams.\nLearn - you will be entering a team with an existing system in place that needs to grow and scale. You will learn the domain from your peers as you identify how to migrate the system for scale and reliability.\nCollaborate - you won’t just be working with people like yourself. You’ll be working with some of the most brilliant geophysicists, geoscientists, seismologists and engineers tackling the challenges of geothermal discovery. Collaborating with your peers to solve hard problems is the name of the game.\nTeach - you will bring critical skills and experience that should be taught to others. You will have the opportunity (and education) to help others better understand your craft as a distributed systems engineer, while you learn from them their craft in modeling the earth’s subsurface.\n \nWhat we’re looking for\nMinimum 7+ years experience in software engineering in a business environment, ideally with a heavy scientific component.\nExperience leading the design and implementation of distributed computing systems.\nProven technical skills: \nExperience with the development of fault-tolerant, resilient event-driven architectures, and building and managing orchestration systems to massively scale cloud-based workloads (serverless, Kubernetes, and/or custom VM fleets).\nExperience defining and developing persistent data storage for digital artifacts, both with RDBMS and cloud blob storage at scale.\nExperience ensuring system observability through logging, monitoring, alerting and metrics.\nFamiliarity with software engineering best practices: CI/CD (GitHub Actions or similar), version control (GitHub), containerization (Docker) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi).\nExperience architecting, permissioning and maintaining cloud resources (GCP, AWS).\nFluency in Python and SQL are required.\nExperience with any of the following is a plus: experiment tracking, optimization methods, applied algorithm development, reinforcement learning and other AI/ML techniques, web development, and familiarity with geoscience concepts and applications.\nLocation and Benefits\nThe position is based out of our headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is a hybrid position\nBenefits include: \nPaid holidays\n18 days PTO + PTO accrual increase based on tenure\nMedical, dental and vision coverage\nShort term and long term disability\n401k\nStock options\nGrowth opportunities at a company with a direct impact in displacing carbon emissions\n \nEqual Opportunity Employer\nZanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws.\n","description":"\n
Senior Distributed Systems Engineer
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\n
Role Overview
\n
Title: Senior Distributed Systems Engineer
\n
Hours: Full-Time, Salaried
\n
Location: Salt Lake City, UT, Hybrid
\n
Benefits Eligible: Yes
\n
Manager: Head of Reservoir R&D
\n
\n
Why we exist
\n
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 software and machine learning modeling.
\n
\n
Who you are
\n
The Senior Distributed Systems Engineer will play a critical role developing and maintaining Zanskar’s next-generation multi-physics well-targeting engine. A successful candidate will:
\n
\n- Lead - you will be a trusted leader who can both design and deliver a reliable distributed compute system that meets the ongoing needs of our scientific research teams.
\n- Learn - you will be entering a team with an existing system in place that needs to grow and scale. You will learn the domain from your peers as you identify how to migrate the system for scale and reliability.
\n- Collaborate - you won’t just be working with people like yourself. You’ll be working with some of the most brilliant geophysicists, geoscientists, seismologists and engineers tackling the challenges of geothermal discovery. Collaborating with your peers to solve hard problems is the name of the game.
\n- Teach - you will bring critical skills and experience that should be taught to others. You will have the opportunity (and education) to help others better understand your craft as a distributed systems engineer, while you learn from them their craft in modeling the earth’s subsurface.
\n
\n
\n
What we’re looking for
\n
\n- Minimum 7+ years experience in software engineering in a business environment, ideally with a heavy scientific component.
\n- Experience leading the design and implementation of distributed computing systems.
\n- Proven technical skills:\n
\n- Experience with the development of fault-tolerant, resilient event-driven architectures, and building and managing orchestration systems to massively scale cloud-based workloads (serverless, Kubernetes, and/or custom VM fleets).
\n- Experience defining and developing persistent data storage for digital artifacts, both with RDBMS and cloud blob storage at scale.
\n- Experience ensuring system observability through logging, monitoring, alerting and metrics.
\n- Familiarity with software engineering best practices: CI/CD (GitHub Actions or similar), version control (GitHub), containerization (Docker) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi).
\n- Experience architecting, permissioning and maintaining cloud resources (GCP, AWS).
\n- Fluency in Python and SQL are required.
\n- Experience with any of the following is a plus: experiment tracking, optimization methods, applied algorithm development, reinforcement learning and other AI/ML techniques, web development, and familiarity with geoscience concepts and applications.
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\n \n
\n
Location and Benefits
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\n- The position is based out of our headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is a hybrid position
\n- Benefits include:\n
\n- Paid holidays
\n- 18 days PTO + PTO accrual increase based on tenure
\n- Medical, dental and vision coverage
\n- Short term and long term disability
\n- 401k
\n- Stock options
\n- Growth opportunities at a company with a direct impact in displacing carbon emissions
\n
\n \n
\n
\n
Equal Opportunity Employer
\n
Zanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws.
\n
\n
Senior Distributed Systems Engineer
\n
\n
Role Overview
\n
Title: Senior Distributed Systems Engineer
\n
Hours: Full-Time, Salaried
\n
Location: Salt Lake City, UT, Hybrid
\n
Benefits Eligible: Yes
\n
Manager: Head of Reservoir R&D
\n
\n
Why we exist
\n
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 software and machine learning modeling.
\n
\n
Who you are
\n
The Senior Distributed Systems Engineer will play a critical role developing and maintaining Zanskar’s next-generation multi-physics well-targeting engine. A successful candidate will:
\n
\n- Lead - you will be a trusted leader who can both design and deliver a reliable distributed compute system that meets the ongoing needs of our scientific research teams.
\n- Learn - you will be entering a team with an existing system in place that needs to grow and scale. You will learn the domain from your peers as you identify how to migrate the system for scale and reliability.
