About the role

  • Provide program-level support to the client, customers, and contractors
  • Think big picture and support the goal to influence customers to be energy efficient
  • Demonstrate emotional intelligence and listening skills, and make wise recommendations/decisions quickly, despite ambiguity
  • Serve as a trusted advisor and communications liaison to external teams (utility representatives, utility customers and contractors) and internal teams (business management and engineering)
  • Earn and maintain client and customer trust to continually build relationships and implement energy savings recommendations
  • Develop a strategic sales plan with strategies and tactics to maximize the delivery of savings for your service area
  • Maximize program participation, identify project opportunities, provide immediate program, business, and technical services to customers
  • Proactively find and deliver value – anticipate current and future program needs whenever possible
  • Track outreach interactions and forecasted projects in a CRM
  • Proactively manage projects that begin to stagnate and take appropriate action to close the project
  • Assist customers in identifying and managing projects
  • Identify energy-saving projects through discussions with customers and contractors, review of available information (e.g., BAS screenshots, controls sequences, PIDs, drawings, and nameplate photos), on-site visits, etc.
  • Recognize opportunities to involve engineers to assist with project identification for more complex systems
  • Effectively screen opportunities to ensure project eligibility and viability
  • Communicate the value of identified projects to motivate and influence the customer’s decision-making process
  • Assist customers in prioritizing and managing the collection of identified energy-saving opportunities
  • Eliminate customer barriers to project implementation
  • Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Academic degree in engineering, or similar technical discipline
  • Must be a resident of NJ
  • 4+ years of work experience in applicable application engineering, sales or outreach position, highly desirable
  • A strong understanding of mechanical and electrical systems for commercial and industrial facilities: HVAC, lighting, motors, compressed air, refrigeration
  • Ability to distill complex ideas into concise conversation/emails
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Ability to develop customer relationships effectively and easily
  • Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 suite of programs
  • Ability to work remotely and manage multiple projects while meeting deliverable deadlines and budgets
  • Must be able to travel locally (within New Jersey) approximately 50% of the time
  • Interest in sustainability and passionate about making a meaningful impact on the environment
  • Mechanical engineering degree
  • CEM, CEA, or CBCP or similar credentials
  • PE - Mechanical Engineering in HVAC and Refrigeration or Thermal and Fluid Systems
  • CRM software

Benefits

  • three weeks of paid vacation per year
  • paid holidays
  • a 401(k)-retirement plan with employer matching
  • health, dental and vision insurance
  • other supplemental benefits

Job title

Energy Account Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

$100,000 - $145,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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