Lead Account Manager

Confidential Jobs; Town of Texas (WI); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Search in Houston, Texas is seeking a Lead Account Manager to drive the technical development of customer-facing power solutions. The role sits at the intersection of electrical power systems, distributed generation, microgrids, switchgear, transformers, and customer solution development.

The successful candidate will work directly with customers to translate requirements into technically executable architectures, lead major opportunities, and coordinate input from engineering,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering is required.
• 5+ years professional electrical engineering experience.
• Experience with electrical power systems and related electrical infrastructure.
• Experience with single-line diagrams and electrical system layouts.
• Ability to translate customer requirements into practical electrical architectures.
• Ability to explain complex electrical concepts to both technical and non-technical customers.
• Experience leading or supporting customer-facing technical discussions.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of distributed generation and microgrid solutions including architecture and sizing.
• Develop electrical designs, single-line diagrams, and layouts.
• Interact with customers via discovery meetings and whiteboarding.
• Lead responses to RFPs and specification packages.
• Coordinate input from engineering, product, and commercial teams.
• Advise on technical risk and feasibility.
• Support handoff into detailed engineering and project execution.

Skills

Technical leadership

Customer-facing discussions

System architecture

Electrical knowledge

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ETAP

PSCAD

PSS/E

MATLAB/Simulink

AutoCAD

Job description

Houston, Texas | Hybrid | Confidential Search

We are representing a Houston-based energy infrastructure company seeking a Lead Account Manager to lead the technical development of customer-facing power solutions. The role sits at the intersection of electrical power systems, distributed generation, microgrids, switchgear, transformers, and customer solution development.

This is not a back-office design role. The person hired will work directly with customers to understand electrical requirements, identify constraints, develop system architectures, explain design tradeoffs, and translate those requirements into technically executable solutions.

This is a senior individual contributor position. The engineer will lead major technical opportunities and customer discussions, but will not initially have direct reports.

What You’ll Own

• Lead development of distributed generation and microgrid solutions for customer opportunities, including system architecture, equipment sizing, and technical scope.
• Develop and review electrical designs, single-line diagrams, system layouts, and low- and medium-voltage configurations.
• Apply working knowledge of switchgear, transformers, generation, electrical distribution, and interconnection systems.
• Evaluate load, capacity, redundancy, reliability, cost, constructability, and schedule when making system-level design decisions.
• Serve as a primary technical interface with customers through discovery meetings, whiteboarding sessions, presentations, technical reviews, and site visits.
• Determine the underlying electrical requirement when a customer’s initial request does not fully define the problem.
• Lead technical responses to RFPs and specification packages, including compliance matrices, technical narratives, exceptions, and supporting documentation.
• Coordinate technical input from engineering, EPC, R&D, product, commercial, and other subject-matter experts.
• Lead technical development of large opportunities while reviewing work completed by junior engineers on smaller proposals.
• Advise internal leadership on technical risk, resource requirements, and solution feasibility.
• Support handoff from front-end solution development into detailed engineering and project execution.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering required.
• 5+ years of professional electrical engineering experience.
• Professional experience with electrical power systems, power generation, or related electrical infrastructure.
• Working knowledge of low- and medium-voltage electrical systems.
• Experience with switchgear, transformers, electrical distribution, generation, or interconnection systems.
• Experience developing, reviewing, or interpreting single-line diagrams and electrical system layouts.
• Ability to translate customer requirements into practical electrical system architecture, equipment requirements, and technical scope.
• Ability to explain complex electrical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical customers.
• Experience leading or supporting customer-facing technical discussions.
• Ability to operate as the technical owner of a project rather than relying on another engineer to lead detailed electrical conversations.

Experience That Would Stand Out

• Applications engineering experience with switchgear, transformers, power generation, or electrical distribution equipment.
• Experience with companies operating in the electrical equipment or power systems market.
• Microgrid or distributed energy resource experience.
• Utility interconnection or grid-integration experience.
• Protection, relaying, and system coordination knowledge.
• Power-system studies including load flow, short circuit, or reliability analysis.
• Experience with ETAP, PSCAD, PSS/E, MATLAB/Simulink, AutoCAD, or comparable engineering tools.
• Battery energy storage system exposure.
• Data-center or mission-critical power infrastructure experience.
• Technical proposal, bid, or RFP leadership.
• Experience reviewing large specification packages and developing technical compliance responses.
• Customer-facing applications engineering, sales engineering, or consulting engineering experience.

What Makes This Role Different

• Lead technical ownership of customer opportunities rather than supporting another engineer from the back end.
• Work on projects ranging from individual microgrids to large data-center developments involving hundreds of megawatts of generation and energy storage.
• Direct interaction with customers during early-stage technical decision-making.Access to engineering, product, commercial, and executive leadership when technical expertise is required.
• Remain hands-on technically while developing broader project and organizational leadership responsibilities.
• Career path toward either technical leadership or people leadership as the Solutions Engineering organization expands.

Location

Houston, Texas.

Candidates must be Houston-based or willing to relocate to Houston.

Hybrid schedule of approximately 3 days per week in the office, plus customer meetings and site visits as required.

Confidentiality

This search is being conducted confidentially. Additional information regarding the company, team, compensation, projects, and reporting structure will be shared with qualified individuals during the recruiting process.