Solar Technician – Albany, NY

Description

• Ensure that all safety policies and procedures, related to any work performed, have been reviewed and understood before work begins.
• Work in a fast-changing environment which may require quick decisions with limited processes and procedures.
• Attend and participate in weekly safety meetings.
• Oversee, provide direction, and training to Solar Technician 1 and Solar Technician 2 working in the area.
• Troubleshoot solar, energy storage and EV charging installations efficiently, determining the root cause and correct repair required to place the equipment back into service.
• Complete all assigned task safely, correctly and in the allotted time.
• Drive up to 6 hours per day to reach and return for project locations
• Ensure that all required Personnel Protective Equipment has been received, inspected and utilized in accordance with applicable safety policies and procedures.
• Ensure all provided vehicles, tools, equipment, electronics, and parts are accounted for, well maintained, free of damage, properly stored and.
• Perform Preventive and Corrective Maintenance on solar, energy storage and EV charging installations in accordance with MN8 and OEM standards.
• Complete all safety training as required by the company.
• Accurately complete all required documentation, checklist, timecards and photography for work performed.
• Work outside, in the environment up to 90% of the time, performing Preventive and Corrective Maintenances.

Requirements

• Outstanding communication and interpersonal abilities
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Intermediate to advance electrical theory knowledge.
• Knowledge of and ability to perform and interpret IV Curve tracing, in order to determine if an issue exists.
• Must be able to pass a criminal background and motor vehicle record check.
• Ability to maintain body equilibrium while walking, standing, crouching, transitioning levels on level, narrow or slippery surfaces.
• Ability to walk distances up to 5 miles in a day
• Availability to work on weekends as part of on-call rotations.
• Required to have visual acuity which includes depth perception, field of vision and the ability to distinguish between colors.
• Ability to read, interpret and understand basic design drawings and schematics.
• Ability to ascend or descend ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, and the like, maintaining 3 points of contact.
• Basic computer operation skills and familiarity with internet based program navigation.
• Ability to drive a vehicle.
• Ability to communicate in English both orally and writing
• Exerting up to 60 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 40 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Ability to stand for long periods of time.
• Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
• Proven experience understanding and implementing OSHA regulations.
• Ability to work in outside environments which may include but are not limited to, extreme heat (temperatures above 100℉) or extreme cold (temperatures below 32℉) for periods of more than one hour.
• Travel up to 50% of the time outside of the service area.

Benefits

• Parental leave
• $43/hr – $55/hr
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance beginning the 1st of the month following your date of hire
• Paid Time Off
• Paid holidays and floating holidays
• 401(k) with competitive employer match

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance