The Industry Manager – Integrated Energy (Energy Resilience) is responsible for developing and advancing Application Engineering & Projects (AEP) opportunities across the U.S.
Key Responsibilities
Lead the development of the Integrated Energy (Energy Resilience) domain across the United States.
Identify and prioritize target markets, including enterprise, campus, infrastructure, and government environments.
Assess fragmented energy ecosystems to uncover opportunities for optimization, resilience, and modernization.
Contribute market insight and domain expertise to national AEP strategy.
Build and maintain a national pipeline of technically viable project opportunities in partnership with sales teams.
Identify inefficiencies and unmet needs across customer energy systems and operations.
Advance opportunities that can be translated into executable AEP projects.
Translate customer challenges into structured energy optimization and resilience concepts.
Partner with Application Engineering teams to define practical, technically sound solutions.
Develop integrated approaches that improve efficiency, system performance, and energy resilience.
Technical domains include microgrids, distributed energy resources (DERs), controls, central plants, combined heat, and power (CHP), solar plus storage, demand response, resilience planning, and grid interconnection.
Convert qualified opportunities into clearly defined project scopes.
Support roadmap development, feasibility assessment, and scope definition.
Contribute to commercial framing, value articulation, and business case development.
Engage energy managers, operations leaders, and infrastructure stakeholders to understand customer priorities and constraints.
Guide customers toward practical, high-value energy programs and project pathways.
Navigate complex stakeholder environments to build alignment and momentum around opportunity development.
Serve as a key interface among sales, engineering, operations, and other internal stakeholders.
Drive alignment and decision-making without direct authority.
Lead opportunity development through influence, coordination, and clear communication.
Ensure a structured transition of qualified opportunities into project execution.
Maintain involvement through early execution to support continuity and successful handoff.
Provide feedback and insights that strengthen AEP processes, offerings, and go-to-market effectiveness.
Serve as a subject matter expert in energy resilience.
Help shape strategy, solution positioning, and capability development within the domain.
Support internal teams with market, customer, and technical insight.
Other duties as assigned by manager.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, energy systems, HVAC/MEP, or a related field.
7–10+ years of experience in energy resilience, engineering, technical business development, or a closely related field.
Demonstrated ability to translate technical challenges into structured project opportunities.
Working knowledge of integrated energy systems, energy optimization, and resilience-focused solution development.
Demonstrates a willingness to collaborate with others, build relationships, and involve others in decision making.
Demonstrates the ability to deliver results by solving or supporting others in solving problems, prioritizing tasks, and/or resources, and focusing on outcomes.
Demonstrates self-awareness and the willingness to learn and grow, accept changes, and effectively adapt to changing work demands.
Demonstrates the ability to drive customer value through knowledge of the business, putting effort into identifying customer needs, and delivering work to maximize the value for customers.
Demonstrates a willingness to promote the value of improvement and innovation by staying ahead of trends, creating ideas and opportunities, and generating speed.
Demonstrates a willingness to take ownership by making decisions, taking responsibility, and driving things forward.
Experience with the Resource Efficiency Manager (REM) program or equivalent models.
Experience in government, institutional, campus-scale, or complex infrastructure environments.
Proven success delivering energy optimization, efficiency, or resilience-focused initiatives.
Experience shaping and developing opportunities, not solely closing pre-defined solutions.
Benefits & Perks
Phoenix Contact offers a generous benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401k matching, and a generous time off package. There are also a wide variety of additional benefits available including 16 weeks fully paid maternity leave & 10 weeks fully paid paternity leave, life insurance, short & long-term disability, assistance, and more!
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