Power and Energy Industry Recruitment Firm
About Jeremy
Jeremy Nickell
Jeremy Nickell is the Managing Partner and President of Power Careers LLC, the powerhouse recruitment firm he co-founded in 2016 alongside his wife, Sarah. Known across the industry as the Kevin Bacon of Power Recruiting, Jeremy has a network so deep and wide that he’s seemingly only six connections away from every professional in the power and energy world. Hundreds of companies trust him as their go-to resource for top-tier talent in electrical power generation, transmission, distribution, grid modernization, battery storage, and data centers. If you’re in the power industry, chances are you know Jeremy—or you know someone who does.
Jeremy founded Power Careers after leading one of the most successful electrical power recruitment desks in the country, working for one of the largest recruitment franchises in the world. He leveraged his technical upbringing, hands-on work ethic, and real-life field experience to become a national expert in medium and high voltage apparatus and service recruitment. Since his entry into the power and energy space in 2013, he’s been “living the life” of the professionals he recruits—walking job sites, understanding complex systems, and earning the trust of employers and candidates alike.
Jeremy’s career journey is anything but traditional. After surviving a serious car accident in high school, he found his calling to help people, paired with a passion for science. He went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Ball State University and became a Registered Nurse. Over the next 20 years, he built a distinguished career in critical care, earning CCRN, CEN, and CFRN certifications and leading multiple aero-medical bases in Indiana. It was here that Jeremy’s passion for recruitment and operations took root—after all, no leader escapes the hunt for talent!
In 2009, Jeremy and Sarah co-founded a healthcare recruitment firm placing nurses, physicians, therapists—even pilots. But everything changed in 2013 when Jeremy was introduced to the recruitment challenges of the electrical power, data center, and grid modernization sectors. He quickly immersed himself in transformers, relays, switchgear, and substations—and the rest is history. Jeremy has been at the helm of power and energy recruitment ever since. And if you’re wondering—yes, he’s been doing this longer than he looks!
Jeremy is a prime example of finding your passion and going all-in. His ability to technically vet top engineers, navigate high and medium voltage systems, and deliver outstanding follow-through is well known. Raised as the oldest of five brothers in a hardworking family, Jeremy learned early that a person is only as good as their word. His childhood was filled with hands-on work—repairing cars, maintaining rental properties, and working on farm equipment with his dad, a GM employee and skilled tradesman. He was the first in his family to go to college and hasn’t stopped overachieving since.
Today, Jeremy resides in a suburb of Indianapolis with Sarah. Together, they operate Power Careers LLC and have grown it into the firm with the largest database of electrical power, renewable fuels, data center, EV, and utility candidates in the nation. If there’s a key player in the power industry, Jeremy probably knows them—or knows someone who does. In his free time (and we use that term loosely), Jeremy is still always working—because, as he says, “When you love what you do, you do it all the time. It’s all I think about.” But every now and then, you’ll find him cheering on his beloved Cleveland Browns, proudly claiming his place in the Dawg Pound. On game days, don’t be surprised to find Jeremy and his huskies decked out in Browns gear. Go Brownies!
