Commercial Solar Design Project Lead

Overview

Job title:

Commercial Solar Design Project Lead

Department:
Greentech Design Services

Location:

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Description:

Greentech Renewables is the nation's leading solar equipment distributor and distributes a full range of solar equipment to thousands of contractors throughout the United States, Caribbean, and Latin America, enabling solar installers to easily and cost-effectively design, sell, and install solar photovoltaic (PV) systems.

Greentech Renewables’s Design Services Team is a private design and permitting service within the Greentech Renewables network. We only work with licensed professionals who are Greentech Renewables customers.

The number and scope of our projects has grown dramatically and we are adding another Commercial Solar Design Project Lead to help us manage that rapidly growing pipeline.

Reports to:

Director of Engineering

Essential Job Functions:

• Be the service face and customer advocate within the commercial design team - giving the impression that the design services team exists to serve others: customers, inside salespeople, and outside salespeople all benefit from your support.
• Identify and manage potential customers, essentially acting as the first step in the sales process by attracting and nurturing leads. Assess the potential of leads based on their fit with the company's target audience and sales goals.
• Work with sales representatives to select appropriate solar equipment (racking, inverters & modules) while meeting customer requirements and expectations.
• Advocate for the customer and represent the assigned PC to win the design job.
• Review and/or suggest products for code compliant installations while meeting customer required conformity
• Be an expert operator of Helioscope or Solesca software platforms for creating preliminary designs.
• Serve as a liaison between sales representatives, customers, and the commercial design team.
• Assist commercial sales with quoting of projects.
• Attend trade shows, conferences, and maintain customer relationships whether in person or via virtual meetings
• Monitor technical support channel and route requests to appropriate domain experts

Supervisory Responsibilities:

No

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical or solar engineering or project management plus actual solar construction experience or journeyman electrician with solar and design experience
• Preliminary solar design experience specializing in the commercial market
• Knowledge of electrical and building code affiliated with solar design & installations
• Excellent solar product knowledge

ADDITIONAL COMPETENCIES:

• Incredible problem solving and negotiation abilities
• Ability to collaborate with others remotely
• Ability to follow guidance and instruction remotely
• Interpersonal skills to be able to work with contractors and sales representatives
• Ability to give constructive feedback
• Ability to make decisions quickly

• NABCEP Certification a plus
• Experience with commercial energy storage
• Experience with Helioscope, Aurora, Solargraf, Sighten, Solo or similar preliminary design software

• Remote work on a small team, with multiple weekly check-ins
• Work standard business hours of 8am to 5pm within your time zone or within the time zone of the Division assigned
• Travel to a Greentech or customer location at least once per week

Compensation Range: $75,000 to $85,000 annually.

Other Compensation:

• Bonus

• 401(k) (18 or older)
• Paid Sick Leave (Full-Time)
• Paid Sick Leave (Part-Time) - per your State's requirements
• Insurance (Full-Time) - Medical, Dental, Vision Care
• Insurance (Part-Time) - Medical only (30+ hours/week)
• Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Pregnancy & New Parent Leave
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and matching
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Teledoc

CED is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Disability | Veteran