Field Service Technician II – 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 St. Cloud, MN. You must already live within commuting distance of St. Cloud, or be prepared to relocate there at your own expense 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 St. Cloud 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].

SOLAR EXPERIENCE HELPS. IT IS NOT REQUIRED. STRONG ELECTRICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC SKILLS ARE.

Energy Support Services keeps solar and energy storage systems safe, reliable, and producing clean power. As a Field Service Technician II – Solar, you’ll work independently on advanced inspections, preventative maintenance, and system troubleshooting — operating safely in high-voltage environments without direct supervision, guiding junior technicians on site, and progressing along a defined pathway toward Technician III.

If you have two or more years of serious hands‑on technical work in any industry and you’re the person people bring the problem nobody else could figure out, we want your application.

COMING FROM ANOTHER TRADE? THIS IS THE PART TO READ.

We Hire Experienced Technicians Out Of Other Industries At This Level Regularly, And We Build The Solar Knowledge On Top. Here’s How Your Background Translates

• Automotive, diesel, or heavy equipment — Root‑cause diagnosis, circuit tracing, reading schematics, using a scan tool and DMM, working to torque spec, and writing up findings. You’ll trade flat‑rate for a salary, and your tool box for ours.
• HVAC/R, especially commercial or light‑industrial — Control circuits, contractors, VFDs, three‑phase power, service calls run solo, and preventative maintenance on a schedule. Very close cousin to this work.
• Telecommunications, broadband, or utility line work — Working at height, terminations, test equipment, prints, and outdoor work in every kind of weather. Your safety habits are already right.
• Industrial maintenance, wind, or power generation — Lockout/tagout discipline, medium‑voltage awareness, PM programs, and CMMS documentation all carry directly across.
• Military technical specialties — Power generation, electrical systems, avionics, and electronics maintenance transfer cleanly.

The tools you’ll learn (and their equivalents you may already know)

• I/V curve tracer — measures the performance curve of a string of solar modules to find underperformance. Conceptually similar to putting a vehicle or motor on a load test.
• Megohmmeter ("Megger") / insulation resistance tester — finds insulation breakdown and ground faults. If you’ve used one in industrial or motor work, it’s the same instrument.
• Infrared thermography — thermal imaging to find hot spots in connections and modules. If you’ve used a thermal camera on bearings, panels, or refrigerant lines, you’re already there.
• Drone‑based aerial thermal inspection — we pay for your FAA Part 107 and teach you the flight work.

PAY

$75,000 – $95,000 annually, depending on experience and qualifications.

• 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:
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