\n- Collaborate - you won’t just be working with people like yourself. You’ll be working with some of the most brilliant geophysicists, geoscientists, seismologists and engineers tackling the challenges of geothermal discovery. Collaborating with your peers to solve hard problems is the name of the game.
\n- Teach - you will bring critical skills and experience that should be taught to others. You will have the opportunity (and education) to help others better understand your craft as a distributed systems engineer, while you learn from them their craft in modeling the earth’s subsurface.
\n
\n
\n
What we’re looking for
\n
\n- Minimum 7+ years experience in software engineering in a business environment, ideally with a heavy scientific component.
\n- Experience leading the design and implementation of distributed computing systems.
\n- Proven technical skills:\n
\n- Experience with the development of fault-tolerant, resilient event-driven architectures, and building and managing orchestration systems to massively scale cloud-based workloads (serverless, Kubernetes, and/or custom VM fleets).
\n- Experience defining and developing persistent data storage for digital artifacts, both with RDBMS and cloud blob storage at scale.
\n- Experience ensuring system observability through logging, monitoring, alerting and metrics.
\n- Familiarity with software engineering best practices: CI/CD (GitHub Actions or similar), version control (GitHub), containerization (Docker) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi).
\n- Experience architecting, permissioning and maintaining cloud resources (GCP, AWS).
\n- Fluency in Python and SQL are required.
\n- Experience with any of the following is a plus: experiment tracking, optimization methods, applied algorithm development, reinforcement learning and other AI/ML techniques, web development, and familiarity with geoscience concepts and applications.
\n
\n \n
\n
Location and Benefits
\n
\n- The position is based out of our headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is a hybrid position
\n- Benefits include:\n
\n- Paid holidays
\n- 18 days PTO + PTO accrual increase based on tenure
\n- Medical, dental and vision coverage
\n- Short term and long term disability
\n- 401k
\n- Stock options
\n- Growth opportunities at a company with a direct impact in displacing carbon emissions
\n
\n \n
\n
\n
Equal Opportunity Employer
\n
Zanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws.
\n
Senior Drilling and Completions Engineer
\nRole Overview
\nTitle: Senior Drilling and Completions Engineer
Hours: Full Time; Salaried
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Manager: Head of Drilling
\nMission - Why we exist and why we need you
\nGeothermal 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.
\nIn order to find and develop a portfolio of new geothermal projects, we need a Drilling and Completions Engineer to join our Drilling team to enable large-scale drill programs, scope completion parameters, monitor drilling programs in-field, and identify ways to drill safely and more rapidly in frontier geothermal systems.
\nOutcomes - Problems you’ll solve
\nThe Engineer is responsible for leading the design, plan, and operational execution of drilling campaigns ranging from temperature gradient wells to full-size production and injection geothermal well construction, including completions. The scope of work includes owning the technical, business, and operational aspects of drilling.
\n\n- Develop and implement step-by-step well program design(s) to achieve well objectives
and maintain full compliance with regulatory and HSE requirements \n- Provide technical and management support on daily drilling activities and serve as the
primary point of contact for field engineering issues \n- Design, Procure, and write procedures for ESP installations
\n- Work on completions designs for EGS stimulations
\n- Negotiate contracts from drilling companies on drilling/completions services and materials cost estimates ranging from simple scoping to probabilistic cost estimates
\n- Support cross-functional field development optimization efforts through well planning, in-field mobilization, and design optimization
\n- Compile technical and operations data for permitting and all other regulatory filings
\n- Lead after-action review to identify best practices and lessons learned; provide internal and external benchmarking and end of project reports
\n- Prepare tenders, analyze vendor responses, and support contract negotiation and administration
\n- Travel to the field frequently to oversee operations, and foster strong working relationships with contracted drillers, field personnel and 3rd party vendors and suppliers, to effectively coordinate and provide support to business-critical needs
\n
\nCompetencies – What we’re looking for
\n\n- Engineering Experience: Hands-on field experience in drilling
engineering/completions/operations. Competent with standard drilling calculations, drill string design and performing casing design. Experience with EGS stimulation design preferred. Bachelor’s Degree in an Engineering discipline and geothermal experience preferred. \n- Vendor and project management: Experienced with procurement and onboarding new vendors. Can evaluate drilling contractors’ performance and manage to improve performance in speed and cost. Ability to travel up to 20% of the time to field locations to manage projects.
\n- Balances safety and adaptability: Understands and manages the risk trade-offs needed to both create safe, standardized operations and well control while working in a fast-paced, innovative environment and shift priorities/focus depending on the business needs
\n
\nLocation and Benefits
\n\n- The position is based out of our headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah
\n- Paid holidays
\n- 18 days PTO + PTO accrual increase based on tenure
\n- Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage
\n- Paid Parental Leave
\n- 401k
\n- Stock options
\n- Growth opportunities at a company with a direct impact in displacing carbon emissions
\n
\nEqual Opportunity Employer
\nZanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws.
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\nRole Overview
\nTitle: Senior Drilling and Completions Engineer
Hours: Full Time; Salaried
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Manager: Head of Drilling
\nMission - Why we exist and why we need you
\nGeothermal 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.
\nIn order to find and develop a portfolio of new geothermal projects, we need a Drilling and Completions Engineer to join our Drilling team to enable large-scale drill programs, scope completion parameters, monitor drilling programs in-field, and identify ways to drill safely and more rapidly in frontier geothermal systems.
\nOutcomes - Problems you’ll solve
\nThe Engineer is responsible for leading the design, plan, and operational execution of drilling campaigns ranging from temperature gradient wells to full-size production and injection geothermal well construction, including completions. The scope of work includes owning the technical, business, and operational aspects of drilling.
