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Client manager

Cenergistic

Job Location:

Dallas, TX - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 21 August 2026 (30+ days ago)

Application Deadline: 20 November 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Client Manager

Full-Time Field-Based This position must be based in Texas with a strong preference for candidates in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) or Houston areas.

Leading the People Who Make Savings Happen

Youve led teams. Youve sat across from executives who needed a straight answer. Youve been the person who gets called when a project is drifting. This role puts all three to work at once.

Cenergistic helps schools universities hospitals and government organizations cut energy waste without capital investment. Since 1986 our clients have redirected more than $7.3 billion in utility savings back to classrooms patient care and public services. Weve been named an ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year 13 times.

As a Client Manager youll run a regional portfolio of clients and lead Energy Specialists embedded with them. Youre the principal point of contact for each client the person accountable for the savings and the coach who develops the people delivering it.

What Our Best Client Managers Have in Common

This job asks you to be trusted by an executive and useful to a custodian in the same afternoon and to develop a team you rarely see in person. That shows up as five things:

Trusted at the top. Youre comfortable in an executive suite or in front of a board and executives keep taking your calls after youve told them something they didnt want to hear.
A coach not a supervisor. Your Energy Specialists work alone in buildings on their own schedules. You develop them from a distance teaching the program positioning them well with the client and holding them to the number without hovering.
Accountable for the result. The portfolio has savings projections attached to it. You track them continuously spot a shortfall before the client does and do something about it.
Steady when things go sideways. Escalations come to you first. You can tell the difference between a problem that needs you and one that doesnt and you drive the hard ones to a resolution both sides can live with.
A strong communicator. A board presentation one day a maintenance director the next and an internal engineering conversation in between. You adjust without losing the thread.

What Youll Do

Lead a regional portfolio of client deployments and serve as the principal Cenergistic contact for each one
Build and hold executive relationships across your clients the finance operations and facilities leaders who decide what happens
Manage and coach the Energy Specialists assigned to your clients teaching the program positioning them with client staff and helping them find and capture the conservation measures that drive performance
Own savings performance across the portfolio and step in early when a client is drifting off projection
Handle escalations and drive difficult issues to a favorable resolution
Review results with client senior leadership and help your Energy Specialists prepare formal performance updates
Lead semi-annual Energy Management Plan reviews with clients and Cenergistic leadership
Present program performance to client boards twice a year
Support your sales director with new business in the region and your clients experience director on growth within the existing portfolio
Work with our client experience measurement and verification engineering and product teams on anything affecting your clients

Work Looks Different by Client

Our clients arent interchangeable and neither are the portfolios. The program is the same everywhere. What changes is who youre working with and whats possible in the buildings.

K-12 school districts. Buildings empty out at night on weekends and over the summer and a lot of the savings live in those hours. Youll work with district business officials and facilities directors principals who control their own buildings and elected boards in public meetings.
Higher education. Residence halls classrooms labs athletics and central plants in a decentralized structure where deans and department heads control their own space so one change can need agreement in several places. Research space runs around the clock. Campus sustainability commitments often open the door.
Healthcare. Nothing shuts down. Savings come from discipline in setpoints ventilation and scheduling across administrative outpatient and support space and anything touching clinical areas goes through infection prevention life safety and accreditation review. Slower more documented and youll work closely with plant operations and facilities leadership.
Government and commercial. Mixed portfolios where an office a library a courthouse and a 24/7 public safety facility all behave differently inside public procurement and open meeting rules.

You dont need to have worked across all of these. Tell us which ones you know and itll factor into where youd fit best.

What Youll Need

A bachelors degree in an applicable field
Proven leadership experience and a track record of developing a team
Excellent customer-facing skills at every level from executives to custodians
Strong written and verbal communication across different audiences
Effective presentation skills including executive and board audiences
Comfort with Microsoft Office project management tools and web-based applications
Valid drivers license reliable transportation and proof of auto insurance
Willingness to travel 75% to 100% within your territory

Helpful But Not Required

A degree in electrical or mechanical engineering or equivalent experience managing in a mechanical systems environment
Four or more years directing large-scale multi-phase projects energy efficiency deployment especially
Experience with K-12 districts universities or other public sector organizations
PMP or CEM certification
Working knowledge of HVAC building automation or energy management systems

Strong backgrounds for this role include multi-site operations leadership facilities and property management program and project management military leadership K-12 or higher education administration healthcare operations and consulting or account leadership in a technical field.

Before You Start

Youll be working on client property schools campuses hospitals and public buildings so this role carries requirements set by both us and our clients. If we make an offer it will be contingent on:

A criminal background check
A motor vehicle record check
A drug screen
Proof of a valid drivers license and active automobile insurance

Some clients require additional screening before granting site access fingerprinting for many school districts for example or extra health screening for hospitals. All of this happens after an offer is extended not before and youll need to keep your license and insurance current for as long as youre in the role.

Travel and Schedule

This is a field-based role supporting clients across an assigned territory with travel of roughly 75% to 100%. Your clients may include schools universities healthcare facilities government buildings and other commercial sites.

It isnt a traditional 8-to-5 schedule. Board meetings happen in the evening your Energy Specialists audit buildings when theyre empty and the week bends toward whichever client needs you. Managing your own time and travel well is a real part of doing this job well.

Physical Requirements

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. The role regularly involves:

Standing walking and climbing stairs during site visits and building walkthroughs
Occasionally using ladders and accessing roofs and mechanical spaces following safety guidelines
Bending kneeling crouching and reaching while inspecting building systems
Occasionally lifting carrying pushing or pulling up to 25 pounds
Working in mechanical rooms and outdoor areas where noise heat cold and weather exposure occur
Using a computer tablet and phone throughout the day and communicating in person by phone and in virtual meetings
Driving and flying independently to client locations with frequent overnight travel

Why This Role Matters

Every dollar your portfolio saves is a dollar that stays in a classroom supports patient care or goes back into serving a community. And because lasting savings depend on how buildings are operated the work holds the changes your teams make keep paying out year after year.

Build a Career Here

Client Manager Regional Vice President

We promote results: portfolio performance client satisfaction and the Energy Specialists you develop. Several of our regional leaders came up this way.

Benefits

Medical Dental & Vision 401(k) Paid Time Off Mileage Reimbursement Training & Professional Development Employee Assistance Program

Accommodation

If you need reasonable accommodation to complete the application or take part in the interview process contact Human Resources at 972.590.7793 or Well work with you to figure it out. If youre hired and need accommodation to perform the job the same door is open.

Ready to Apply

Cenergistic is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability or veteran status.

Required Experience:

Manager

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