Lead Solar Field Technician

Position Summary

The Lead Solar Field Service Technician – is the field authority for commissioning, maintaining, troubleshooting and repairing commercial and industrial solar. You will lead crews, work independently on live-system failures, and keep assets safe, reliable, and producing. This is a senior role for an experienced solar technician who does not need step-by-step direction and is looking to advance in their career.

About Pacific Power Solutions

Pacific Power Solutions (PPS) is an independent service provider specializing in operations and maintenance for commercial solar, battery energy storage and EV charging systems. Our field team keeps clean energy assets safe, reliable and performing. We practice by three values, Pride in Work, Progress, and Safety, and we support our technicians with ongoing training, advancement opportunities and incentive-based earning potential.

Success Looks Like

• 100% adherence to safety, PPE and LOTO protocols
• Preventative and corrective work completed on schedule, without rework
• Issues resolved correctly the first time, minimizing downtime
• Accurate, timely reporting at completion of every dispatch
• Recognized by peers and clients as a dependable, knowledgeable lead

Objectives

• Lead field crews and mentor junior technicians
• Perform commissioning, preventative and corrective maintenance on C&I systems
• Diagnose and resolve electrical, mechanical, controls and communication issues
• Validate installation quality against drawings, single-line diagrams and OEM documentation
• Produce commissioning reports, punch lists and corrective action documentation
• Work directly with clients, utilities, EPCs, OEMs and engineers
• Support warehouse and operations teams with equipment readiness and feedback

Competencies

Core Electrical

• Strong electrical troubleshooting and repair skills (inverters, AC/DC systems, DAS systems)
• Safe AC/DC testing with multimeters, clamp meters and Megger insulation testers, set up and use IV curve tracers, IR scans and the ability to interpret the data, not just collect it
• Work on low- and medium-voltage systems, including transformers and switchgear
• Configure and troubleshoot DAS/SCADA and communications: Ethernet, fiber, cellular gateways, RS-485, Modbus TCP/RTU
• Read and interpret electrical schematics, single-line and three-line diagrams

Solar Technical Skills

• Experience with solar O&M / maintenance. Troubleshoot and repair solar systems: strings, combiner/junction boxes, and string, central and micro inverters
• Diagnose ground faults, arc faults, insulation resistance failures, polarity errors, current/voltage mismatch and string underperformance