PV MAINTENANCE/INSTALLATION ENGINEER

T H White Ltd; Devizes; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the solar industry is seeking a qualified Solar Maintenance Engineer to enhance their team. This hybrid role involves maintaining and repairing Solar PV systems across various UK sites, ensuring systems operate effectively and in accordance with designs. The ideal candidate will have extensive qualifications and practical skills related to Solar PV installations, including fault diagnosis and maintenance work, and will be supported with ongoing training and market-competitive benefits.

Benefits

Market surveyed salary – reviewed annually

Employer contributory pension

Share Plan

Extra holiday entitlement

Company sick pay after qualifying period

Role-specific clothing/uniform

Qualifications

• Qualified Electrician with level 3 apprenticeship and NVQ.
• Proven experience with Domestic and small commercial Solar PV systems.
• Confident in fault diagnosis and remedial works on PV systems.

Responsibilities

• Perform reactive and scheduled preventative maintenance visits.
• Conduct system testing and fault diagnosis of Solar PV systems.
• Execute remedial works including component swaps and inverter replacements.

Skills

Technical understanding of Solar PV Installations

Fault finding

Working at heights

Education

ECS Electrician craft card

City and Guilds 2382 - 18th edition

BPEC Solar PV Qualification

Tools

Mobile Elevated Working Platforms

Job description

Are you a qualified and motivated Engineer looking to broaden your skills and take on a new challenge? Do you already have experience working with solar/PV systems and are looking to join an expanding business where your knowledge can bring real benefit? If so, we may have just the opportunity for you. We are recruiting for a Solar Maintenance Engineer to work across a variety of sites within the UK.

Hours:

40 hours a week

Key Duties will Include:

• This is a hybrid role where the main focus is Solar PV Maintenance and remedials with a mix of some installation work when required.
• To conduct reactive and scheduled preventative maintenance visits. This will involve system testing and fault diagnosis relating to the design, installation, and communication of Domestic and Commercial Solar PV systems.
• To be able to perform Remedials works on PV Systems such as component swaps, replacement inverters and finding & repairing string faults.

The Ideal Applicant:

• You will have proven technical understanding of Domestic and small commercial Solar PV Installations, to include generation and export metering, inverters, fault finding and ensuring systems function in accordance with design parameters.
• You will be a Qualified Electrician to ECS Standard having completed Level 3 Apprenticeship and NVQ.
• You will be confident with working at heights and experience with Mobile Elevated Working Platforms
• You will hold an ECS Electrician craft card.
• You will have City and Guilds 2382 - 18^th edition Requirements for Electrical Installations.
• You will have BPEC Solar PV Qualification or equivalent.
• PASMA / IPAF training desirable.

Benefits:

At T H WHITE, it is our philosophy to try to do everything we can to ensure that everyone working for us is happy and gets pleasure and satisfaction from their work.We are committed to training and developing our employees to enable them to achieve their maximum potential.We also provide the following:

• Market surveyed salary – reviewed annually
• Employer contributory pension/ death in service cover
• Share Plan
• Division cross-sell incentive scheme
• Staff accounts at every branch with discounted prices
• Extra holiday entitlement – after a certain number of years
• Company sick pay after qualifying period
• Role-specific company clothing/uniform
• Recognition and support for health and work-related well-being