Energy Advisor- Peoria IL
Posted: September 26, 2025
Company: Leidos
Employer Type: Other
Position Type: Full Time
Job Type: Energy Advisor
Experience Level: Mid Level
Certification Required: Other
Education Required: Bachelors
City: PEORIA
County: TAZEWELL
Salary Range: $75000 and Up
At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.
Leidos seeks an Energy Advisor to both market and support energy-efficiency (EE) projects in support of the Ameren Illinois Energy Efficiency business program (“Program”). This exciting position offers a unique career opportunity for a dynamic person with excellent outreach, industrial and commercial sales, communication, and organizational skills to influence leading-edge energy efficiency projects within a creative team environment.
Location: This position is fully remote. Ameren Illinois and Leidos believe it is very important to provide employment opportunities to the utility ratepayers that reside in Illinois. Therefore, there is a requirement for the candidate to reside in the Ameren Illinois service territory (https://www.ameren.com/Illinoi... (roughly the southern two-thirds of Illinois)).
Travel: This position requires up to 40-60% travel, typically day trips (2-3 days per week). Occasional overnight travel (4-5 times per year) for conferences/seminars and customer and program needs.
- Work directly with Ameren IL customers, architects, and engineers to understand energy conservation and decarbonization goals
- Work on a range of projects from screening applications, fostering industry relations, executing programs, delivering presentations, participating in promotional events
- Manage a high-volume portfolio of projects at various stages of the consulting process.
- Prepare detailed reports on energy modeling, decarbonization results, and design recommendations
- Communicate energy conservation measures to team members to support informed design decisions
- Collaborate with project managers to ensure high-quality results and deliverables
- The Energy Advisor will report to the Energy Advisor Manager
Desired Skills
- Education: Bachelor's degree, preferably in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, Building Science, or a closely related field and 2 years of Energy Efficiency experience or similar / relevant discipline. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
- Building Knowledge: Familiarity with commercial and industrial facility design, construction processes, and/or building operations.
- Analytical Skills: Proven ability to interpret complex information and provide strategic recommendations, identifying the benefits, consequences, and impacts of different system options.
- Software Proficiency: Familiarity with tools like MS Excel to manipulate model inputs and summarize results, and Salesforce.
- Project Management: Ability to manage a high volume of projects in a relatively short time frame - Must be highly motivated, detail oriented, well organized, self-starting, have strong written and verbal communication skills.
- EE Programs: Familiarity with EE programs, especially those targeting small business customers.
- Have a valid driver’s license and the ability to perform field sales type meetings and verification of pre and post installation of EE measures.
- Be comfortable developing relationships with customers, vendors and professional organizations to keep up to date and demonstrate knowledge of operational trends, EE technologies, practices, and regulations in electric and natural gas demand side management.
- Work well in a team setting and be willing to learn, grow and expand capabilities.
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