Renewable Energy Engineering Lead

The Renewable Energy Engineering Lead at Redaptive Inc. will play a critical role in driving energy efficiency solutions and managing customer relationships. This position combines technical sales leadership and leadership of an engineering team with guidance to suppliers on best practices for audits and proposals. The role is based at our Denver, CO headquarters and offers a hybrid work-from-home/office environment.

About Redaptive:

Redaptive is an Energy-as-a-Service provider that funds and installs energy-saving and energy-generating equipment. Redaptive’s programs help many of the world’s most sophisticated organizations reduce energy waste, save money, lower their carbon emissions, and meet their sustainability goals across their entire real estate portfolios. With Redaptive, customers can overcome capital and contractual barriers to achieve energy-saving benefits quickly, all with real-time data powered by Redaptive’s proprietary Data Solutions metering platform. Redaptive was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Denver, CO. Redaptive is backed by CarVal, ENGIE New Ventures, Linse Capital, CBRE, Evergy Ventures, Rabobank, CPP Investments, and Honeywell.

Our company culture is exciting, collaborative, and fast-paced. We are passionate about changing the world and helping our customers to become more environmentally sustainable and profitable. We are looking for team members who are driven, passionate and want to take on diverse challenges to help grow a great company. Redaptive, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. For more information, visit www.redaptive.com

Responsibilities and Duties

• Lead wind, geothermal, solar + storage, or other renewable energy-related discovery calls with customers to assess portfolio opportunities.
• Lead wind, geothermal, solar + storage, or other renewable energy-related programs as part of sales processes.
• Lead wind, geothermal, solar + storage, or other renewable energy-related customer contract negotiations.
• Manage and mentor a team of engineers, ensuring project success, timeline adherence, and quality assurance.
• Develop and implement best practices for supplier audits and proposals, prioritizing sustainability, efficiency, and quality.
• Collaborate with suppliers to enhance proposals and deliverables' processes, quality, and efficiency.
• Convert high-quality solutions into proposals with a high success rate for contract signing and seamless implementation.

Required Abilities and Skills

• Strong leadership skills with experience managing and developing teams.
• Knowledge of ITC benefits is a plus.
• Expertise in renewable energy engineering principles and energy efficiency technologies.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey technical information effectively.
• Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving abilities.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills for effective collaboration with internal and external technical stakeholders. 
• Ability to scale technical processes and deliverables. 

Education and Experience

• Minimum of 15 years of relevant experience in technical sales and engineering management.
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, civil, or renewable energy engineering or related field; Master’s degree preferred.
• Experience leading customer calls and meetings.
• Experience managing internal workflow between sales and operations.
• Experience leading a team – a global team is a plus.
• Familiarity with technical project management tools and software is a plus. 

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• The physical demands and work environment described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

Travel

• Up to 25% travel may be required for various company events and sales meetings within the US and Pune, India.

The Perks!

• Equity plan participation
• Company-subsidized benefits: medical, dental, vision, life insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts: healthcare and dependent care
• 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting
• Flexible Time Off
• Expected annual salary: $160,000 - $185,000 (subject to adjustment for relevant experience, skills, geo location)
• Annual bonus of 20%, subject to company and individual performance




The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, drug-free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this position successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee must frequently use hands or fingers and handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.