Journeyman Electrician

About the role

We're making clean energy more efficient! For over a decade, the team at QE Solar has brought technical expertise, curiosity, and an investigative approach to the Solar Operations & Maintenance sector, maximizing asset uptime and return on investment while prioritizing safety. QE Solar manages well over 3GWs of PV/BESS projects and hundreds of employees, providing renewable assets owners the most reliable renewable asset service from coast-to-coast. QE Solar is known for an owner’s mindset in delivering consistent quality and service to our clients with a sense of urgency because we know maintenance issues impact the bottom line.

Essential Duties

• Maintain, diagnose, and repair system failures on existing solar sites, identify and correct potential issues that may impact site performance in the future.
• Perform equipment assessments, diagnosis and modifications.
• Develop solutions to site operations issues and communicate with operations teams in executing such solutions.
• Diagnose/troubleshoot equipment failures and perform regular preventative maintenance on a variety of solar/electrical equipment.
• Qualifies equipment and systems for use or replacement, including warranty matters.
• Installs, removes, maintains and directs the maintenance of solar, BESS and other related electrical equipment.
• Ensures a safe, event-free work environment through strict adherence to company and client protocols, safety procedures and regulations.
• Provides leadership, oversight and accountability in order to achieve desired safety results (e.g. lock-out/tag-out compliance, contractor and technical oversight, safety meeting attendance, recommending and authoring required changes in related policies or procedures and work practices).
• Prepares and reviews service tickets and reports for site visits, emergency repairs, equipment modifications and equipment improvement investigations.
• Provides reports, written and oral communication in a timely and complete fashion.
• Communicates with customers, engineers, technicians, project managers, client sub-contractors to ensure timely resolution to all required activities and maintenance requirements.

Education & Certification Required

• MA Journeyman license required

Experience Required

• 1+ years of electrical experience with electrical license

Specialized or Technical Knowledge Licenses, Certifications Preferred

• Inverter and/or BESS manufacturers’ certifications
• Thermography certifications (Level 1)
• IT/networking skills: familiarity with RS485, Modbus, tcp/ip, etc.
• NABCEP PV Installer Certification
• OSHA 30 Certification
• Completion of NFPA 70E courses
• CPR/First Aid

Functional Knowledge

• Knowledge of National Electrical Code and standard design/construction practices;
• Clear understanding of OSHA safe workplace practices and procedures;
• Ability to read and understand electrical single-line and three-line diagrams as well as other construction/DAS/design drawings or permitting documentation

Company/Industry Related Knowledge

• Electric and related utilities and utility maintenance;
• Solar energy installation, maintenance, and optimization;

Benefits

• 100% paid employee premium on health benefits; additional dependents at low costs and great plans for Health, Dental, Vision, FSA or HSA
• Wellbeing and Employee Assistance
• Perks at Work Marketplace for discounts on gym memberships, classes, tech, vacations, tickets, and more
• Family Building and Adoption Assistance Programs
• Learning & Development Opportunities
• Discounted Life & Disability Insurance

Workplace Type

On-site

Salary Range

$40.00 - $50.00 per hour

Employment Type

Full-time

Location

Taunton, MA, United States

Statement to all Third-Party Agencies and Similar Organizations

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