COMPANY OVERVIEW
Your Trusted
Talent Acquisition Partner.
Founded in 2024, Caerus Search is a minority-owned energy recruitment firm focused on supporting companies that are expanding and modernizing the power grid for a clean energy transition.
We ensure our clients have access to best-in-class talent and recruitment marketing features to reduce time-to-hire, scale teams, and make successful hires.
Caerus Search specializes in placing mid-level and senior-level appointments, and has a network of 15,000+ professionals.
We have a history of providing effective search solutions for utilities, IPPs, consultancies, and renewable energy developers and owner-operators, including project engineering, utility-scale project development, integrated resource planning, interconnection and transmission, power market modeling, and power systems engineering.
Overcome Hiring Challenges
Extended Reach
Access to a broader range of candidates, particularly passive candidates
Industry Experts
In-depth market knowledge allows us to identify the most qualified candidates
Faster Hiring
With our search strategy, improve time-to-hire on key appointments by up to 35%
Service Offerings
Contingent Search
Best option for companies that have a more flexible time schedule to fill experienced and mid-level positions. Prospective candidates are often actively seeking new opportunities.
Average Time-to-Fill: 36 days
Priority Search
Ideal option for companies looking to fill industry specific and urgent positions as quickly and efficiently as possible. Includes market insights, candidate exclusivity, and a candidate shortlist presented within 5 days.
Average Time-to-Fill: 26 days
Retained Search
Personalized, high-touch recruitment model for senior-level and highly specialized roles, which includes market mapping, compensation and competitor analysis, candidate exclusivity, branded outreach, and targeted marketing.
Average Time-to-Fill: 90 days
Meet Our Team
Michael Wiederhold, Jr.
With over 15 years of experience in the electric power and renewable energy sectors, Michael specializes in delivering high-tough recruitment services.
Michael supports companies across North America and serves as a strategic recruitment partner to utilities, IPPs, OEMs, consulting firms, energy software and clean technology companies, and solar and energy storage developers.
Leadership roles have included, Co-Founder of Kintec Search, Head of Client Services - U.S. and Manager of Power & Utilities Team for Spencer Ogden.
Michael graduated from Penn State University’s Smeal College of Business with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics.