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Company: Blink ESS Inc.

Location: Mississauga, ON

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Work Arrangement: In person

Salary: CA$60,000–CA$90,000 per year + commission and performance incentives

About Blink ESS

Blink ESS Inc. provides commercial and industrial Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) solutions, including energy storage systems, energy management software, financing, installation, commissioning, and maintenance. We help businesses reduce energy costs, manage demand, improve energy efficiency, and adopt cleaner power solutions.

About the Role

We are seeking a technically minded, results-driven Sales Engineer to develop commercial and industrial BESS opportunities. This role combines technical solution support, business development, customer relationship management, and sales.

Candidates with experience as a Field Service Engineer, Service Engineer, Applications Engineer, or Technical Sales Engineer preferred, particularly if they have hands-on experience with electrical systems, energy technologies, equipment troubleshooting, commissioning, or customer-facing technical support.

The successful candidate must be located in Mississauga or a nearby area and able to commute reliably to our office and customer sites.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop new commercial and industrial BESS opportunities through prospecting, networking, referrals, events, and partnerships.
• Build relationships with commercial property owners, landlords, industrial facilities, EPCs, installers, distributors, and other business partners.
• Conduct customer meetings, site visits, presentations, sales discussions, and follow-ups.
• Review electricity bills, energy usage, load profiles, site conditions, and customer requirements.
• Support preliminary BESS sizing and recommend practical energy storage solutions in coordination with engineering.
• Explain BESS, energy management systems (EMS), energy savings, demand-charge reduction, ROI, payback, and financing options in clear business terms.
• Prepare technical proposals, quotations, preliminary specifications, presentations, and other customer-facing materials.
• Coordinate with engineering, project management, and finance to assess technical feasibility, project risks, and project economics.
• Maintain accurate sales activities, opportunities, proposals, and follow-ups in the CRM.
• Support negotiations, deal closing, and the handoff from sales to project execution.
• Monitor customer needs, competitors, and market trends and share relevant feedback with management.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or diploma in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Energy, Business, Technical Sales, or a related field.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in technical sales, engineering sales, B2B sales, energy solutions, field service engineering, applications engineering, or a similar technical client-facing role.
• Strong technical understanding and ability to translate customer requirements into practical solutions.
• Good communication, prospecting, presentation, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to explain technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical customers.
• Strong organization, follow-up, and sales pipeline management skills.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-growing company.
• Willingness and ability to travel for customer meetings, site visits, expos, and business development activities, including occasional U.S. travel if required.
• Must be located in Mississauga or a nearby area and able to commute reliably to the workplace. A valid driver's licence and reliable transportation are preferred.

Preferred Experience

• BESS, energy storage, solar, microgrids, electrical systems, EV charging, HVAC, utilities, or other clean-energy technologies.
• Field Service Engineer or Service Engineer experience involving equipment installation, troubleshooting, commissioning, maintenance, or technical customer support.
• Technical sales or solution-based sales to commercial and industrial customers.
• Electricity rates, demand charges, load analysis, energy savings, ROI, or payback calculations.
• Experience working with EPCs, installers, distributors, commercial property owners, landlords, or industrial facilities.
• Knowledge of BESS components, EMS, electrical infrastructure, or related technical systems.
• Financing, leasing, CRM, sales pipeline management, technical proposals, quotations, or customer presentations.

Education Credential Requirement

For credentials earned outside Canada, the degree-granting institution must appear on the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) Recognized Universities and Higher Educational Institutions Outside Canada list. Candidates must clearly state the institution name, country, degree or credential, and field of study on their resume. Blink ESS will verify the institution during screening.

Compensation

• Base salary of CA$60,000–CA$90,000 per year.
• Commission on closed projects.
• Performance-based incentives and growth opportunities.

What Success Looks Like

• Build a consistent pipeline of qualified commercial and industrial opportunities.
• Achieve approximately 5–10 qualified client meetings per month.
• Prepare approximately 3–5 proposals per month.
• Close approximately 1–2 projects every two months.
• Develop a $2M–$5M+ annual sales pipeline and a strong customer and partner network.

How to Apply

Please submit your resume for consideration. Only selected candidates will be contacted.

Pay: $60,000.00-$90,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person