\n\n- Develop and implement step-by-step well program design(s) to achieve well objectives
and maintain full compliance with regulatory and HSE requirements \n- Provide technical and management support on daily drilling activities and serve as the
primary point of contact for field engineering issues \n- Design, Procure, and write procedures for ESP installations
\n- Work on completions designs for EGS stimulations
\n- Negotiate contracts from drilling companies on drilling/completions services and materials cost estimates ranging from simple scoping to probabilistic cost estimates
\n- Support cross-functional field development optimization efforts through well planning, in-field mobilization, and design optimization
\n- Compile technical and operations data for permitting and all other regulatory filings
\n- Lead after-action review to identify best practices and lessons learned; provide internal and external benchmarking and end of project reports
\n- Prepare tenders, analyze vendor responses, and support contract negotiation and administration
\n- Travel to the field frequently to oversee operations, and foster strong working relationships with contracted drillers, field personnel and 3rd party vendors and suppliers, to effectively coordinate and provide support to business-critical needs
\n
\nCompetencies – What we’re looking for
\n\n- Engineering Experience: Hands-on field experience in drilling
engineering/completions/operations. Competent with standard drilling calculations, drill string design and performing casing design. Experience with EGS stimulation design preferred. Bachelor’s Degree in an Engineering discipline and geothermal experience preferred. \n- Vendor and project management: Experienced with procurement and onboarding new vendors. Can evaluate drilling contractors’ performance and manage to improve performance in speed and cost. Ability to travel up to 20% of the time to field locations to manage projects.
\n- Balances safety and adaptability: Understands and manages the risk trade-offs needed to both create safe, standardized operations and well control while working in a fast-paced, innovative environment and shift priorities/focus depending on the business needs
\n
\nLocation and Benefits
\n\n- The position is based out of our headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah
\n- Paid holidays
\n- 18 days PTO + PTO accrual increase based on tenure
\n- Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage
\n- Paid Parental Leave
\n- 401k
\n- Stock options
\n- Growth opportunities at a company with a direct impact in displacing carbon emissions
\n
\nEqual Opportunity Employer
\nZanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws.
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\n- 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.
\n
\nBenefits include:
\n- Paid holidays
\n- 18 days PTO + PTO accrual increase based on tenure
\n- Medical, dental and vision coverage
\n- 401k Stock options
\n- Paid Parental Leave
\n- Growth opportunities at a company with a direct impact in displacing carbon emissions
\n
\nEqual Opportunity Employer
\nZanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws.
","categories":{"commitment":"Full Time","location":"Salt Lake City, Utah","team":"Exploration","allLocations":["Salt Lake City, Utah"]},"createdAt":1769035027060,"descriptionPlain":"Role Overview \nTitle: Senior Geothermal Reservoir Engineer\nHours: Full-Time, Salaried\nLocation: Salt Lake City, UT, Hybrid (3 days in office, 2 days can be remote)\nBenefits Eligible: Yes\nManager: Head of Exploration or Head of Reservoir R&D (depending on applicant’s skillset)\n \nWhy we exist\nGeothermal 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.\nAt 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.\n \nWho you are\nThe 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:\n- Lead - own reservoir engineering workstreams end-to-end: test planning, execution support, interpretation, model updates, and recommendations.\n- Model - move fluently between well test interpretation and numerical simulation, and reconcile mismatches between model predictions and field behavior.\n- Collaborate - partner closely with geoscience, drilling, facilities, and operations teams to drive alignment and decision quality.\n- Teach - raise the technical bar through strong documentation, clear communication, and mentorship across disciplines.\n \nWhat you’ll do\nWell test design, execution support, and interpretation\n- 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).\n- Provide real-time support during tests and interpret results post-test (e.g., permeability-thickness, skin, boundaries, connectivity, injectivity/productivity, and reservoir pressure trends).\n- Build repeatable analysis workflows, templates, and QC checks so results are trustworthy and comparable across wells and campaigns.\n \nHistory matching and integrated reservoir/wellbore modeling\n- Build, calibrate, and maintain reservoir models that match observed field history (rates, pressures, temperatures/enthalpy, injectivity/productivity, and tracer/connectivity signals).\n- Perform sensitivity and uncertainty analysis; communicate what is known vs. uncertain and what data would most reduce uncertainty.\n \nForecasting, development planning, and optimization\n- Generate production and injectivity forecasts under multiple operational and development scenarios (including uncertainty ranges).\n- Evaluate reservoir management strategies (injection allocation, make-up well timing, pump strategies, and remediation options as relevant).\n- Translate model outputs into decision-ready recommendations (generation impacts, operational tradeoffs, and key risks).\n \nData, tooling, and cross-functional communication\n- Maintain high-quality operating datasets and ensure completeness and provenance across test data, production/injection data, and well logs.\n- Build lightweight analytics (Python/SQL) to automate recurring analyses and monitoring dashboards.\n- Present findings via concise memos and reviews; be the owner of the reservoir narrative that leaders and operators can rely on.\n \nWhat we’re looking for\n- B.S. (or higher) in Reservoir Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Geoscience, or a related field.\n- 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.\nProven excellence in several of the following technical skills:\n- 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.\n- Numerical simulation: develop and update geothermal reservoir models with wellbore models; calibrate against field data and integrate geologic constraints into conceptual and numerical models.\n- History matching: ability to adjust parameters systematically, understand non-uniqueness, and communicate uncertainty and model limitations.\n- Forecasting: scenario-based production and injectivity forecasts tied to operational constraints; translate results into actionable field recommendations.\n- Cross-functional communication: write clear technical memos, present tradeoffs, and collaborate effectively with operations, drilling, and facilities teams.\n- Nice-to-haves: reservoir-surface network integration; probabilistic history matching/optimization workflows; fluency in Python and SQL.\n","description":"Role Overview
\nTitle: Senior Geothermal Reservoir Engineer
\nHours: Full-Time, Salaried
\nLocation: Salt Lake City, UT, Hybrid (3 days in office, 2 days can be remote)
\nBenefits Eligible: Yes
\nManager: Head of Exploration or Head of Reservoir R&D (depending on applicant’s skillset)
\n
\nWhy we exist
\nGeothermal 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.
