- Senior
- Bureau à New Delhi
Job location: Varanasi
About the role:
The Solar Engineer role will work on installations & commissioning of solar system post sales. This role will drive quality installations & ensuring effective monitoring. This role will manage the vendors for installation and sourcing along with ensuring optimal customer centricity and inclusivity. This role will supervise a team of installers ensuring customer-centric and inclusive service delivery.
About the role:
The Solar Engineer role will work on installations & commissioning of solar system post sales. This role will drive quality installations & ensuring effective monitoring. This role will manage the vendors for installation and sourcing along with ensuring optimal customer centricity and inclusivity. This role will supervise a team of installers ensuring customer-centric and inclusive service delivery.
What you will be expected to do:
- Conduct meetings with customers to provide a high-level project overview, confirm system design, oversee project execution, and ensure effective team coordination.
- Conducting site surveys, assessing feasibility, energy production potential, load calculations and assisting the sales team in finalizing proposals for the customers.
- Oversee techno-commercial proposals, including payback calculations for solar photovoltaic systems, ensuring financial viability and long-term efficiency.
- Manage site activities from Power Purchase Agreements to Commissioning, followed by operations & maintenance to ensure system sustainability.
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams and Engineering, Procurement, and Construction/labor contractors and customers for smooth execution & partnership.
- Oversee end-to-end operations for rooftop solar projects, including planning, execution, procurement & net meter liaisoning.
- Supervise subcontractors, ensuring progress monitoring and adherence to quality standards.
- Conduct regular site inspections to uphold safety and compliance protocols.
- Manage on-site and remote activities with a strong focus on efficiency and quality control.
- Optimize customer satisfaction by identifying workflow bottlenecks and implementing solutions to enhance responsiveness and reduce cycle times.
- Lead negotiations with installation & commissioning vendors to finalize contracts and optimize vendor selection & their onboarding.
- Oversee testing and commissioning of solar systems post-installation.
- Maintain documentation including Book of standard materials for rooftop solar customers, Book of Material for customers, installation checklists, system handover forms, and photos.
- Develop preventive and corrective maintenance plans to ensure system longevity and efficiency.
You might be a strong candidate if you have/are:
- 4–6 years of professional experience in the solar energy sector or a related industry.
- Proven ability to build and maintain strong partnerships with both external business partners and internal stakeholders.
- Have a well-established network within the solar or energy industry.
- Willingness to travel within and outside Uttar Pradesh for 10–15 days per month as required.
- Strong problem-solving skills, with demonstrated proficiency in critical thinking, logical reasoning, and data analysis.
What Sun King offers:
- Professional growth in a dynamic, rapidly expanding, high-social-impact industry
- An open-minded, collaborative culture made up of enthusiastic colleagues who are driven by the challenge of innovation towards profound impact on people and the planet.
- A truly multicultural experience: you will have the chance to work with and learn from people from different geographies, nationalities, and backgrounds.
- Structured, tailored learning and development programs that help you become a better leader, manager, and professional through the Sun King Center for Leadership.
