Competitive Energy Service (CES) is currently seeking a full-time and energetic associate to join our dynamic Energy Services Advisors (ESA) team. The ESA will be responsible for assisting with all aspects of the client advisory and management process, with opportunity for growth through new business development.
At CES, our “product” is providing information, analysis, data, insight, intelligence, and recommendations to help our clients make informed and better decisions than they could not have done on their own. ESA is the resource that our clients trust, respect and rely on to anticipate, recommend, and implement strategic plans that are in the best interests of their goals and financial interests. Within our company, ESA works to guide and manage deliverables on behalf of our clients in collaboration with the Pricing, Analytics, and Consulting departments.
As a member of the ESA team, you will learn about virtually every aspect of energy markets, energy efficiency, utility infrastructure, sustainability, renewable energy sources, contracting, customer management, communications, and energy strategy. You will learn from some of the greatest and smartest minds in the energy space. You will learn in a real-world setting through work with an established client base.
As an Energy Services Advisor, your primary job function is to maintain CES’ existing client base by providing the high level of service that the company is known for and lives by, including following through and communicating with clients on deliverables. In addition to maintaining existing clients, the ESA team is tasked with helping to grow our business. Business growth comes from adding additional revenue from existing customers and from business development activities including networking, participation in sales campaigns, and direct sales outreach. CES continues to grow our business through leveraging existing clients and relationships as well as cultivating new relationships. CES has one of the greatest value propositions in our space. ESA is responsible for telling our story and delivering our value message.
The compensation plan for this position includes a competitive base salary in combination with a commission that is based on account retention and new client expansion.
Simply put, CES enables clients to achieve their energy and sustainability goals. This has been our purpose, our reason for being in business, for the past 24 years. We are independent energy experts, and our identity is inextricably tied to three pillars: our independence, our market expertise, and our unwavering focus on being a long-term trusted partner to our clients.
CES provides a broad variety of strategic energy management services for clients across the United States and Atlantic Canada. Today, we are proud to work on behalf of more than 800 customers across 16 states and provinces. CES’ integrated, innovative, and customized services help clients maximize savings and manage risks in the rapidly changing energy sector. CES serves its local, national, and international clients from its headquarters in Portland, ME.
CES is committed to providing value to its customers and to its people. Our company culture promotes employee longevity, growth, and success. The guiding principle at CES has always been to hire smart, capable people who have the technical expertise to understand energy markets, the ability to manage, process, and use data to serve our clients, and who embody the belief that they will succeed when our customers succeed.
The Energy Services Advisor is responsible for providing exceptional service to clients and prospective clients. This spirit extends to communications with peers within the company and to our vendor/supplier partners. Responsibilities may include managing and expanding a portfolio of clients ranging from small electricity consumers to consulting customers with complex energy and sustainability needs. ESA’s job is to understand energy markets and our clients’ needs and challenges and manage all aspects of delivering our “product” to help clients fulfill their needs in an efficient manner. The ESA team is required to work closely with CES Pricing, Analytics, and Consulting teams to provide client deliverables. Other responsibilities include:
This position is hybrid. The CES office is located in Portland ME and working at least one day in the office will be encouraged. In-person customer and internal meetings will be required 2—4 days per month or on an as needed basis.
Please send cover letter and resume in PDF format to Lynn Gallagher at hr@competitive-energy.com
CES is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
Founded in 2000 by career energy professionals, Competitive Energy Services, LLC (CES) is committed to helping commercial and institutional energy consumers meet their long-term energy and sustainability goals. CES offers a broad variety of strategic energy procurement and management services that are unparalleled in the marketplace, including solar PV, net metering, cogeneration, demand response, sustainability planning, multi-fuel strategies, and demand management. Serving a diverse portfolio of clients from Atlantic Canada to California with energy expenditures in excess of $2.0 billion, CES advises clients from every sector on the full range of energy market issues. Each of our clients has different needs, goals, and logistical challenges, and understanding these unique factors is at the foundation of our approach to energy management. As a privately held firm with no affiliate relationships, we are always 100% commodity, supplier, and technology neutral, and put the interest of our clients first and foremost in the process, providing transparent, honest information to help our clients make the best decisions for their needs. We are essential to the success of our clients, and have built our reputation on our unmatched experience, communication, and innovative thinking.
CES is seeking applications for the role of Energy Analyst. After an initial training period spent assisting other members of the CES Analytics Team on projects and developing a foundational knowledge of energy market concepts, you will work as part of a cross-department team serving specific clients and projects, working directly to solve our clients’ energy needs, while deepening your content and technical expertise and taking advantage of opportunities to pursue specific areas of interest. As an Analyst you are responsible for work product arising from your assigned clients and projects, which may include:
A successful candidate will be a creative and analytical thinker with attention to detail and a desire for continuous learning.
This is a hybrid position based out of CES’s office in downtown Portland, ME. Especially during the first six months of employment, Energy Analysts are expected to be able to commute to the office on a near-daily basis to attend scheduled in-person training sessions and meetings with other team members.
Please send cover letter and resume in PDF format to Lynn Gallagher at hr@competitive-energy.com
CES is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
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