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Industrial Energy Advisor

Leidos · Milwaukee, WI · $92,300–$166,850 a year · Full time

Posted Sep 17, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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Likely interview questions for this role

Written from this job description, not a generic list. Each one notes what the interviewer is really checking.

About your past

Tell me about a time you closed a sale or won someone over to a project they first resisted.

What they are checking: Whether they have real persuasion and sales experience, which this role leans on heavily.

How do you keep track of dozens of customer relationships and project stages at once?

What they are checking: Whether they have the organization skills to manage a pipeline without things falling through.

Tell me about a presentation you gave to a technical audience. How did you prepare?

What they are checking: Whether they can present clearly to engineers who will question the numbers.

You will work from a home office. How do you stay motivated and productive without a team around you?

What they are checking: Whether they are the self-starter the posting asks for when nobody is checking in daily.

How do you keep up with new energy efficiency technologies?

What they are checking: Whether they stay current enough to be credible with facility and energy engineers.

What would you do

How would you get a meeting with the facility manager at a large plant that has never joined an energy efficiency program?

What they are checking: Whether they have practical outreach skills and can open doors with busy industrial customers.

A plant engineer says efficiency projects are not worth the downtime. How do you respond?

What they are checking: Whether they understand production pressures and can frame projects in terms the plant cares about.

How would you explain an incentive offer to a CFO who mostly cares about payback?

What they are checking: Whether they can speak the language of money and return on investment, not just energy.

How do you work with contractors and suppliers so they bring projects into the program?

What they are checking: Whether they see trade allies as partners who extend their reach across the Milwaukee area.

About the work

Walk me through how you would estimate the energy savings from upgrading a plant's compressed air system.

What they are checking: Whether they can do basic savings math and know where the real waste is in common industrial systems.

What industrial systems would you look at first for efficiency opportunities, and why?

What they are checking: Whether they know where large facilities typically waste energy, such as motors, compressed air, lighting and process heat.

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The full job description

As published by Leidos.

Leidos seeks an Industrial Energy Advisor to both market and support energy-efficiency programs that promote energy efficiency projects at large industrial facilities near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This exciting position offers a very unique career opportunity for dynamic people who possess excellent outreach, sales, communication and organizational skills to sell leading edge energy efficiency projects within a creative team environment. A person in this position will require the ability to identify efficiency opportunities, calculate energy savings, maintain customer relationships, and deliver presentations. The Energy Advisor will work closely with facility managers, facility and manufacturing engineers, contractors, suppliers, and energy engineers to encourage energy efficiency practices in their facilities. The successful candidate should have basic general knowledge of building systems, industrial systems, construction practices, and/or the energy efficiency industry. They must be highly motivated, well organized, self-starting, have strong written and verbal communication skills, and work well in a team setting. Candidates will need to have a home office to conduct work. Qualifications: • Must be able to utilize initiative to develop relationships with customers and vendors, to keep up to date and demonstrate knowledge of energy efficiency technologies and practices in demand side management. • It is critical that productivity, accuracy, organization and effective communication be demonstrated in performance of work. • This position requires a valid driver’s license and physical ability to perform field verification of pre and post installation of energy efficiency measures. Education/Experience: • Four-year technical degree (an engineering degree is preferred) and at least 5 + years of relevant experience with industrial manufacturing environments and energy management is desired. • Excellent written and verbal communications are essential. Leidos is an applied solutions company focused on markets that are seeing converging business and technological trends, and address basic, enduring human needs: defense and national security, health and life sciences, and energy, engineering and infrastructure. The Company's approximately 50,000 employees serve customers in the Energy Industry, Healthcare markets, U.S. Department of Defense, and other government and commercial markets. If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares. Original Posting: September 17, 2026 For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above. Pay Range: Pay Range $92,300.00 - $166,850.00 The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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