Solar Field Service Engineer – Van, On-Call, 25 Days Leave

Astute People; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Own van and fuel card

Private health insurance

25 days annual leave

Bank holidays

Job summary

Astute People is recruiting a Solar Field Service Engineer to join their Renewables Team in Nottinghamshire and surrounding areas. The role offers a basic salary up to £42,000, on-call rota enhanced pay, and a company van with fuel card.

Responsibilities include ensuring solar plant performance, performing planned and reactive maintenance on solar farms, and mentoring junior technicians. A full UK driving licence is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in industrial or utility scale solar is preferred.
• City and Guilds or NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Electrical Engineering, Installation, Testing & Inspection or similar.
• 18th edition wiring regulations.
• High Voltage Authorisation would be advantageous but not essential.
• Full UK driving licence is essential due to remote nature of the sites.

Responsibilities

• Take primary responsibility for solar plant performance, optimisation of the site and for maintaining equipment availability.
• Perform pre-planned and reactive maintenance works across their solar farms, including electrical maintenance, solar panel cleaning and HV maintenance (if HV qualified).
• Effectively help to resolve work tickets and report issues back to your line manager. Compiling reports of completed works.
• Liaising with internal and external teams, including in-house LV/HV personnel, the grounds team and external subcontractors when required.
• Providing mentoring and training to junior technicians where required.
• Taking part in the company’s on-call rota for non-working hours (including Bank Holidays and weekends) – 1 weekend in every 5 for this region (on call allowances).

Skills

Attention to detail

Health and safety

Interpersonal communication

Education

City and Guilds / NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Astute People is recruiting a Solar Field Service Engineer to join their Renewables Team in Nottinghamshire and surrounding areas. The role offers a basic salary up to £42,000, on-call rota enhanced pay, and a company van with fuel card.

Responsibilities include ensuring solar plant performance, performing planned and reactive maintenance on solar farms, and mentoring junior technicians. A full UK driving licence is essential.