Solar Field Service Technician - Nottinghamshire

Astute People; Bilsthorpe CP; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company van

Fuel card

Private health insurance

25 days annual leave

Job summary

Astute's Renewables Team in the United Kingdom is seeking a Solar Field Service Engineer to join the growing operations and maintenance team across Nottinghamshire and surrounding areas. The role focuses on optimizing plant performance and maintaining equipment availability.

The position offers a salary up to £42,000 per year, on-call enhanced pay (1 weekend in 5), a company van and fuel card, private health insurance, and 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays.

Qualifications

• Experience in industrial or utility scale solar is preferred.
• City and Guilds NVQ Level 2/3 in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 18th edition wiring regulations are required.
• High Voltage Authorisation would be advantageous but not essential.
• Full UK driving licence is essential due to remote sites.

Responsibilities

• Take primary responsibility for solar plant performance and site optimisation, maintaining equipment availability.
• Perform pre-planned and reactive maintenance across solar farms, including electrical maintenance and solar panel cleaning.
• HV maintenance if HV qualified, liaising with LV/HV personnel and external subcontractors as needed.
• Compile reports of completed works and communicate issues to line manager.
• Mentor and train junior technicians where required; participate in on-call rota (1 weekend in 5).

Skills

Attention to detail

Health and safety

Interpersonal skills

Education

Electrical NVQ L2/3

18th edition regs

HV qualification advantageous

Driving licence

Job description

Astute's Renewables Team is partnering with an internationally recognised, utility scale solar developer and operator. We are looking to recruit a Solar Field Service Engineer to join their growing operations and maintenance team in Nottinghamshire and the surrounding areas.

The strategically important Solar Field Service Technician role comes with a basic salary up to £42,000 (higher for HVAPs), on call rota enhanced pay (1 weekend in 5), own van and fuel cards, private health insurance, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and more.

Responsibilities and duties of the Solar Field Service Engineer role

• 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).

Professional qualifications

• Experience in industrial or utility scale solar is preferred. However, if no solar experience, then an industrial electrician background is of interest.
• A City and Guilds or NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Electrical Engineering, Installation, Testing & Inspection or similar, electrical course.
• 18th edition wiring regulations.
• High Voltage Authorisation would be advantageous but not essential.
• A full UK driving licence is essential due to remote nature of the sites.

Personal skills

• A strong attention to detail.
• Strong adherence to health and safety as well as incident prevention.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Salary and benefits of the Solar Field Service Technician role

• A starting salary up to £42,000 pa.
• Overtime and on call rota allowance - 1 weekend in 5.
• Own van and fuel card.
• 25 days annual leave, private health insurance and more.

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