Crew Lead chez Suncommon II LLC

Description

OUR PURPOSE

SunCommon believes business should create positive change and help solve the world’s biggest problems. Our mission is to accelerate the transition to solar power in our communities because ensuring a habitable planet is the most important work of our lifetimes.

ABOUT THE BUSINESS

SunCommon is a market leading renewable energy company operating in Vermont and New York’s Hudson Valley and Capital District. SunCommon is a subsidiary of iSun, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISUN), a leading solar energy and clean mobility infrastructure company with 50-years of construction experience in solar, electrical and data services. We use an innovative approach to marketing, via high-touch, personal interactions with home and business owners who want clean electricity and more energy security. We’ve done all the legwork to put together a total package that’s easy for the customer. We picked the best equipment manufacturers, arranged attractive financing that saves our customers real money and hired up the finest installers. There’s over 8,000 happy SunCommon residential and commercial customers so far - and lots more to come. Organized as a Benefit Corporation and certified as a BCorp, we’re committed to the triple bottom line of People, Planet and Profit. Our goal is to become the largest publicly traded, BCorp in the country producing renewable energy. 

ABOUT THIS POSITION

Reporting to the Residential Installation Manager, SunCommon Crew Leads are responsible for reviewing plan sets, ensuring trailer is stocked with appropriate materials for job, and running PV installations. This is a field based position that will be held responsible for on-site safety, quality and efficiency of installers and electricians on their team. The Crew Lead is responsible for communicating job flow to their colleagues in the office and explaining work scope to customers.

Safety - for our team, our customers, and their property - is our primary priority. The Crew Lead is expected to follow all safety protocols and keep up with advancements in PV and other relevant technologies. 

The position requires a person who is flexible, eager to learn, and a skilled communicator. The Crew Lead will spend the majority of their time working on-site along with the installation crew they lead. Significant driving is part of the job, and a dedication to taking the best possible care of our customers and your colleagues is essential. 

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

The Crew Lead will:

• Work with staff to complete projects in a safe and efficient manner. Ensure high quality results.
• Communicate job status and estimated completion time on a daily basis with Project Management staff and customers via phone, email, CRM, or in-person.
• Provide on-site leadership for installers and electricians.
• Be the on-site liaison for customer questions.
• Support installations through direct on-the-ground work. Crew Leads lead while working alongside their teams. This includes interconnection work, racking and attachments, wire management, and modules on both roofs and ground mounts. 
• Ensure that PV systems are installed in accordance with NEC and SunCommon standards using drawings, schematics, and instructions.
• Keep up-to-date on latest code and solar installation techniques, and apply new knowledge to the job.
• Maintain strict compliance with SunCommon safety standards.
• Support SunCommon’s Culture. Actively contribute to a positive, enthusiastic, and adaptable team environment. We need to love what we do, work well with our teammates, and appreciate our customers in order to achieve and deliver success.

Requirements

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

 The ideal candidate for this position will have:

• 2 or more years of solar installation experience, including both roofs and ground mounts is preferred
• NABCEP Installation Professional certification preferred.
• Electrical license or relevant experience with equipment layout, pipe runs, wiring, and interconnection preferred.
• Experience building teams to work collaboratively together to develop trust and accomplish tasks.
• Experience inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
• Experience setting up monitoring for PV systems.
• Experience analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Knowledge of electrical code and standards.
• Commitment to SunCommon’s purpose and vision.
• Top-notch customer service skills. A passion for delivering a joyful customer experience.
• Tenacity. The candidate must gain great satisfaction from a job well done and 100% complete.
• Adaptability. Thrives in an ever-changing environment, and meets tight deadlines.
• A Solutions-Oriented Mindset. Able to quickly identify effective, efficient resolutions to challenges. Asks “how could we” and proposes paths forward. 
• Team Player. Demonstrated experience as a strong team member with superior oral and written communication skills, and solid relationship building skills. 
• Collaboration Across Teams. Effective communication across departments is essential to the team’s success.
• Computer Proficiency. Comfort with Microsoft Office suite, Google, and data management. Maintain accurate and timely records within Google Calendars and other systems. 
• Ability to perform physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving of your whole body, such as climbing, lifting up to 50 lbs, balancing, walking, stooping, working on ladders at heights and handling of materials. 
• Valid drivers license and flexibility to travel throughout our region, including long hours of driving. 

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

SunCommon provides our employees a competitive salary and strong package of benefits, including:

• We offer a Comprehensive Benefit Package which includes health care, dental, and vision for you and your family with low or no premium.
• 2 weeks paid personal leave (1 week vacation and 1 week sick) for year 1
• 10 paid holidays annually
• 401k company match 1:1 up to 3% of salary that the employee sets aside, then a 1:2 match for 4 or 5%
• Student Loan Paydown Program
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

SUNCOMMON VALUES

Achieving our mission is critical work, and how we do that work matters. One way SunCommon creates positive change is internally, by instituting and measuring ourselves against practices that do right by our employees, customers, and communities. The following core values are critical to our operations and our success: Embody Excellence, Maintain Humanity, Prioritize Inclusivity, Cultivate Joy.

We do it by celebrating creativity, cross-function collaboration, high energy, hard work, good play, deep networking and with the acknowledgement that we’ll each make mistakes and learn from them. We know success. We know fun. Come do both with us.

As a certified BCorps, we take seriously our responsibility to succeed and to honor our triple bottom line commitments to People (our employees and their families, our Customers and residents of the communities where we do business), Planet (our beloved environment and the broader globe, given climate change) and Profit (providing capital to grow, revenue to share among our employees, and a reasonable return to our investors). This is important work, and we have fun doing it. Innovation is fun stuff.

SunCommon of course is an equal opportunity employer and we don’t tolerate harassment or other discrimination based upon sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, caregiver status, pregnancy, military or veteran status, race, color, religion, national origin, place of birth, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other legally protected status.