Employment opportunities
We recruit leadership positions across power generation, renewables, oil and gas, and water networks, and many of the roles we work on are rarely advertised.
This page is for candidates at manager level and above, including senior specialists with leadership responsibility, managers, directors, and executives who are weighing their next job move. It explains the sectors we cover, how we work, and how to begin a confidential conversation. At this level, the strongest job opportunities are rarely advertised widely. Finding them takes more than responding to job boards, and many senior energy jobs are filled through specialist networks before they ever reach the open market, which is where a sector-focused recruiter earns its place.
Energy jobs and the sectors we cover
Senior energy jobs sit inside many kinds of organization, including utilities, developers, EPC contractors, and equipment manufacturers. Because we work only in this sector, we understand how leadership requirements differ between a regulated utility, a project developer, and an energy services firm, and we match candidates accordingly. The sectors below are a selection. If your specialty is not shown, please get in touch.
Renewable energy jobs
We recruit leaders for renewable energy jobs across wind, solar, and storage, working with developers, independent power producers, and cleantech investors building portfolios that need experienced commercial and technical leadership. These employers often need people who can take a project from early development through financing and into operation, so we look closely at what you have actually delivered rather than the stage of the pipeline your title implies.
Utilities jobs
Our utilities jobs cover transmission and distribution networks, water and wastewater services, and the leadership roles that keep essential infrastructure running, from grid modernization programs to regulated operations. Hiring in regulated environments moves at its own pace and places real weight on rate-case exposure, public accountability, and a track record of working within a regulator's expectations.
Power generation, nuclear, oil, and gas
We support conventional and nuclear power generators, along with oil, gas, and energy services companies, on senior hires across their operations, where regulatory depth and operational track record carry particular weight. In nuclear and heavily regulated generation especially, employers scrutinize safety culture and licensing experience as closely as commercial results.
Hydrogen and clean fuels
Energy transition organizations, including hydrogen and clean fuel developers and energy technology companies, come to us for leadership hires in emerging markets where experienced senior talent is scarce and the cost of a wrong appointment is high. Because few people have a full career in these technologies yet, the strongest appointments often come from adjacent experience in gas, chemicals, or large capital projects, and we help both sides judge that fairly.
Job roles and disciplines at manager level and above
Titles vary widely across the sector, and the title on your business card counts for less than the scope of the job you hold. A "senior manager" at a large utility may carry broader accountability than a "director" at a smaller developer, so we assess candidates on responsibility, scale, and complexity, not label alone. We recruit across management and executive functions, including engineering leadership, commercial and trading, regulatory affairs, and risk management.
Engineering and technical leadership
We recruit engineering managers, design leads, and technical directors accountable for complex assets and programs, where hiring decisions turn on both technical credibility and the ability to lead specialist teams. Employers want evidence that you can hold your own in a technical review and still make the commercial call when the two pull in different directions.
Operations and maintenance management
We work with plant, fleet, and field operations leaders responsible for performance, reliability, and safe working, often in roles where downtime and safety records are measured and scrutinized. Candidates who can explain how they improved availability or reduced unplanned outages, and what it cost to get there, tend to progress quickly.
Project and program management
Project directors and program managers come to us when they are ready to lead larger and more complex capital work, and when employers need people who have already delivered at that scale. Budget size, contract structure, and the number of interfaces you have managed usually matter more to a hiring panel than the sector the project sat in.
Health, safety, environment, and compliance
Health, safety, environment, and compliance leaders protect people, satisfy regulators, and hold organizations to the standards the sector depends on, and demand for strong candidates in these disciplines is consistently high. The strongest profiles combine formal qualifications with the credibility to influence operational leaders who do not report to them.
How we work with candidates
A job move at senior level carries risk. A premature disclosure can damage your standing, a misjudged move can set a career back years, and the wrong employer fit is costly for everyone. Our process is built around discretion, openness, and your control over each step.
1. A confidential first conversation
We talk through your experience, your goals, and what a good next role would look like, with no obligation on either side. Nothing leaves that conversation without your agreement.
2. An honest read of the market
We share our knowledge of demand, salary benchmarks, and how your background is likely to be received by employers, including where your profile may need reframing or where your expectations may be out of step with the current market.
3. Representation with your consent
Your details go to an employer only after you have agreed to the specific opportunity in front of you, so your search stays invisible until you decide otherwise. You always know who is seeing your name and why.
4. Interview preparation and offer guidance
We brief you thoroughly before every interview and stay close through offer evaluation, negotiation, and acceptance, so no decision is made with incomplete information. That includes the practical questions that shape a move, such as notice periods, relocation, and how a counter-offer is likely to land.
What our services mean for your job search
Our services for candidates are personal by design. You can expect confidential conversations, candid market advice, thorough interview preparation, and clear offer guidance from first contact to final decision. In practice, that means you deal with a specialist who knows the hiring organizations personally and can tell you things you would not learn from a job specification, such as how a leadership team actually operates, why a role has opened, and what it will take to succeed in it.
Because we recruit only in energy and utilities, our knowledge of the sector runs deep. We understand technical and engineering disciplines, industry qualifications, and regulatory requirements, and that shapes the quality of advice you receive. It also means we can position your experience accurately to employers who will probe it in detail.
We verify qualifications and right-to-work status as part of our compliance standards, so every search is handled properly and employers can proceed with confidence. If your experience could transfer into an adjacent part of the sector, for example from conventional generation into storage, we will say so plainly. And if a role is not right for you, we will tell you, because accepting the wrong job helps no one.
Energy industry careers: your questions answered
What level of roles do you recruit for?
Our work concentrates on manager level and above, meaning senior specialists with leadership responsibility, managers, directors, and executives.
Will my current employer find out I am looking?
A premature disclosure can put your current position at risk, so discretion shapes every conversation we have. We never present your details to an employer without your explicit consent, and we handle your information in line with strict compliance standards.
Which sectors and locations do you cover?
We recruit across the United States for utilities, renewable developers, power generators, and oil and gas operators, along with the firms that serve them. Our offices are in Atlanta, Georgia, and Marlborough, Massachusetts, with further locations in Parsippany, New Jersey, and Cheyenne, Wyoming.
How do I start a conversation?
Call us at +1 888-202-9809 or email contact@ampense.com. A short, confidential discussion is usually enough to establish whether we can help with your job search.