Construction Solar Electrician

Greenskies Clean Energy is hiring a Construction Solar Electrician in Orange, CA. The role involves overseeing solar project construction, ensuring compliance with standards, conducting site visits, and performing maintenance on renewable energy assets. Key responsibilities include monitoring subcontractor work, reporting progress, and performing preventative maintenance. Candidates must be a certified electrician in California with experience in electrical systems. This is a full-time position requiring daily travel to various project sites.
Greenskies is seeking an electrician to bolster its solar photovoltaic and energy storage team. This Electrician will conduct site visits to ensure contractors are building to the correct plans and specifications, to enforce code requirements, to uphold Greenskies’ construction standards, and to report construction progress to the EPC team. The Electrician will also provide corrective and preventative maintenance once the regional renewable energy assets are operational. The Electrician reports to the Director of O&M.

Location(s): San Diego County

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
• Travel daily to regional projects that are under construction or operational.
• Lead and educate subcontractors from site mobilization to O&M handoff.
• Track project progress. Report feedback to the EPC team regarding installation quality.
• Examine the work of the subcontractors to ensure they meet Greenskies’ standards.
• Orchestrate site mobilization, shutdown/interconnection, witness tests, inspections.
• Assist with project commissioning and SCADA programming.
• Conduct preventative maintenance via inspection of wiring, connections, mechanical repairs, torque verification, thermal scans, string tests, inverters, etc.
• Test circuit polarity, open circuit voltage, ground continuity, insulation resistance, etc.
• Responding to scheduled and urgent maintenance cases
• Complete reports following every site visit.
• Represent Greenskies on site in a professional manner.
• Some weekend work required for urgent corrective maintenance.

Qualifications:
• Certified Electrician – State of California
• Experience working with and troubleshooting 480Vac circuits and equipment, as well as electro-mechanical equipment.
• In-depth knowledge of the National Electrical Code
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office software.
• Valid driver’s license
• Physical ability to visit job sites, traverse uneven ground or climb a ladder, able to lift up to 50 lbs. of equipment.

These duties and responsibilities are intended to describe the general nature and scope of work being performed by this position. This is not a complete listing, and other duties will be assigned based on the position's role within the business.

Greenskies Clean Focus provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Notice to Recruiters & Staffing Agencies: Greenskies will not accept unsolicited resumes from any external recruiters, staffing firms, search agencies or any fee based referrals and does not conduct business with such entities without a written agreement. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Greenskies shall be the property of Greenskies and no fee for the placement of persons resulting from any unsolicited resume shall be paid by Greenskies to any third party under any circumstance.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $92,000.00 - $99,000.00 per year

Schedule:
• Monday to Friday
• Overtime

Supplemental Pay:
• Overtime pay

Work Location: On the road