We are looking for someone who understands the electrical and technical side of Solar PV and can take a customer from initial enquiry through site survey, system design, quotation and sale.
The successful candidate will be able to assess a property properly, understand the customer's electricity usage and recommend the correct Solar PV and battery solution rather than simply selling the largest system possible.
The Role
You will manage domestic Solar PV opportunities from qualified enquiry through to completed sale.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Contacting and following up with prospective customers.
- Carrying out professional residential Solar PV site surveys.
- Reviewing customers' electricity bills and annual electricity consumption.
- Understanding day/night and smart-meter usage patterns.
- Assessing the customer's current and future electricity requirements.
- Determining the appropriate Solar PV system size.
- Determining whether battery storage is suitable and correctly sizing the battery.
- Assessing roof dimensions, orientation, pitch, shading and usable panel area.
- Identifying suitable panel layouts and mounting requirements.
- Assessing the existing electrical installation.
- Inspecting the meter position, main distribution board and available capacity.
- Identifying inverter and battery locations.
- Measuring and planning AC and DC cable routes.
- Assessing earthing, bonding and electrical protection requirements.
- Identifying additional electrical works required before installation.
- Taking comprehensive photographs and measurements during the survey.
- Producing accurate information for the installation and engineering teams.
- Preparing and presenting customer quotations.
- Clearly explaining Solar PV, battery storage, self-consumption and export to customers.
- Explaining realistic system generation and potential savings.
- Following leads through to sale and maintaining contact with customers throughout the sales process.
- Ensuring what is sold can actually be delivered by the installation team.
What We're Looking For
The ideal candidate will have a strong electrical background combined with good commercial and customer-facing skills.
Previous Solar PV experience would be highly desirable.
You should have a good understanding of:
- Domestic electrical installations
- Solar PV systems
- Hybrid inverters
- Battery storage
- Electrical distribution boards
- Main incoming supplies
- Earthing and bonding
- AC and DC cable requirements
- CT clamps and energy monitoring
- Solar PV system sizing
- Battery sizing
- Roof suitability and panel layouts
- Electricity consumption and tariff structures
- Solar generation and self-consumption
- Grid export
- Electrical protection requirements
You must also be comfortable discussing technical subjects with customers in straightforward language.
The Person
We are looking for someone who is:
- Technically strong
- Commercially driven
- Confident dealing with customers
- Comfortable closing sales
- Accurate when surveying
- Able to work independently
- Organised with follow-ups
- Comfortable using apps and digital surveying systems
- Focused on designing the right solution for the customer
- Conscious that an inaccurate survey or incorrectly specified system creates problems for the installation team later
A qualified electrician with strong sales ability would be particularly suited to this position. We would also consider an experienced Solar PV salesperson/surveyor who can demonstrate strong electrical knowledge.
What We Offer
- Strong pipeline of Solar PV enquiries
- Established electrical and renewable-energy business
- Technical and installation support
- Opportunity to work across Solar PV and battery storage
- Attractive earning potential
- Performance-related commission structure
- Opportunity to develop with a growing renewable-energy division
Full Irish driving licence required.
Pay: €40,000.00-€50,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Company car
- Company pension
- Employee assistance program
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
Application question(s):
- How many years of experience do you have in Solar PV, electrical work or technical sales?
- Do you have a strong working knowledge of domestic electrical installations?
- Have you previously carried out residential Solar PV site surveys?
- Are you confident assessing a customer's electricity bills and annual kWh consumption to determine the appropriate Solar PV system size?
- Are you able to determine the appropriate battery size based on a customer's consumption profile, Solar PV system and electricity tariff?
- Are you confident assessing a domestic distribution board, incoming supply, meter arrangement, earthing and available electrical capacity during a survey?
- Can you assess a roof for Solar PV, including dimensions, orientation, pitch, shading, usable area and potential panel layout?
- Are you able to identify suitable locations for an inverter and battery and determine the required AC/DC cable routes?
- Do you understand CT clamps, grid import/export monitoring, hybrid inverters and battery storage systems?
- Are you comfortable identifying additional electrical works that may be required before a Solar PV installation can proceed?
- Have you experience preparing Solar PV quotations and explaining system generation, self-consumption, battery storage, export and potential savings to customers?
- Are you comfortable managing a customer from initial enquiry through survey, quotation, follow-up and closing the sale?
- Do you hold a full Irish driving licence?
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Mallow, County Cork
