Solar Installation Specialist

IEA Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives is seeking a highly skilled Solar Installation Specialist to join our team. As a key member of our solar installation team, you will be responsible for assembling, installing, and maintaining solar photovoltaic (PV) systems on roofs or other structures in compliance with site assessment and schematics.

• Assemble and install solar modules, panels, or support structures, as specified.
• Apply weather sealing to array, building, or support mechanisms.
• Identify methods for laying out, orienting, and mounting modules or arrays to ensure efficient installation, electrical configuration, or system maintenance.
• Install required labels on solar system components and hardware.
• Determine materials, equipment, and installation sequences necessary to maximize installation efficiency.
• Install active solar systems, including solar collectors, concentrators, pumps, or fans.
• Activate photovoltaic (PV) systems to verify system functionality and conformity to performance expectations.
• Lift, carry and hold building materials, tools, and supplies; clean tools, equipment, material, and work areas; mix, pour and spread concrete, asphalt, gravel and other materials; Bend, cut, thread, join, wrap and seal sections of rigid / PVC conduit.
• Installing power whips and harnesses; driving stakes; perform cleaning, compacting, grading, painting, sanding or stripping operations.
• Compile or maintain records of system operation, performance, and maintenance.
• Perform a variety of routine, non-machine tasks, including, but not limited to removing forms from set concrete, filling expansion joints with asphalt, digging, spreading and leveling dirt and gravel, using pick, shovel and wheelbarrow.

• 2 years of experience working as a Solar Installer or equivalent combination of education and experience in a construction setting.
• Working knowledge of the Solar Photovoltaic construction craft and the assembly, installation, or maintenance of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems for ground or roof installation.
• Read and understand plans and specifications.
• Visualize two dimensional drawings in three dimensions.
• Ability to understand and follow directions.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.

This is a safety-sensitive position. The typical construction site environment requires working in cramped work spaces and getting into awkward positions. The job also requires working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32F degrees) temperatures and exposure to inclement weather such as dust, mud wind, snow, rain, etc.