Location
Portsmouth and Dorset/Bournemouth area

Hours
Full Time with availability for weekend on-call duties as part of a rota. Overtime system in place.

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Do you want to work to make Power for Good? RES is the world's largest independent renewable energy company, driven by a vision to create a future where everyone has access to affordable, zero carbon energy. We believe our people are our most important asset and invest continually in their growth. As a Team Leader (Solar), you will be part of an industry-leading team of renewable energy specialists, responsible for operations and maintenance tasks on utility-scale battery storage plants and ground-mounted solar PV plants across the Dorset/Bournemouth area.

This permanent, field-based role requires you to ensure plants achieve outstanding levels of safety, quality, and performance within operational budgets. You will be a qualified electrician with experience operating and maintaining MW-scale power plants, possessing DC and HV electrical competencies. You will have access to a company vehicle, smartphone, and laptop/tablet, and benefit from RES’s comprehensive package including contributory pension, private health insurance, and role-specific training.

Opportunities to work towards Authorised Person (AP) or Senior Authorised Person (SAP) status are available, supported by RES’s in-house training programme. Technicians demonstrating passion, accountability, collaboration, and excellence will find significant opportunities for career progression to advanced levels such as HV Authorised Person or Senior Authorised Person.

Key responsibilities include following and managing health and safety standards, undertaking planned inspections and maintenance, AC and DC system testing, troubleshooting, fault diagnosis and repair, configuring computer-based devices, inducting and managing subcontractors, maintaining accurate records, and effective communication with the O&M office and team. Occasional travel between sites and offices, and short periods away from home for training or site coverage, will be required.

Experience
- Experience operating and maintaining MW-scale solar PV and battery storage plants
- Experience with DC and LV installation, fault finding, testing and commissioning
- Experience working with SCADA or data monitoring systems
- Experience reading, writing, and amending Risk Assessments and Method Statements
- Experience working with equipment vendors to support fault diagnosis
- Experience installing or maintaining ethernet and fibre optic communications
- Experience working remotely on solar PV installation and O&M (MW-scale or large commercial ground-mount)
- Experience with central inverters and high voltage switchgear is desirable

About you
- Strong commitment to safe working practices
- Excellent communication skills, fluent in written and spoken English
- Ability to respond to changing priorities and emergent issues
- Enthusiastic about personal development and career progression
- Able to read and interpret schematic diagrams and technical manuals
- Computer literate for report writing, progress reporting, and email communication
- Embody RES values of Passion, Accountability, Collaboration, and Excellence

Qualifications
- Full UK driving licence
- Approved Electrician status
- Inspection and testing qualifications (C&G 2391 or 2394/5) highly valued
- First aid qualifications desirable
- Health & Safety qualifications such as IOSH Managing Safely or SMSTS desirable