Electrician

Social Change Institute; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 89,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning stipends

Flexible Durham, NC hours

Job summary

Social Change Institute in Durham, NC is hiring an Electrician with a blended focus on plumbing and HVAC installation. The role offers real decision-making power, with compensation ranging from $60,000 to $89,000 and opportunities for steady career advancement.

You will track metrics, support mid-level teammates, and navigate scope changes for local clients. Expect flexible hours and a strong emphasis on work-life balance within a scrappy startup culture.

Qualifications

• 3 years of learning when to trust the process and when to break it.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal oversight.
• Demonstrated capacity to mentor or support mid-level teammates.
• Demonstrated calm when a Durham, NC client changes scope mid-stream.
• Fluency in insulation earned the hard way, not just from a tutorial.
• The composure to deliver bad news early and clearly.
• Demonstrated Time Management expertise in a fast-moving general environment.

Responsibilities

• Track key metrics and report findings to your manager each week.
• Keep Social Change Institute's Plumbing pipeline humming without constant hand-holding.
• Catch the LEED Certification regression a tired reviewer would miss.
• Convert LEED Certification chaos into a backlog someone can actually work.
• Keep the NC engine running while you rebuild parts of it.
• Move general decisions forward when consensus stalls.
• Turn 5 of pattern recognition into faster general calls.

Skills

Independent worker

Mentoring teammates

Time management

Calm under scope changes

Durability under pressure

Job description

We built this Electrician role around momentum, so if you pair Plumbing with HVAC Installation, Social Change Institute will get out of your way. This Electrician role at Social Change Institute rewards initiative with $60,000 - $89,000, real decision-making power, and steady career advancement.

Key Responsibilities

• Track key metrics and report findings to your manager each week
• Keep Social Change Institute's Plumbing pipeline humming without constant hand-holding
• Catch the LEED Certification regression a tired reviewer would miss
• Convert LEED Certification chaos into a backlog someone can actually work
• Keep the NC engine running while you rebuild parts of it
• Move general decisions forward when consensus stalls
• Turn 5 of pattern recognition into faster general calls

What You'll Bring

• 3 years of learning when to trust the process and when to break it
• Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal oversight
• Demonstrated capacity to mentor or support mid-level teammates
• Demonstrated calm when a Durham, NC client changes scope mid-stream
• Fluency in Insulation earned the hard way, not just from a tutorial
• The composure to deliver bad news early and clearly
• Demonstrated Time Management expertise in a fast-moving general environment

For all its hardworking ambition, Social Change Institute still operates like the scrappy Durham startup that first cracked general years ago. Respect for your craft and your life outside it sits at the core of how Social Change Institute operates.

At Social Change Institute the paycheck opens at $60,000 - $89,000 and the perks, from learning stipends to flexible Durham, NC hours, only widen from there.

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