The SEM Coach Role
We are seeking an Intermediate to Senior Strategic Energy Management (SEM) Coach to join our growing SEM team. This role sits at the intersection of engineering, energy management, facilitation, and organizational change. The successful candidate will combine strong technical expertise with exceptional coaching and stakeholder engagement skills. They will be equally comfortable discussing regression models and industrial energy systems as they are facilitating executive workshops, building consensus, and helping organizations translate ideas into action.
This role is ideal for someone who is energized by helping organizations solve complex problems, facilitating meaningful conversations, and turning ideas into action.
For more information on Prism's approach to SEM and our associated services, see: https://www.prismengineering.com/services/strategic-energy-management/.
Responsibilities
Facilitation and Engagement
- Act as coach, facilitator, active listener, educator, motivator, and influencer.
- Build trust, accountability, and engagement across all levels of an organization, helping teams translate ideas into action and embed SEM principles into daily operations.
- Effectively lead and build trust without authority based on experience and credibility.
- Facilitate dynamic and engaging workshops, training sessions, Energy Management Assessments (EMAs), and stakeholder discussions in both virtual and in-person settings.
Energy Assessments and Analysis
- Use Excel and Energy Management Information System (EMIS) software tools to develop energy models to monitor and quantify trends in energy performance.
- Conduct on-site energy scans to identify, prioritize, and validate technical, operational, and behavioural opportunities to reduce energy consumption, demand, and GHG emissions, including opportunities within complex industrial processes and systems.
- Support project implementation through business case development, energy savings calculations, executive presentations, and incentive funding applications.
Organizational Change
- Support organizations in the development and review of Strategic Energy Management Plans (SEMPs).
- Guide clients in developing and implementing energy management systems (EnMS) following ISO 50001 principles.
Project Delivery and Growth
- Deliver SEM projects collaboratively with Prism's multidisciplinary teams, ensuring high-quality client outcomes and timely execution.
- Contribute to proposal development, business growth, and the continued evolution of Prism's SEM practice.
Qualifications and Experience
Ideal candidates will have many of the following qualifications, experiences, and competencies:
Essentials
- 6+ years of relevant technical, engineering, energy management, operational excellence, or organizational change experience.
- Degree in engineering, business, energy management, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Strong facilitation, coaching, and communication skills, with the ability to engage audiences ranging from operators and maintenance staff to senior executives.
- Outstanding oral and written communication skills.
- Enthusiasm and positivity to help motivate organizations to make change.
- Strong knowledge of process and energy-related systems, including compressed air, HVAC, process loads, lighting, and automation in industrial and/or commercial facilities.
- Ability to effectively manage time and multiple responsibilities without compromising quality or deadlines.
- A team player who can solve problems and work autonomously.
Desired
- CEM, P.Eng., PMP, Lean Six Sigma, CMVP, or similar professional designation considered a strong asset.
- Experience in consulting, statistical analysis, regression modelling, business case development, and energy performance tracking.
- Familiarity with industrial processes, continuous improvement methodologies, SEM programs, and ISO 50001.
This is a 40-hour-per-week salaried position in a flexible, hybrid work environment. The salary range for this role is $80,000 to $120,000 annually. In determining your starting salary, we will consider your qualifications, level of experience and responsibilities, competencies, unique offering to our team, and how you compare with other team members who are in a similar position.
The role is preferably based in our Vancouver office, with the flexibility to work remotely on some days. The successful candidate must be able to travel locally, with trips to other communities across British Columbia and elsewhere in Canada, with expectations of up to 25% of time in the field.
Sound like a good fit?
We recognize that strong candidates bring different combinations of experience. If you are excited about this role but do not meet every qualification listed, we still encourage you to apply. Tell us how your background and experience will enrich our team and contribute to the continued growth of Strategic Energy Management at Prism Engineering.
Please send your resume and cover letter detailing your experience and interest to us on or before November 30 2026.
We thank all applicants for their interest.
