Energy Services Leader

DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you’re in the right place.

DLR Group has an opening for an Energy Services Leader. 

Position Summary

As an Energy Services Leader, you will be responsible for driving strategic growth within a key market sector and serving as a subject matter expert in client engagement, procurement processes, and project delivery frameworks relevant to large-scale engineering and design programs. You will collaborate closely with firm leadership, business development teams, and technical discipline leaders to develop and execute a market growth strategy. This role includes leading pursuits, supporting contract onboarding, overseeing project execution at a program level, and maintaining strong, long-term client relationships. You will also serve as a key connector between clients and internal project teams, ensuring alignment between scope, schedule, budget, and overall client satisfaction. This role sits within an integrated engineering and design environment focused on delivering coordinated, high-performance solutions across complex building and infrastructure projects. The organization emphasizes collaboration, interdisciplinary teamwork, and shared accountability across all phases of project delivery—from strategy and pursuit through execution and closeout.

The successful candidate will

• Establish annual business goals, strategies, and execution plans in collaboration with leadership and regional teams


• Develop and expand client relationships and identify new business opportunities in energy services


• Lead and support major project pursuits, including proposal development and interview preparation


• Assist onboarding of new contracts and contract vehicles, and support ongoing program delivery


• Monitor client satisfaction and overall project performance across active engagements


• Collaborate with project managers and discipline leads to ensure financial health and successful project execution


• Identify and pursue strategic partnerships, joint ventures, and teaming opportunities


• Represent the firm in industry events, client meetings, interviews, and business development activities


• Contribute to thought leadership through presentations, publications, and internal knowledge sharing


• Support internal communications and updates regarding market activities and client engagement


• Maintain awareness of cross-disciplinary coordination requirements across engineering and design teams


• Achieve annual revenue, growth, and profitability targets for assigned market sector

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or related field


• 8–10+ years of experience in client-facing roles within engineering, architecture, or construction industries


• Strong understanding of large-scale project delivery processes and procurement frameworks


• Demonstrated experience working in matrixed, multidisciplinary organizations


• Strong communication, organizational, and leadership skills


• Experience managing multiple clients and complex project portfolios simultaneously

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven success developing and executing market or client growth strategies


• Established client relationships within relevant public or private sector markets


• Experience managing large programs, multi-project portfolios, or framework agreements


• Experience with complex, multi-stakeholder delivery environments


• Active participation in relevant professional industry organizations

DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.

We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients’ success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.

Through our values – commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork – we elevate the human experience through design, together.

DLR Group follows a four-day in-office work model, with employees having the flexibility to work somewhere other than the office on Fridays.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.