July 21, 2026
Who Is Peak Demand? A Solar Recruiting Agency Specializing in Renewables
Jon Semingson is President of Peak Demand. He has spent nearly two decades focused specifically on renewable energy recruiting, building relationships with candidates and hiring managers across multiple market cycles, including the years before the current solar and storage boom.
Jon leads Peak Demand’s projects across sales, engineering, management, finance, and executive roles, and regularly shares market insights and hiring trends with the renewable energy community. His focus has stayed the same throughout: knowing the industry well enough to tell a client not just who’s available, but who’s actually respected in it.
TL;DR
We’re a recruiting agency that places talent nationally, exclusively in solar, energy storage, renewable manufacturing, and utility energy infrastructure. Our team harnesses nearly 20 years of experience focused specifically on renewable energy, not generalist staffing extended into a trending sector.
That distinction shows up in the details:
- Understanding industry vocabulary
- Having longstanding relationships and networks
- Knowing exactly who to call for a hard-to-fill role
Generalist recruiters moving into renewables because the market is “hot” usually don’t have any of that.
Quick answer
- Peak Demand is a solar and renewables recruiting agency operating under the tagline “Powering Renewables,” recruiting for clients and candidates nationwide.
- We recruit across
- Solar energy
- Energy storage
- Utility energy infrastructure, including retail power marketing and energy roles.
- Our placements span the full org chart: sales, engineering, management, and finance, from individual contributor and service roles up through executive, VP, and C-suite positions.
- Our team, led by President Jon Semingson, brings nearly 20 years of experience focused specifically on renewable energy, not generalist staffing that added clean energy as a category.
Why choose a specialized solar recruiting agency, not a generalist
Nearly 90% of solar employers reported difficulty filling open positions in the 2024 IREC National Solar Jobs Census, and the industry needs roughly 53,000 more workers than it currently has to hit near-term deployment targets (IREC; pv magazine USA).
A shortage that size doesn’t get solved by posting jobs and waiting. It gets solved by recruiters who already know the engineers, project managers, and executives working in the sector, because they’ve spent years building those relationships, not weeks.
That’s the gap we’re built to fill. A generalist staffing firm can source resumes. As a specialized recruiter, we can tell you which candidates are actually respected in the industry, because we’ve placed people at the companies you’re competing with for talent.
What we recruit for
Our focus sits squarely in renewable energy, with three core areas:
- Solar energy. Development, engineering, construction, and operations roles across utility-scale and commercial solar projects.
- Energy storage. Battery storage and grid technology roles, one of the fastest-growing segments in the entire energy sector.
- Renewable manufacturing. Roles supporting the production of solar, storage, and other clean energy equipment and components.
- Utility energy infrastructure. Roles supporting the grid-side of the transition, including retail power marketing and energy positions.
This is a narrower focus than a general energy or industrial staffing firm, and that’s intentional. Specializing means our network is deep in exactly the sectors clients are hiring for, rather than spread thin across dozens of unrelated industries.
The roles we place
A common misconception about recruiting agencies is that they only handle one type of role. We place across the full range of positions a solar or storage company needs to grow:
- Sales. From individual contributors to sales leadership driving revenue growth.
- Engineering. Technical roles across solar and storage system design, development, and delivery.
- Management. Project managers, operations managers, and department leaders.
- Finance. Roles supporting the financial side of project development and corporate growth.
- Executive, VP, and C-suite. Leadership hires where the cost of a wrong decision is highest and the candidate pool is smallest.
That range matters for a simple reason. Companies rarely need just one type of hire at a time, and working with a recruiter who understands the full org chart, not just one function, means fewer handoffs and less lost context as a company scales.
Nearly two decades in renewable energy recruiting
Experience is easy to claim and hard to verify, so here’s what it actually means. President Jon Semingson has spent nearly two decades focused specifically on renewable energy recruiting, not general staffing with a renewable energy division bolted on.
That tenure predates much of the current solar and storage boom. It means relationships with candidates and hiring managers built over multiple market cycles, including the slower years when fewer firms were paying attention to renewables at all.
“I’ve watched this industry go through real cycles, not just the current boom,” says Jon Semingson, President of Peak Demand. “That history is what lets us tell a client who’s actually strong, not just who’s available.”
For a hiring manager evaluating recruiting partners, that history is the actual differentiator. Anyone can say they recruit for solar. Fewer people can point to nearly two decades of placements across the sector’s ups and downs.
What this means if you’re hiring or looking
If you’re a company hiring in solar, storage, or utility energy infrastructure: working with a specialized recruiter with over a decade of sector relationships can surface candidates a job posting never will, especially for the management, finance, and executive roles where the talent pool is smallest, and the stakes are highest.
If you’re a candidate in the renewable energy space: working with a recruiter who has been in the sector for nearly two decades means access to opportunities that never make it to a public job board, at companies actively looking for exactly your background.
The bottom line
Solar and renewable energy hiring is harder than it looks, with nearly 90% of employers struggling to fill roles and a documented worker shortage across the industry. A generalist recruiter can post a job. We can tell you who’s actually good and whether they’d consider a move, because that’s what nearly 20 years in this sector alone has been for.
Looking for your next hire in solar, storage, or renewable energy, or exploring your next opportunity in the sector? Get in touch with our team to talk through what you need.
FAQs
What does Peak Demand recruit for?
Solar energy, energy storage, and utility energy infrastructure, including retail power marketing and energy roles.
What level of roles does Peak Demand place?
The full range, from sales, engineering, management, and finance roles up through executive, VP, and C-suite positions.
What geographic area does Peak Demand serve?
We recruit nationally, working with clients and candidates across the United States rather than a single region.
How is Peak Demand different from a general staffing agency?
Our team has nearly 20 years of experience focused specifically on renewable energy, not a general staffing practice extended into clean energy. That means deeper industry relationships and a better sense of who’s actually strong in the sector.
Who leads Peak Demand’s recruiting team?
Jon Semingson, President of Peak Demand, has spent nearly two decades focused specifically on renewable energy recruiting across solar, storage, and utility energy infrastructure.
Does Peak Demand only work with employers, or with job seekers too?
Both. Employers work with us to fill open roles, and candidates in solar, storage, and renewable energy work with us to learn about opportunities that aren’t publicly posted.
Sources: IREC: Census Workforce Development · pv magazine USA: Competition Grows for Solar Industry Workforce · iRecruit.co: Renewable Energy Recruitment Trends in 2026
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