Industrial Energy Advisor - Peoria IL

Posted: October 18, 2024

Company: Leidos

Position Type: Full Time

Job Type: Energy Advisor

Experience Level: Professional

Certification Required: Other

Education Required: Bachelors

City: PEORIA

County: TAZEWELL

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 a Commercial and Industrial Energy Advisor to both market and support energy-efficiency projects in support of the Ameren Illinois Energy Efficiency business program. This exciting position offers a unique career opportunity for a dynamic person with excellent outreach, industrial 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 opportunity to the utility ratepayers that reside in Illinois. Therefore, there is Strong preference for the successful candidate to be living no more than 60 miles from the Ameren Illinois service territory https://www.ameren.com/Illinoi... (roughly the southern two-thirds of Illinois). The Ameren Illinois service territory includes several large to mid-size communities such as Galesburg, Quincy, Peoria, Bloomington-Normal, Champaign-Urbana, Danville, Decatur, Springfield, Charleston-Mattoon, Effingham, Mt. Vernon, Marion, Carbondale, and Metro East (Belleville, O'Fallon, Granite City, Edwardsville, Alton, Collinsville).

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.

The Challenge:

  • Directly engage, market, and coordinate program energy efficiency services to large industrial and commercial (C&I) customers that would include but not limited to manufacturers, warehouses, commercial/educational campuses and organizations that support the energy consuming systems in facilities on behalf of utility-sponsored energy efficiency programs
  • Manage this existing market segment for Ameren Illinois with energy savings responsibility as the primary focus
  • Ability to work on a range of projects from screening of applications, fostering industry relations, executing programs, delivering presentations, participating in promotional events
  • Perform sector market analysis and provide input in developing/modifying programs to meet changing market needs
  • Coordinate and educate customers, and provide training for internal and external clients on energy related opportunities
  • Work closely with commercial and industrial customers, contractors, suppliers, and engineers to encourage energy efficiency practices in both existing and new facilities
  • The Energy Advisor will report to the Field Energy Advisor Manager.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Work directly with building owners, architects, and engineers to understand energy conservation and decarbonization goals.
  • Manage a high-volume portfolio of projects at various stages of the consulting process.
  • Perform energy simulation analyses and deliver model results efficiently.
  • Prepare detailed reports on energy modeling, decarbonization results, and design recommendations.
  • Communicate energy conservation measures to both technical and non-technical team members to support informed design decisions.
  • Collaborate with project managers to ensure high-quality results and deliverables.

Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world’s most vexing challenges in national security and health. The company's global workforce of 47,000 collaborates to create smarter technology solutions for customers in heavily regulated industries. Headquarters in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Desired Skills

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or other related Bachelor’s Science/technical degree with four plus (4+) years of commercial and industrial experience such as: maintenance, project management, energy programs, utility account representation, key account management, or in the energy efficiency industry is desired. May consider more years of relevant experience in lieu of degree
  • Valid driver’s license and ability to perform field sales type meetings and verification of pre and post installation of energy efficiency measures.
  • The candidate should have basic general knowledge of commercial and industrial budget cycles, large building energy systems, construction practices, and/or the energy efficiency industry.
  • Must be able to utilize initiative to develop relationships with customers, vendors and professional organizations to keep up to date and demonstrate knowledge of operational trends, energy efficiency technologies, practices, and regulations in electric and natural gas demand side management.
  • Must be highly motivated, detail oriented, well organized, self-starting, have strong written and verbal communication skills, and work well in a team setting. It is critical that productivity and accuracy be demonstrated in performance of work.
  • Must have willingness to learn, grow and expand capabilities.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office software and computers in general is required.

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