SME - Energy & Utilities

Role overview

SME - Energy & Utilities at NeST Digital

Pre-sales & client engagement Lead the technical/domain conversation in prospect meetings, pilot kickoffs, and proof-of-value engagements.

Function Pre-Sales / Practice - Energy Reports to DU head-Energy, with a close working line into the Delivery Manager, Solutions Architects, Vice President - Practice Employment type Full-time/ Consultant Location Trivandrum Travel On-Demand domestic and international travel Team NeST Digital – Product Engineering Service The Role We're hiring an Energy & Utilities Subject Matter Expert to be the technical credibility behind every business client conversation.

Responsibilities

• Represent NeST Digital in client workshops and business reviews, presenting findings directly to customers and leadership.
• Partner with Sales and Solutions Architecture to scope pilot assets, define baseline measurement points, etc.
• Build and maintain vertical-specific business use cases, ROI calculators, and reference case studies used by the sales and marketing team.
• Stay current on the regulatory drivers that create urgency for prospects — BRSR, EU CBAM, India's PAT scheme, ISO 50001, Qatar National Vision 2030, Saudi Vision 2030 — and translate them into commercial conversation, not just compliance trivia.
• Product & delivery support Work with the ML/AI engine team to ground anomaly thresholds and energy-normalisation logic in real engineering behaviour, not just statistical baselines.
• Sanity-check on every energy related proposal, offerings from the DU/BU.
• Be up-to-date on the innovation, Guide and prepare critical offerings, service for Energy customer and help to build strong skill set inside the organization.
• Basic Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Energy, or Industrial Engineering. 8+ years of hands-on experience in industrial energy audits, energy management, or utility-side efficiency programmes.
• Working knowledge of compressed-air systems, HVAC, motor efficiency, demand-side management, and electricity tariff structures.
• A track record of presenting technical findings to leadership, technical(Hardware/Software ) & non-technical stakeholders.
• Multi industry experience in Energy & utilities.
• Nice to Have Certified Energy Auditor (BEE, India) or Certified Energy Manager (AEE).
• Familiarity with ISO 50001 energy management systems.
• Ideally experienced on multi asset at an IoT, SCADA, BESS, BMS, or energy-tech vendor.
• Exposure to Gulf utility or infrastructure programmes.
• Familiarity with ESG/carbon reporting frameworks (BRSR, GHG Protocol, CBAM).
• Adherence to international and Indian standards - IEC 61850/61970/61968 for communication - IEEE 1547 for distributed resource interconnection - IEC 62443 & ISO 27001 for cybersecurity - CEA/CERC/MNRE regulations for grid compliance

Employment details

• Location: Trivandrum [Kerala] [India]

Benefits

• This is a client-facing role, not a back-office analyst position: you will sit across the table from plant owners, CFOs, grid operations managers, and hospital facilities directors, and you need to be able to look at their actual energy-relevant verticals: industrial manufacturing (compressed air, motors, humidification, demand charges), grid and water utilities, and building/healthcare energy (HVAC, generators, critical power).

Additional role details

• Energy & Utilities - Subject Matter Expert Pre-Sales support & Act as an SME for Energy domain practice.