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Salary: USD 90,000 - 130,000 / annual
Resource Innovations, a women-led energy transformation firm, is seeking an experienced Energy Advisor to serve as a strategic and technical consultant to commercial and industrial customers in the Chicagoland region. You will guide organizations through identifying, prioritizing, and implementing high-value energy efficiency and facility optimization initiatives.
In this senior consultative role, you will lead customers through the complete project lifecycle—from strategic energy planning and opportunity assessment through business-case development, technical evaluation, financial analysis, and implementation. You will operate with technical credibility and account ownership mindset, navigating complex customer organizations to identify and influence key decision-makers, overcome implementation barriers, and build a strong pipeline of actionable energy efficiency projects.
Key responsibilities include:
• Serve as customers' strategic energy management partner, delivering data-driven recommendations and actionable implementation plans aligned with their operational, financial, and sustainability objectives.
• Develop and execute territory and account strategies to maximize program participation, project conversion, and energy savings targets.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with facility engineers, operators, contractors, utility representatives, and executive stakeholders to drive long-term engagement.
• Conduct consultative discussions and site visits to evaluate facilities, systems, and operational practices; develop and maintain Energy Management Action Plans for each customer.
• Identify and qualify energy efficiency opportunities across HVAC, lighting, motors, compressed air, refrigeration, and process systems; assess technical feasibility, customer readiness, and program eligibility.
• Clearly articulate business cases, financial benefits, operational impacts, and energy savings potential; guide customers through project evaluation and prioritization.
• Collaborate with engineering specialists on complex, high-value opportunities; remove implementation barriers by coordinating resources and facilitating stakeholder alignment.
• Maintain accurate customer activity, opportunity pipelines, and project forecasts in CRM systems; identify stalled opportunities and implement recovery plans.
• Serve as primary liaison between customers, utility, contractors, engineering teams, and program leadership to ensure seamless customer experience.
Resource Innovations offers a comprehensive benefits package including three weeks of paid vacation, paid holidays, 401(k) with employer match, medical/dental/vision coverage, parental leave, employee assistance program, and commuter benefits. The role requires up to 50% local travel to customer sites.
REQUIREMENTS:
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Five or more years of experience in energy efficiency consulting, technical sales, engineering consulting, facility optimization, or related field.
• Strong understanding of industrial and/or commercial facilities and energy-saving technologies and strategies (HVAC, lighting, motors, compressed air, refrigeration, process systems).
• Experience supporting utility-sponsored energy efficiency programs.
• Demonstrated ability to influence customer decisions through consultative selling, relationship management, and solution development.
• Passion for sustainability and helping organizations achieve operational and environmental goals.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, compelling recommendations for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Proven ability to build credibility quickly and develop lasting customer relationships.
• Strong organizational skills managing multiple projects, priorities, budgets, and deadlines.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications.
PREFERRED:
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Application engineering, sales, or customer service experience.
• Certified Energy Manager (CEM), Certified Energy Auditor (CEA), Certified Building Commissioning Professional (CBCP), or similar credentials.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license, preferably in Mechanical Engineering, HVAC and Refrigeration, or Thermal and Fluid Systems.
• Experience with CRM platforms, pipeline management tools, and performance reporting systems.
• Demonstrated success developing customer accounts, generating project pipelines, and driving energy efficiency implementation.
