Solar installation & service job descriptions
Every role a $20M business in this industry hires for: 22 Role Blueprints, from leadership to the field. Open any role for its full template and a free Word file.
Leadership 4
Chief Executive Officer
A solar company CEO decides how the business sells, pays for and installs rooftop, ground-mount and battery systems.
Chief Operating Officer
A solar company COO runs everything between a signed contract and a working system: design, permits, installs, inspections, utility approval and service.
Chief Financial Officer
A solar company CFO manages cash, margins and financing for a business that sells and installs solar and battery systems.
General Manager
A solar general manager runs sales, installs and service for one market and answers for its results.
Managers 9
Field Supervisor
A solar field supervisor visits each day's roof and ground-mount jobs, checks the crews' work against the plan set and the makers' instructions, and fixes problems before they become callbacks.
HR Manager
A solar HR manager recruits and keeps installers, electricians, in-home sellers and office staff, and makes sure pay, hiring and injury records are correct.
Marketing Manager
A solar marketing manager runs the ads, website, referral program and home shows that bring in buyers for solar and batteries.
Office Manager
A solar office manager runs billing, the job files and the front office, so every system has its contract, permit, warranty and payment records in one place.
Operations Manager
A solar operations manager builds each day's install and service schedule, assigns crews, and makes sure panels, racking and batteries reach the right site on time.
Production Manager
A solar production manager runs the crews that put systems on roofs and land, and holds every crew and subcontractor to one safety and quality standard.
Project Manager
A solar project manager owns each job from the post-sale review to the utility's permission to operate.
Sales Manager
A solar sales manager hires and coaches the reps who sell rooftop solar and batteries to homeowners and small businesses, joins them on visits, and steps in on the larger contracts.
Warehouse Manager
A solar warehouse manager oversees the building and yard where panels, inverters, batteries and racking are received, stored and loaded for crews.
Office and sales 6
Customer Service Representative
A solar customer service representative books service visits and install appointments, answers homeowners who ask why their panels stopped producing, and logs every call in the CRM.
Dispatcher
A solar dispatcher builds each day's board for install crews, electricians and service techs, and rebuilds it when a job falls through.
Bookkeeper
A solar bookkeeper posts lender deposits, homeowner payments and distributor bills to the right install or service job, and reconciles the bank each month.
Inventory Specialist
A solar inventory specialist tracks the panels, inverters, batteries and racking on the shelves and reorders before a crew comes up short.
Sales Representative
A solar sales representative meets homeowners and small business owners, looks over the roof, the shade and a year of power bills, and designs a solar or battery system with a price and a way to pay.
Rehash Specialist
A solar rehash specialist works the homeowners who got a solar proposal but never signed, by phone, text and email, and sets up a fresh visit once whatever held them back has changed.
In the field 3
Apprentice / Helper
A solar installer helper backs up the installers on roof and ground-mount jobs by staging rails, flashings and panels, running materials to the hoist, and cleaning up.
Installer / Technician
A solar installer mounts racking and panels on the roofs of homes and small businesses.
Lead Installer
A lead solar installer runs one install crew and takes the hardest parts of each job: tricky roofs, wiring checks, battery mounts and start-up.
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