NH Field Manager

Do you want to change the world? We do, too.

The energy market is roughly $4 trillion globally, and solar penetration is less than 1%. But just one hour of sunlight, if harnessed, could power the entire world for a year. We have the opportunity to completely change the way energy is produced, distributed and consumed on a global scale, and we’re looking for talented, committed people to help us drive our growth and achieve our goals.

SunPower is a global solar energy solutions company with a rich heritage of pioneering the best energy technologies in the world. Our solutions are unrivaled in terms of long-term reliability, efficiency and guaranteed performance, and our company is unmatched in terms of global reach and scale. Through design, manufacturing, installation and ongoing maintenance and monitoring, SunPower provides its proprietary, world-record efficient solar technology to residential, commercial and utility customers worldwide.

SunPower is changing the way our world is powered every day with a brilliant, passionate and driven team of more than 2,000 in North America and the Phillipines. In an industry that is reshaping the world’s energy future, there’s no better place to be than SunPower.

We believe that our employees create our brand – with each project, each communication, each task completed and each interaction. Experience is critical to SunPower in regards to not only our customers but also our employees and dealer partners. As such, we strive to hire candidates that are service focused. The experience we would expect the ideal person to deliver is:

Summary of Role:

The New Homes Field Manager role is to serve as the main point of contact to SunPower stakeholders, Installation Partners (IP), building departments, and home builder-based teams, for any in field coordination. They are as the subject matter expert for all construction related to solar photovoltaic installations and new home build cycles. Relationship management with superintendents, sub-contracted crews and warehouse staff is a critical part of this role. To ensure a quality, accurate, and on time delivery of our solar installation is always met.

This position involves managing at the community and residential project (RP) levels: community kick off and ongoing meetings with superintendents, daily route planning, high volume of production schedule updates, bill of material accuracy, electrical and roof top installation accuracy, new product transitions, troubleshooting of solar systems, and ensure AHJ inspections of solar are occurring on time.

Day to day responsibilities include but are not limited to managing high volume of communities and residential projects, monitoring of team dashboards, communicating in real time to office-based staff, high volume of data entries directly into salesforce, and ensuring field based sub-contractor teams are working effectively and safely.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Attend community pre-construction kickoff meetings to set expectations with builder superintendent on solar installation process and SunPower requirements. Work closely with all superintendent(s) to maintain relationships.
• Identify any elements of the community construction that may need extra attention to ensure a timely solar installation and building department inspection.
• Work directly with installation partner (IP) crew leads and their office staff to ensure installations are done on time and to SunPower specifications. Conduct quality and safety audits each week.
• Work closely with SunPower management to train and performance manage IP’s to all SunPower related products and installation processes
• Plan driving routes in advance for maximum efficiency and data collection
• Coordinate with builder operations manager on frequent basis to streamline field visits and collect needed information, scheduling updates, and documents
• Use software tools available, in real time, to enter data “updates” directly into salesforce or provide information in a structured manner
• Work interdepartmentally to resolve field issues and provide world class customer service to both internal and external stakeholders

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in residential construction or related trade(s)
• Proficient in the installation of roof penetrations, electrical circuits, solar modules, grid-tied and microinverter applications
• Strong understanding of national electrical code, California building code, residential electrical and roofing systems
• Ability to read construction drawings and electrical line diagrams
• Excellent customer service skills in addition to solid verbal and written communication skills
• Valid Driver’s license
• Ability to travel between job sites

Preferred Qualifications:

• Associates degree
• NABCEP Installer certified
• OSHA 30 certification

Equal Employment Opportunity
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