Lead Field Service Technician III – Solar

WORK ARRANGEMENT

ON-SITE, FIELD-BASED. THIS IS NOT A REMOTE OR WORK-FROM-HOME JOB. This role is performed in person, outdoors, on solar sites in and around Roseville, Minnesota. You’ll drive from your home to job sites rather than reporting to an office — but you must live in the Roseville region, or relocate there before your start date. You may see this listed as  field-based.  

That means you drive from your home to job sites rather than reporting to an office each morning. It does not mean you can work from another city or state. Applications from candidates who are not located in — or actively relocating to — the Roseville area cannot be considered for this posting. Territory: [30–90 minutes typical, rarely over 3 hours].

Overnight travel: [under 10%].

Schedule:

[M–F, 7am–3pm or 8am–4pm]. On-call: [rotational Saturday 8am–12pm]. Overtime: [paid biweekly; 40–45 hours typical; 1.5x over 40]. MASTER ELECTRICIANS: NO PRIOR SOLAR EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. WE WILL TRAIN YOU.

Energy Support Services keeps solar and energy storage systems safe, reliable, and producing clean power. As a Lead Field Service Technician III
- Solar, you’ll be the technical authority in the field — leading complex inspections, troubleshooting, and repairs, owning your sites, shaping how the work gets done, and mentoring the technicians coming up behind you. There’s a defined pathway to Technician IV. The license and the electrical judgment are what we can’t teach quickly. Photovoltaics we can. If you hold an active Minnesota Master Electrician license, we will consider you fully with zero solar background.

Relocation note :
We offer a $3,000 sign-on bonus and relocation assistance to qualified candidates. If you’re a licensed Master Electrician somewhere else in the country and you’ve been curious about renewable energy, this is the posting to look at.

• Commercial and industrial electrical contracting — service work, troubleshooting, code compliance, and permitting. Nearly everything transfers; you’ll learn PV-specific equipment and DC systems.
• Utility, generation, or substation work — medium-voltage practice, switching, and grounding discipline map directly onto solar plant work.
• Facilities, manufacturing, or plant electrical leadership — PM programs, LOTO systems, and crew oversight are the same skills we need here.
• Marine, military, or shipyard electrical — strong safety culture and independent judgment in the field, which is what this job runs on.

• PV system architecture — modules, strings, combiner boxes, inverters, and grid-tie behavior.
• Solar-specific diagnostics: I/V curve tracing, insulation resistance testing, and infrared thermography.
• FAA Part 107 drone certification for aerial thermal inspection.
• OSHA 30, NFPA 70E/70B, and our internal O&M Tech course series.

$92, annually, depending on experience and qualifications, plus a $3,000 sign-on bonus and relocation assistance for qualified candidates.

• Tools and equipment: provided. Company truck, company fuel/credit card, and vehicle maintenance card. You will never spend your own money on tools here — no tool truck payment, no tool debt.
• Bonus:
  Up to an 8% performance bonus, paid annually.
• Apparel:
  Company-provided PPE and flame-resistant clothing kit (bibs, jackets, pants, shirts) at no cost to you.
• Health:
  Medical, dental, and vision. We pay 80% of your health insurance premiums.
• Retirement: 401(k) with up to a 7.5% company match.
• Time off: PTO accrued each pay period — 120 hours/year (years 0–2), 160 hours (years 3–9), 200 hours (10+ years) — plus 11 paid holidays.
• Family: 8 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Insurance:
  Company-paid Life and AD&D insurance at 1x your annual salary.
• Cer…