Solar Technical Associate, Sunsave
Installation Operations
+ bonus & equity
More information about location
1-4 days a week in office (Soho, London)
The UK’s first solar subscription
Be an early applicant
The UK’s first solar subscription
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
+ bonus & equity
More information about location
1-4 days a week in office (Soho, London)
21-100 employees
Company mission
To make the power of solar accessible to all UK households.
Role
Who you are
- You are a team player, willing to get stuck in and solve problems in a fast-paced environment
- You hold Electrical Installation /Electrical Engineering Level 2 and Level 3 Qualifications and/or electrical engineering university degree
- Knowledge of, or an interest in Solar PV, Battery, EV charger, and Heat Pump installations
- Good knowledge of wiring regulations (having an 18th Edition qualification is preferred but not required)
- Ability to work with a diverse range of team members, communicate effectively, and work independently where needed
- Full UK driving licence strongly preferred
Desirable
- IET 18th Edition (BS7671) Level 3
- NVQ Level 3
- Experience with solar, EV charging or heat pump installations, and solar design software (e.g. one of OpenSolar, PVSol, PVSyst, etc)
- If you don’t feel your skills/experience fulfill all of the brief above, or you feel you’re over-qualified for the role, but would be a great fit for us, please apply! We’re a flexible employer looking for the right person, rather than the perfect CV
What the job involves
- As a Solar Technical Associate at Sunsave, you will be responsible for planning and supporting the delivery of residential solar installations through our installation partners
- You will be a technical expert within Sunsave’s Operations Team, supporting team members coordinating installation projects and providing escalated technical support for installed customers
- You will become a subject matter expert on solar and battery storage installation, reviewing and signing off solar designs and answering challenging technical queries from the sales team
- Conducting surveys of Sunsave’s customer properties to assess feasibility for installation of solar and other renewable tech
- Using information from Sunsave’s remote surveys to create outline installation plans and communicate these to installers
- Provide your expertise to support the Customer Operations team when handling technical queries from customers, before and after installation
- This is primarily a desk-based role, reporting into the Technical Manger. However, there will be opportunities for you to travel to site and even get on the tools occasionally if this is something you want to do
Application process
- 1. Apply with your profile
- 2. Intro call (20 minutes)
- 3. Case Study interview (45 minutes)
- 4. Final round founder interview (45 minutes)
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Sunsave, founded in 2022, is on a mission to make solar energy and battery storage accessible to the mass market by removing the upfront costs and providing a subscription service that takes care of everything - from installation to maintenance - so that more UK households can save on their energy bills.
The model is designed to remove the biggest barrier to installing rooftop solar and storage - the ~£10k typical upfront cost and long payback period - allowing customers to save on their energy bills from day one. This is wrapped into a hassle-free service, with installation, monitoring, and maintenance included, which also enables households to sell excess electricity and participate in the smart grid.
The green company has already attracted the attention of blue-chip VC funds such as Norrsken, the UK Department of Energy, and household name entrepreneurs including Michael Spencer and Stuart Rose, raising ~£11M in funding and growing to ~30 FTEs. Sunsave is the first company to bring the tied and tested solar subscription business model to the UK and in doing so, will build the next green unicorn.
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Challenging work
"Even though everyone is so experienced, building a new business from scratch comes with lots of brand new challenges, especially one that's so..."
Funding (2 rounds)
Dec 2023
$7.2m
SEED
Jan 2022
$6.3m
SEED
Total funding: $13.5m
Company benefits
- Private health insurance
- Mental health support
- Flexible working hours
- Monthly wellness budget (Juno)
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Team social events (remote & live)
- 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays) + extra holidays for long service
Company values
- Outcome not ego
- Empowered to thrive
- Act on your curiosity
- Strength in difference
- Build trust through transparency and communication
- Live your mission
Company HQ
London, UK
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Leadership
Alick Dru
(Co-Founder)Ex VC Investor at SoftBank Vision Fund, ex Strategy Consultant at Strategy&, ex Founder at Spires, ex Founder at Tripr. Ex Oxford University.
Ben Graves
(Co-Founder)Ex PE Investor at EMK, ex Strategy Consultant at BCG, ex Customer Success at Triptease. Ex Oxford University.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Sunsave
- One of our core values as a young start up is that there's strength in diversity.
- We believe that a team with different perspectives, backgrounds and life- experiences will always outperform a homogenous one.
- Practical ways we show our commitment to building a diverse and inclusive team are:
- Flexibility of working hours and benefits to ensure employment suits different circumstances
- Enhanced parental leave
- Utilising software to test all job descriptions for unconscious bias
- Recruitment processes that are inclusive of our wider team and include an objectively measured skills based assessment wherever appropriate
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