\nAt 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.
\n
\nWho you are
\nThe 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:
\n- Lead - own reservoir engineering workstreams end-to-end: test planning, execution support, interpretation, model updates, and recommendations.
\n- Model - move fluently between well test interpretation and numerical simulation, and reconcile mismatches between model predictions and field behavior.
\n- Collaborate - partner closely with geoscience, drilling, facilities, and operations teams to drive alignment and decision quality.
\n- Teach - raise the technical bar through strong documentation, clear communication, and mentorship across disciplines.
\n
\nWhat you’ll do
\nWell test design, execution support, and interpretation
\n- 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).
\n- Provide real-time support during tests and interpret results post-test (e.g., permeability-thickness, skin, boundaries, connectivity, injectivity/productivity, and reservoir pressure trends).
\n- Build repeatable analysis workflows, templates, and QC checks so results are trustworthy and comparable across wells and campaigns.
\n
\nHistory matching and integrated reservoir/wellbore modeling
\n- Build, calibrate, and maintain reservoir models that match observed field history (rates, pressures, temperatures/enthalpy, injectivity/productivity, and tracer/connectivity signals).
\n- Perform sensitivity and uncertainty analysis; communicate what is known vs. uncertain and what data would most reduce uncertainty.
\n
\nForecasting, development planning, and optimization
\n- Generate production and injectivity forecasts under multiple operational and development scenarios (including uncertainty ranges).
\n- Evaluate reservoir management strategies (injection allocation, make-up well timing, pump strategies, and remediation options as relevant).
\n- Translate model outputs into decision-ready recommendations (generation impacts, operational tradeoffs, and key risks).
\n
\nData, tooling, and cross-functional communication
\n- Maintain high-quality operating datasets and ensure completeness and provenance across test data, production/injection data, and well logs.
\n- Build lightweight analytics (Python/SQL) to automate recurring analyses and monitoring dashboards.
\n- Present findings via concise memos and reviews; be the owner of the reservoir narrative that leaders and operators can rely on.
\n
\nWhat we’re looking for
\n- B.S. (or higher) in Reservoir Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Geoscience, or a related field.
\n- 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.
\nProven excellence in several of the following technical skills:
\n- 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.
\n- Numerical simulation: develop and update geothermal reservoir models with wellbore models; calibrate against field data and integrate geologic constraints into conceptual and numerical models.
\n- History matching: ability to adjust parameters systematically, understand non-uniqueness, and communicate uncertainty and model limitations.
\n- Forecasting: scenario-based production and injectivity forecasts tied to operational constraints; translate results into actionable field recommendations.
\n- Cross-functional communication: write clear technical memos, present tradeoffs, and collaborate effectively with operations, drilling, and facilities teams.
\n- Nice-to-haves: reservoir-surface network integration; probabilistic history matching/optimization workflows; fluency in Python and SQL.
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\nTitle: Senior Geothermal Reservoir Engineer
\nHours: Full-Time, Salaried
\nLocation: Salt Lake City, UT, Hybrid (3 days in office, 2 days can be remote)
\nBenefits Eligible: Yes
\nManager: Head of Exploration or Head of Reservoir R&D (depending on applicant’s skillset)
\n
\nWhy we exist
\nGeothermal 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.
\nAt 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.
\n
\nWho you are
\nThe 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:
\n- Lead - own reservoir engineering workstreams end-to-end: test planning, execution support, interpretation, model updates, and recommendations.
\n- Model - move fluently between well test interpretation and numerical simulation, and reconcile mismatches between model predictions and field behavior.
\n- Collaborate - partner closely with geoscience, drilling, facilities, and operations teams to drive alignment and decision quality.
\n- Teach - raise the technical bar through strong documentation, clear communication, and mentorship across disciplines.
\n
\nWhat you’ll do
\nWell test design, execution support, and interpretation
\n- 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).
\n- Provide real-time support during tests and interpret results post-test (e.g., permeability-thickness, skin, boundaries, connectivity, injectivity/productivity, and reservoir pressure trends).
\n- Build repeatable analysis workflows, templates, and QC checks so results are trustworthy and comparable across wells and campaigns.
\n
\nHistory matching and integrated reservoir/wellbore modeling
\n- Build, calibrate, and maintain reservoir models that match observed field history (rates, pressures, temperatures/enthalpy, injectivity/productivity, and tracer/connectivity signals).
\n- Perform sensitivity and uncertainty analysis; communicate what is known vs. uncertain and what data would most reduce uncertainty.
\n
\nForecasting, development planning, and optimization
\n- Generate production and injectivity forecasts under multiple operational and development scenarios (including uncertainty ranges).
\n- Evaluate reservoir management strategies (injection allocation, make-up well timing, pump strategies, and remediation options as relevant).
\n- Translate model outputs into decision-ready recommendations (generation impacts, operational tradeoffs, and key risks).
\n
\nData, tooling, and cross-functional communication
\n- Maintain high-quality operating datasets and ensure completeness and provenance across test data, production/injection data, and well logs.
\n- Build lightweight analytics (Python/SQL) to automate recurring analyses and monitoring dashboards.
\n- Present findings via concise memos and reviews; be the owner of the reservoir narrative that leaders and operators can rely on.
