Field Technical Advisor – Solar PV & Construction

Nextpower; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Nextpower in Australia is seeking a Technical Adviser to coordinate between the Project Manager and the Customer, ensuring successful construction and exceptional on-site support for NEXTracker products. The TA will translate plans, support safety, manage daily progress, and work with multiple teams to deliver high-quality solar tracker installations across the region.

This role requires extensive travel, strong communication, and hands-on experience with construction, electrical, and mechanical

Qualifications

• 5 years construction industry experience, at least 2 in supervisory role.
• Good working understanding of Australian WHS regulations, especially in construction.
• Construction-industry induction (white card).
• Basic First Aid + CPR training (will be provided if not held already - mandatory).
• Extensive travel required; willing to travel up to 100% for site work.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for your own safety, and care and shared responsibility for the safety of all co-workers on site. A good understanding of WHS principles and construction site safety is required.
• Adherence to all WHS safety regulations and NEXTracker and Customer WHS Policy & Process. Ensures no NEXTracker employee or subcontractor operations proceed without proper safety compliance.
• Provides technical support for NEXTracker customers across Australia, ensuring a best in class customer experience and providing product and systems expertise to the Customer.
• Translate and interpret construction plans, manuals, part number reference lists, technical bulletins, product change notifications and other documents to support construction and installation of NEXTracker products.
• Responsible party for participating in, documenting and reporting safety meetings, together with the PM
• Establish and maintain effective communication channels with PM, and Customer PM, Construction Manager, Site Supervisor, Quality team and other customer staff
• Work with Project Manager to develop accurate construction schedule forecasts and to create daily reports to track construction progress, material deliveries, installation issues, tool issues and others site activity.
• Conduct systematic QA inspections of piling and tracker construction in accordance with QA process, tracking, reporting and closing out all deviations via Construction Deviation Report process.
• Liaise between Customer, PM and Quality teams to report and resolve any NEXTracker product quality issues via NCR and RMA processes.
• Work with the Customer to assess readiness for commissioning via Pre-Commissioning processes, and coordinate Commissioning process with the PM and Commissioning Manager
• Provide guidance and technical support to the NEXTracker personnel, temporary labor and subcontractors on issues concerning mechanical, electrical and construction issues
• Provide guidance and advice to Customers on tool operations, maintenance and servicing, and coordinate tool service and training between Customer and our suppliers

Skills

WHS compliance

Construction experience

White Card

First Aid

Mechanical & electrical systems

Customer service

Communication skills

Teamwork

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Nextpower in Australia is seeking a Technical Adviser to coordinate between the Project Manager and the Customer, ensuring successful construction and exceptional on-site support for NEXTracker products. The TA will translate plans, support safety, manage daily progress, and work with multiple teams to deliver high-quality solar tracker installations across the region.

This role requires extensive travel, strong communication, and hands-on experience with construction, electrical, and mechanical