Clean Energy Associate (DC)
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[Full-time role]
[Salary + Commission]
About The Role: Ecogy is looking for an outgoing and passionate candidate who is motivated to get more clean energy onto our grid. A Clean Energy Associate is responsible for generating new interest in renewable energy solutions through cold calls and emails, as well as maintaining engagement with our current commercial and community customer base in their respective territories.
Our Mission: We are on a mission to develop renewable energy solutions that are distributed, de-carbonized, digitized, and democratized.
About Ecogy Energy: Ecogy was founded as a developer, financier, and owner-operator of distributed generation resources in 2010 with our first project for Longwood Gardens, the nation's largest botanical garden. Since then, we have found our niche specializing in financing distributed generation assets for traditionally underserved entities including affordable housing, non-profits, and municipalities. Our current portfolio spans 9 states, D.C., and the Caribbean and consist of mainly large rooftop and solar canopy projects.
Why Join Us?
Fun team, startup culture, inclusive, mission-driven
Make a positive impact on your community and the world
Competitive pay plus benefits
Base salary + uncapped commissions
Responsibilities:
Identify commercial, industrial, non-profit, and municipal properties for solar development potential in multiple regions
Speak with property decision-makers and educate them on Ecogy’s products and services that best fit their circumstances
Meet or exceed target quota of 75 calls / 75 emails per week
Draft and assist in the presentation of client-facing proposals consisting of the solar system design, financial offering, and relevant market details
Work directly with a regional Development Manager to prioritize new deals
Research property records, municipal databases, and other publicly available information for property details
Capture and manage sales data in Salesforce CRM
Qualifications:
1-2 years of experience in a similar outreach/education/customer service role
Extremely strong communication and interpersonal skills and ability to establish a rapport with potential customers
Willingness to take on the challenge of making cold-calls
Energetic and self-motivated
Able to multi-task and shift priorities as needed and work as an individual contributor as well as part of a team
Nice to haves:
Understand the benefits of solar, EV charging, battery storage, and energy monitoring
Experience in renewable energy sales
Experience using Salesforce CRM
Familiar with GIS data
Powerpoint and Excel experience
Passionate about the environment
If you have any questions, you can contact us at recruiting@ecogysolar.com. However, please do not apply via email, as only applications received through LinkedIn will be considered.