\n
\nWhat we’re looking for
\n- B.S. (or higher) in Reservoir Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Geoscience, or a related field.
\n- 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.
\nProven excellence in several of the following technical skills:
\n- 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.
\n- Numerical simulation: develop and update geothermal reservoir models with wellbore models; calibrate against field data and integrate geologic constraints into conceptual and numerical models.
\n- History matching: ability to adjust parameters systematically, understand non-uniqueness, and communicate uncertainty and model limitations.
\n- Forecasting: scenario-based production and injectivity forecasts tied to operational constraints; translate results into actionable field recommendations.
\n- Cross-functional communication: write clear technical memos, present tradeoffs, and collaborate effectively with operations, drilling, and facilities teams.
\n- Nice-to-haves: reservoir-surface network integration; probabilistic history matching/optimization workflows; fluency in Python and SQL.
","descriptionBodyPlain":"Role Overview \nTitle: Senior Geothermal Reservoir Engineer\nHours: Full-Time, Salaried\nLocation: Salt Lake City, UT, Hybrid (3 days in office, 2 days can be remote)\nBenefits Eligible: Yes\nManager: Head of Exploration or Head of Reservoir R&D (depending on applicant’s skillset)\n \nWhy we exist\nGeothermal 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.\nAt 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.\n \nWho you are\nThe 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:\n- Lead - own reservoir engineering workstreams end-to-end: test planning, execution support, interpretation, model updates, and recommendations.\n- Model - move fluently between well test interpretation and numerical simulation, and reconcile mismatches between model predictions and field behavior.\n- Collaborate - partner closely with geoscience, drilling, facilities, and operations teams to drive alignment and decision quality.\n- Teach - raise the technical bar through strong documentation, clear communication, and mentorship across disciplines.\n \nWhat you’ll do\nWell test design, execution support, and interpretation\n- 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).\n- Provide real-time support during tests and interpret results post-test (e.g., permeability-thickness, skin, boundaries, connectivity, injectivity/productivity, and reservoir pressure trends).\n- Build repeatable analysis workflows, templates, and QC checks so results are trustworthy and comparable across wells and campaigns.\n \nHistory matching and integrated reservoir/wellbore modeling\n- Build, calibrate, and maintain reservoir models that match observed field history (rates, pressures, temperatures/enthalpy, injectivity/productivity, and tracer/connectivity signals).\n- Perform sensitivity and uncertainty analysis; communicate what is known vs. uncertain and what data would most reduce uncertainty.\n \nForecasting, development planning, and optimization\n- Generate production and injectivity forecasts under multiple operational and development scenarios (including uncertainty ranges).\n- Evaluate reservoir management strategies (injection allocation, make-up well timing, pump strategies, and remediation options as relevant).\n- Translate model outputs into decision-ready recommendations (generation impacts, operational tradeoffs, and key risks).\n \nData, tooling, and cross-functional communication\n- Maintain high-quality operating datasets and ensure completeness and provenance across test data, production/injection data, and well logs.\n- Build lightweight analytics (Python/SQL) to automate recurring analyses and monitoring dashboards.\n- Present findings via concise memos and reviews; be the owner of the reservoir narrative that leaders and operators can rely on.\n \nWhat we’re looking for\n- B.S. (or higher) in Reservoir Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Geoscience, or a related field.\n- 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.\nProven excellence in several of the following technical skills:\n- 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.\n- Numerical simulation: develop and update geothermal reservoir models with wellbore models; calibrate against field data and integrate geologic constraints into conceptual and numerical models.\n- History matching: ability to adjust parameters systematically, understand non-uniqueness, and communicate uncertainty and model limitations.\n- Forecasting: scenario-based production and injectivity forecasts tied to operational constraints; translate results into actionable field recommendations.\n- Cross-functional communication: write clear technical memos, present tradeoffs, and collaborate effectively with operations, drilling, and facilities teams.\n- Nice-to-haves: reservoir-surface network integration; probabilistic history matching/optimization workflows; fluency in Python and SQL.\n","hostedUrl":"https://jobs.lever.co/Zanskar/742514d7-8699-4105-8e02-23b456fd9734","applyUrl":"https://jobs.lever.co/Zanskar/742514d7-8699-4105-8e02-23b456fd9734/apply"},{"additional":"","additionalPlain":"","categories":{"commitment":"Full Time","location":"Salt Lake City, Utah","team":"R&D","allLocations":["Salt Lake City, Utah"]},"createdAt":1788553071540,"descriptionPlain":"Senior/Staff Backend Engineer\n \nRole Overview \nTitle:Senior/Staff Backend Engineer \nHours: Full-Time, Salaried\nLocation: Salt Lake City, UT, Hybrid\nBenefitsEligible: Yes\nManager: Head of Reservoir R&D\n \nWhy we exist\nGeothermal 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 software and machine learning modeling.\n \nWho you are\nThe Senior/Staff Backend Engineer will play a critical role developing and maintaining Zanskar’s next-generation multi-physics well-targeting engine. A successful candidate will:\nLead - you will be a trusted leader who can both design and deliver a reliable distributed compute system that meets the ongoing needs of our scientific research teams.\nLearn - you will be entering a team with an existing system in place that needs to grow and scale. You will learn the domain from your peers as you identify how to migrate the system for scale and reliability.\nCollaborate - you won’t just be working with people like yourself. You’ll be working with some of the most brilliant geophysicists, geoscientists, seismologists and engineers tackling the challenges of geothermal discovery. Collaborating with your peers to solve hard problems is the name of the game.\nTeach - you will bring critical skills and experience that should be taught to others. You will have the opportunity (and education) to help others better understand your craft as a distributed systems engineer, while you learn from them their craft in modeling the earth’s subsurface.