About the Role
The Solar Electrician is an experienced field employee responsible for leading and training team members. This role requires an active state journeyman license.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrate integrity, strong initiative, work ethic, and a focus on safety and quality of work.
- Supervise, lead, and train Solar Technician I or Solar Technician II team members.
- Perform Preventive Maintenance on solar and battery installations according to standards.
- Perform Corrective Maintenance on solar and battery installations, ensuring root cause identification and correction.
- Ensure work performed meets or exceeds Cleanleaf O&M standards.
- Complete assigned tasks safely, correctly, and within the allotted time.
- Ensure all assigned PPE, tools, and equipment are accounted for and maintained.
- Interface with SCADA/DAS systems to understand and communicate onsite issues.
- Document all work in a Service Visit and Case within Cleanleaf's CMMS, including proper grammar, spelling, photography, thermal photography, and checklists.
- Provide technical support for customer issues as requested.
- Perform other duties as determined by management.
- Read, understand and sign all safety procedures.
- Attend weekly safety meetings.
- Receive, inspect, and maintain all required PPE.
- Complete all required safety training.
- Ensure all safety incidents are reported timely and accurately.
- Ensure all safety incidents involving the employee are fully investigated, documented, and corrective actions are implemented.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Must be able to pass a criminal background and motor vehicle record check.
- Must have and maintain a valid driver's license.
- Must have and maintain an active state journeyman license.
- Ability to communicate in English, both oral and written.
- Excellent organizational and leadership skills.
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal abilities.
- Basic computer operation skills and familiarity with internet-based program navigation and SalesForce systems.
- Proven experience understanding and implementing OSHA regulations.
- Ability to read, interpret and understand basic drawings and schematics.
- Knowledge and understanding of solar plant construction and how onsite equipment interacts with the overall plant.
- Knowledge of and ability to troubleshoot and repair SCADA/DAS systems.
- Knowledge of and ability to perform IV Curve tracing, determine if an issue exists and repair it.
- Knowledge of and ability to troubleshoot and repair major solar plant components (e.g. central and string inverters, transformers, combiner and re-combiner boxes, switch gears, PV modules, etc.).
- Knowledge of and ability to troubleshoot and repair major battery storage components (e.g. central and string inverters, transformers, combiner and re-combiner boxes, switch gears, battery banks, etc.).
- Complete courses and maintain advanced inverter certifications.
- Comfort with ambiguity and a willingness to build, experiment, and iterate when the path forward is undefined.
- Ability to drive a vehicle.
- Ability to stand for long periods of time.
- Ability to walk distances up to 5 miles in a day.
- Ability to ascend or descend ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, and the like, maintaining 3 points of contact.
- Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
- Ability to maintain body equilibrium to prevent falling and walking, standing or crouching on narrow or slippery surfaces.
- Required to have visual acuity which includes depth perception, field of vision and the ability to distinguish between colors.
- Ability to work in outside environments which may include extreme heat (temperatures above 100℉) or extreme cold (temperatures below 32℉) for periods of more than one hour.
- Exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
Skills
- Integrity
- Initiative
- Work ethic
- Safety focus
- Quality of work focus
- Leadership
- Training
- Preventive Maintenance
- Corrective Maintenance
- SCADA/DAS systems interface
- Technical support
- CMMS documentation
- OSHA regulations
- Reading drawings and schematics
- Solar plant construction knowledge
- IV Curve tracing
- Troubleshooting major solar plant components
- Troubleshooting major battery storage components
- Advanced inverter certifications
- Adaptability
- Communication
- Interpersonal abilities
- Computer operation
- Internet-based program navigation
- SalesForce systems
- Oral communication
- Written communication
- Organizational skills
Location
- State for which the position is to be filled
Work Type
- Field work
- Travel up to 50%
Experience Level
- Experienced
Education Level
- High school diploma or equivalent
Salary/Compensations
- $43/hr-$56/hr
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Comprehensive wellness program
- 401(k) plan with company match and immediate vesting
- Continuing education assistance
- Professional development assistance
- Access to Cleanleaf's wellness platform
- Vacation accrual policy for paid time off
About the Company
- Cleanleaf is a growing company in the renewable energy sector.
- Cleanleaf is committed to addressing the climate crisis and accelerating the clean energy transformation.
- Cleanleaf is a fast-paced, dynamic company.
Equal Opportunity
- Cleanleaf provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetics, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by state, federal and local laws.
- In addition to federal law requirements, Cleanleaf complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.
- EEO M/F/D/V.