\n \nWhat we’re looking for\nMinimum 7+ years experience in software engineering in a business environment, ideally with a heavy scientific component.\nExperience leading the design and implementation of distributed computing systems.\nProven technical skills: \nExperience with the development of fault-tolerant, resilient event-driven architectures, and building and managing orchestration systems to massively scale cloud-based workloads (serverless, Kubernetes, and/or custom VM fleets).\nExperience defining and developing persistent data storage for digital artifacts, both with RDBMS and cloud blob storage at scale.\nExperience ensuring system observability through logging, monitoring, alerting and metrics.\nFamiliarity with software engineering best practices: CI/CD (GitHub Actions or similar), version control (GitHub), containerization (Docker) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi).\nExperience architecting, permissioning and maintaining cloud resources (GCP, AWS).\nFluency in Python and SQL are required.\nExperience with any of the following is a plus: experiment tracking, optimization methods, applied algorithm development, reinforcement learning and other AI/ML techniques, web development, and familiarity with geoscience concepts and applications.\nLocation and Benefits\nThe position is based out of our headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is a hybrid position\nBenefits include: \nPaid holidays\n18 days PTO + PTO accrual increase based on tenure\nMedical, dental and vision coverage\nShort term and long term disability\n401k\nStock options\nGrowth opportunities at a company with a direct impact in displacing carbon emissions\n \nEqual Opportunity Employer\nZanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws.\n","description":"Senior/Staff Backend Engineer
\n
\nRole Overview
\nTitle:Senior/Staff Backend Engineer
\nHours: Full-Time, Salaried
\nLocation: Salt Lake City, UT, Hybrid
\nBenefits Eligible: Yes
\nManager: Head of Reservoir R&D
\n
\nWhy we exist
\nGeothermal 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 software and machine learning modeling.
\n
\nWho you are
\nThe Senior/Staff Backend Engineer will play a critical role developing and maintaining Zanskar’s next-generation multi-physics well-targeting engine. A successful candidate will:
\n\n- Lead - you will be a trusted leader who can both design and deliver a reliable distributed compute system that meets the ongoing needs of our scientific research teams.
\n- Learn - you will be entering a team with an existing system in place that needs to grow and scale. You will learn the domain from your peers as you identify how to migrate the system for scale and reliability.
\n- Collaborate - you won’t just be working with people like yourself. You’ll be working with some of the most brilliant geophysicists, geoscientists, seismologists and engineers tackling the challenges of geothermal discovery. Collaborating with your peers to solve hard problems is the name of the game.
\n- Teach - you will bring critical skills and experience that should be taught to others. You will have the opportunity (and education) to help others better understand your craft as a distributed systems engineer, while you learn from them their craft in modeling the earth’s subsurface.
\n
\n
\nWhat we’re looking for
\n\n- Minimum 7+ years experience in software engineering in a business environment, ideally with a heavy scientific component.
\n- Experience leading the design and implementation of distributed computing systems.
\n- Proven technical skills:\n
\n- Experience with the development of fault-tolerant, resilient event-driven architectures, and building and managing orchestration systems to massively scale cloud-based workloads (serverless, Kubernetes, and/or custom VM fleets).
\n- Experience defining and developing persistent data storage for digital artifacts, both with RDBMS and cloud blob storage at scale.
\n- Experience ensuring system observability through logging, monitoring, alerting and metrics.
\n- Familiarity with software engineering best practices: CI/CD (GitHub Actions or similar), version control (GitHub), containerization (Docker) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi).
\n- Experience architecting, permissioning and maintaining cloud resources (GCP, AWS).
\n- Fluency in Python and SQL are required.
\n- Experience with any of the following is a plus: experiment tracking, optimization methods, applied algorithm development, reinforcement learning and other AI/ML techniques, web development, and familiarity with geoscience concepts and applications.
\n
\n \n
\nLocation and Benefits
\n\n- The position is based out of our headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is a hybrid position
\n- Benefits include:\n
\n- Paid holidays
\n- 18 days PTO + PTO accrual increase based on tenure
\n- Medical, dental and vision coverage
\n- Short term and long term disability
\n- 401k
\n- Stock options
\n- Growth opportunities at a company with a direct impact in displacing carbon emissions
\n
\n \n
\n
\nEqual Opportunity Employer
\nZanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws.
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\n
\nRole Overview
\nTitle:Senior/Staff Backend Engineer
\nHours: Full-Time, Salaried
\nLocation: Salt Lake City, UT, Hybrid
\nBenefits Eligible: Yes
\nManager: Head of Reservoir R&D
\n
\nWhy we exist
\nGeothermal 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 software and machine learning modeling.
\n
\nWho you are
\nThe Senior/Staff Backend Engineer will play a critical role developing and maintaining Zanskar’s next-generation multi-physics well-targeting engine. A successful candidate will:
\n\n- Lead - you will be a trusted leader who can both design and deliver a reliable distributed compute system that meets the ongoing needs of our scientific research teams.
\n- Learn - you will be entering a team with an existing system in place that needs to grow and scale. You will learn the domain from your peers as you identify how to migrate the system for scale and reliability.
\n- Collaborate - you won’t just be working with people like yourself. You’ll be working with some of the most brilliant geophysicists, geoscientists, seismologists and engineers tackling the challenges of geothermal discovery. Collaborating with your peers to solve hard problems is the name of the game.
\n- Teach - you will bring critical skills and experience that should be taught to others. You will have the opportunity (and education) to help others better understand your craft as a distributed systems engineer, while you learn from them their craft in modeling the earth’s subsurface.
\n
\n
\nWhat we’re looking for
\n\n- Minimum 7+ years experience in software engineering in a business environment, ideally with a heavy scientific component.
\n- Experience leading the design and implementation of distributed computing systems.
\n- Proven technical skills:\n
\n- Experience with the development of fault-tolerant, resilient event-driven architectures, and building and managing orchestration systems to massively scale cloud-based workloads (serverless, Kubernetes, and/or custom VM fleets).
\n- Experience defining and developing persistent data storage for digital artifacts, both with RDBMS and cloud blob storage at scale.
\n- Experience ensuring system observability through logging, monitoring, alerting and metrics.
\n- Familiarity with software engineering best practices: CI/CD (GitHub Actions or similar), version control (GitHub), containerization (Docker) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi).
\n- Experience architecting, permissioning and maintaining cloud resources (GCP, AWS).
\n- Fluency in Python and SQL are required.
\n- Experience with any of the following is a plus: experiment tracking, optimization methods, applied algorithm development, reinforcement learning and other AI/ML techniques, web development, and familiarity with geoscience concepts and applications.
\n
\n \n
\nLocation and Benefits
\n\n- The position is based out of our headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is a hybrid position
\n- Benefits include:\n
\n- Paid holidays
\n- 18 days PTO + PTO accrual increase based on tenure
\n- Medical, dental and vision coverage
\n- Short term and long term disability
\n- 401k
\n- Stock options
\n- Growth opportunities at a company with a direct impact in displacing carbon emissions
\n
\n \n
\n
\nEqual Opportunity Employer
\nZanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws.
","descriptionBodyPlain":"Senior/Staff Backend Engineer\n \nRole Overview \nTitle:Senior/Staff Backend Engineer \nHours: Full-Time, Salaried\nLocation: Salt Lake City, UT, Hybrid\nBenefitsEligible: Yes\nManager: Head of Reservoir R&D\n \nWhy we exist\nGeothermal 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 software and machine learning modeling.\n \nWho you are\nThe Senior/Staff Backend Engineer will play a critical role developing and maintaining Zanskar’s next-generation multi-physics well-targeting engine. A successful candidate will:\nLead - you will be a trusted leader who can both design and deliver a reliable distributed compute system that meets the ongoing needs of our scientific research teams.\nLearn - you will be entering a team with an existing system in place that needs to grow and scale. You will learn the domain from your peers as you identify how to migrate the system for scale and reliability.\nCollaborate - you won’t just be working with people like yourself. You’ll be working with some of the most brilliant geophysicists, geoscientists, seismologists and engineers tackling the challenges of geothermal discovery. Collaborating with your peers to solve hard problems is the name of the game.\nTeach - you will bring critical skills and experience that should be taught to others. You will have the opportunity (and education) to help others better understand your craft as a distributed systems engineer, while you learn from them their craft in modeling the earth’s subsurface.\n \nWhat we’re looking for\nMinimum 7+ years experience in software engineering in a business environment, ideally with a heavy scientific component.\nExperience leading the design and implementation of distributed computing systems.\nProven technical skills: \nExperience with the development of fault-tolerant, resilient event-driven architectures, and building and managing orchestration systems to massively scale cloud-based workloads (serverless, Kubernetes, and/or custom VM fleets).\nExperience defining and developing persistent data storage for digital artifacts, both with RDBMS and cloud blob storage at scale.\nExperience ensuring system observability through logging, monitoring, alerting and metrics.\nFamiliarity with software engineering best practices: CI/CD (GitHub Actions or similar), version control (GitHub), containerization (Docker) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi).\nExperience architecting, permissioning and maintaining cloud resources (GCP, AWS).\nFluency in Python and SQL are required.\nExperience with any of the following is a plus: experiment tracking, optimization methods, applied algorithm development, reinforcement learning and other AI/ML techniques, web development, and familiarity with geoscience concepts and applications.\nLocation and Benefits\nThe position is based out of our headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is a hybrid position\nBenefits include: \nPaid holidays\n18 days PTO + PTO accrual increase based on tenure\nMedical, dental and vision coverage\nShort term and long term disability\n401k\nStock options\nGrowth opportunities at a company with a direct impact in displacing carbon emissions\n \nEqual Opportunity Employer\nZanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws.\n","hostedUrl":"https://jobs.lever.co/Zanskar/ae8de96a-b655-4314-a841-47036a5bd4de","applyUrl":"https://jobs.lever.co/Zanskar/ae8de96a-b655-4314-a841-47036a5bd4de/apply"},{"additional":"","additionalPlain":"","categories":{"commitment":"Full Time","location":"Salt Lake City, Utah","team":"R&D","allLocations":["Salt Lake City, Utah"]},"createdAt":1788553008136,"descriptionPlain":"Senior/Staff Software Engineer\n \nRole Overview \nTitle: Senior/Staff Software Engineer \nHours: Full-Time, Salaried\nLocation: Salt Lake City, UT, Hybrid\nBenefitsEligible: Yes\nManager: Head of Reservoir R&D\n \nWhy we exist\nGeothermal 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 software and machine learning modeling.\n \nWho you are\nThe Senior/Staff Software Engineer will play a critical role developing and maintaining Zanskar’s next-generation multi-physics well-targeting engine. A successful candidate will:\nLead - you will be a trusted leader who can both design and deliver a reliable distributed compute system that meets the ongoing needs of our scientific research teams.\nLearn - you will be entering a team with an existing system in place that needs to grow and scale. You will learn the domain from your peers as you identify how to migrate the system for scale and reliability.\nCollaborate - you won’t just be working with people like yourself. You’ll be working with some of the most brilliant geophysicists, geoscientists, seismologists and engineers tackling the challenges of geothermal discovery. Collaborating with your peers to solve hard problems is the name of the game.\nTeach - you will bring critical skills and experience that should be taught to others. 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\n
\nRole Overview
\nTitle: Senior/Staff Software Engineer
\nHours: Full-Time, Salaried
\nLocation: Salt Lake City, UT, Hybrid
\nBenefits Eligible: Yes
\nManager: Head of Reservoir R&D
\n
\nWhy we exist
\nGeothermal 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 software and machine learning modeling.
\n
\nWho you are
\nThe Senior/Staff Software Engineer will play a critical role developing and maintaining Zanskar’s next-generation multi-physics well-targeting engine. A successful candidate will:
\n\n- Lead - you will be a trusted leader who can both design and deliver a reliable distributed compute system that meets the ongoing needs of our scientific research teams.
\n- Learn - you will be entering a team with an existing system in place that needs to grow and scale. You will learn the domain from your peers as you identify how to migrate the system for scale and reliability.
\n- Collaborate - you won’t just be working with people like yourself. You’ll be working with some of the most brilliant geophysicists, geoscientists, seismologists and engineers tackling the challenges of geothermal discovery. Collaborating with your peers to solve hard problems is the name of the game.
\n- Teach - you will bring critical skills and experience that should be taught to others. You will have the opportunity (and education) to help others better understand your craft as a distributed systems engineer, while you learn from them their craft in modeling the earth’s subsurface.
\n
\n
\nWhat we’re looking for
\n\n- Minimum 7+ years experience in software engineering in a business environment, ideally with a heavy scientific component.
\n- Experience leading the design and implementation of distributed computing systems.
\n- Proven technical skills:\n
\n- Experience with the development of fault-tolerant, resilient event-driven architectures, and building and managing orchestration systems to massively scale cloud-based workloads (serverless, Kubernetes, and/or custom VM fleets).
\n- Experience defining and developing persistent data storage for digital artifacts, both with RDBMS and cloud blob storage at scale.
\n- Experience ensuring system observability through logging, monitoring, alerting and metrics.
\n- Familiarity with software engineering best practices: CI/CD (GitHub Actions or similar), version control (GitHub), containerization (Docker) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi).
\n- Experience architecting, permissioning and maintaining cloud resources (GCP, AWS).
\n- Fluency in Python and SQL are required.
\n- Experience with any of the following is a plus: experiment tracking, optimization methods, applied algorithm development, reinforcement learning and other AI/ML techniques, web development, and familiarity with geoscience concepts and applications.
\n
\n \n
\nLocation and Benefits
\n\n- The position is based out of our headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is a hybrid position
\n- Benefits include:\n
\n- Paid holidays
\n- 18 days PTO + PTO accrual increase based on tenure
\n- Medical, dental and vision coverage
\n- Short term and long term disability
\n- 401k
\n- Stock options
\n- Growth opportunities at a company with a direct impact in displacing carbon emissions
\n
\n \n
\n
\nEqual Opportunity Employer
\nZanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws.
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\n
\nRole Overview
\nTitle: Senior/Staff Software Engineer
\nHours: Full-Time, Salaried
\nLocation: Salt Lake City, UT, Hybrid
\nBenefits Eligible: Yes
\nManager: Head of Reservoir R&D
\n
\nWhy we exist
\nGeothermal 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 software and machine learning modeling.
\n
\nWho you are
\nThe Senior/Staff Software Engineer will play a critical role developing and maintaining Zanskar’s next-generation multi-physics well-targeting engine. A successful candidate will:
\n\n- Lead - you will be a trusted leader who can both design and deliver a reliable distributed compute system that meets the ongoing needs of our scientific research teams.
\n- Learn - you will be entering a team with an existing system in place that needs to grow and scale. You will learn the domain from your peers as you identify how to migrate the system for scale and reliability.
\n- Collaborate - you won’t just be working with people like yourself. You’ll be working with some of the most brilliant geophysicists, geoscientists, seismologists and engineers tackling the challenges of geothermal discovery. Collaborating with your peers to solve hard problems is the name of the game.
\n- Teach - you will bring critical skills and experience that should be taught to others. You will have the opportunity (and education) to help others better understand your craft as a distributed systems engineer, while you learn from them their craft in modeling the earth’s subsurface.
\n
\n
\nWhat we’re looking for
\n\n- Minimum 7+ years experience in software engineering in a business environment, ideally with a heavy scientific component.
\n- Experience leading the design and implementation of distributed computing systems.
\n- Proven technical skills:\n
\n- Experience with the development of fault-tolerant, resilient event-driven architectures, and building and managing orchestration systems to massively scale cloud-based workloads (serverless, Kubernetes, and/or custom VM fleets).
\n- Experience defining and developing persistent data storage for digital artifacts, both with RDBMS and cloud blob storage at scale.
\n- Experience ensuring system observability through logging, monitoring, alerting and metrics.
\n- Familiarity with software engineering best practices: CI/CD (GitHub Actions or similar), version control (GitHub), containerization (Docker) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi).
\n- Experience architecting, permissioning and maintaining cloud resources (GCP, AWS).
\n- Fluency in Python and SQL are required.
\n- Experience with any of the following is a plus: experiment tracking, optimization methods, applied algorithm development, reinforcement learning and other AI/ML techniques, web development, and familiarity with geoscience concepts and applications.
\n
\n \n
\nLocation and Benefits
\n\n- The position is based out of our headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is a hybrid position
\n- Benefits include:\n
\n- Paid holidays
\n- 18 days PTO + PTO accrual increase based on tenure
\n- Medical, dental and vision coverage
\n- Short term and long term disability
\n- 401k
\n- Stock options
\n- Growth opportunities at a company with a direct impact in displacing carbon emissions
\n
\n \n
\n
\nEqual Opportunity Employer
\nZanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practice laws.
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