NH Field Manager

Company: SunPower Corporation
Location: Anaheim
Posted on: April 5, 2021

Job Description:

Do you want to change the world? We do, too.
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The energy market is roughly $4 trillion globally, and solar penetration is less than 1%. But just one hour of sunlight, if harnessed, could power the entire world for a year. We have the opportunity to completely change the way energy is produced, distributed and consumed on a global scale, and we're looking for talented, committed people to help us drive our growth and achieve our goals.
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SunPower is a global solar energy solutions company with a rich heritage of pioneering the best energy technologies in the world. Our solutions are unrivaled in terms of long-term reliability, efficiency and guaranteed performance, and our company is unmatched in terms of global reach and scale. Through design, manufacturing, installation and ongoing maintenance and monitoring, SunPower provides its proprietary, world-record efficient solar technology to residential, commercial and utility customers worldwide.
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SunPower is changing the way our world is powered every day with a brilliant, passionate and driven team of more than 2,000 in North America and the Phillipines. In an industry that is reshaping the world's energy future, there's no better place to be than SunPower.
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We believe that our employees create our brand - with each project, each communication, each task completed and each interaction. Experience is critical to SunPower in regards to not only our customers but also our employees and dealer partners. As such, we strive to hire candidates that are service focused. The experience we would expect the ideal person to deliver is:
-- Summary of Role: The New Homes Field Manager--role is to serve as the main point of contact to SunPower stakeholders, Installation Partners (IP), building departments, and home builder-based teams, for any in field coordination. They are as the subject matter expert for all construction related to solar photovoltaic installations and new home build cycles. Relationship management with superintendents, sub-contracted crews and warehouse staff is a critical part of this role. To ensure quality, accurate, and on-time delivery of our solar installation is always met. This position involves managing at the community and residential project (RP) levels: community kick-off and ongoing meetings with superintendents, daily route planning, high volume of production schedule updates, bill of material accuracy, electrical and rooftop installation accuracy, new product transitions, troubleshooting of solar systems, and ensure AHJ inspections of solar are occurring on time. Day-to-day responsibilities include but are not limited to managing a high volume of communities and residential projects, monitoring of team dashboards, communicating in real-time to office-based staff, the high volume of data entries directly into salesforce, and ensuring field-based sub-contractor teams are working effectively and safely.

• Attend community pre-construction kickoff meetings to set expectations with the builder superintendent on the solar installation process and SunPower requirements. Work closely with all superintendent(s) to maintain relationships.
• Identify any elements of the community construction that may need extra attention to ensure a timely solar installation and building department inspection.
• Work directly with installation partner (IP) crew leads and their office staff to ensure installations are done on time and to SunPower specifications. Conduct quality and safety audits each week.
• Work closely with SunPower management to train and performance manage IP's to all SunPower related products and installation processes
• Plan driving routes in advance for maximum efficiency and data collection
• Coordinate with builder operations manager on a frequent basis to streamline field visits and collect needed information, scheduling updates, and documents
• Use software tools available, in real-time, to enter data "updates" directly into salesforce or provide information in a structured manner
• Work interdepartmentally to resolve field issues and provide world-class customer service to both internal and external stakeholders Required Qualifications:
  • Minimum of 3 years' experience in residential construction or related trade(s)
  • Proficient in the installation of roof penetrations, electrical circuits, solar modules, grid-tied and microinverter applications
  • Strong understanding of national electrical code, California building code, residential electrical and roofing systems
  • Ability to read construction drawings and electrical line diagrams
  • Excellent customer service skills in addition to solid verbal and written communication skills
  • Valid Driver's license
  • Ability to travel between job sites Preferred Qualifications:
    • OSHA 30 certification Equal Employment Opportunity
      The Company is an equal employment opportunity employer and makes employment decisions, including but not limited to, hiring, firing, promotion, demotion, training, and/or compensation, on the basis of merit. Employment decisions are based on an individual's qualifications as they relate to the job under consideration. The Company's policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions, the actual sex of the individual, or the gender identity or gender expression), race, color, religion, including religious dress practices and religious grooming practices, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, familial status, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected veteran or military status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws, ordinances, or regulations. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all persons involved in the operations of the Company and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company, including supervisors and co-workers. EOE Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled
      
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      Accommodation for Applicants to SunPower Corporation
      SunPower Corporation is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer and provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in job application procedures. If you have any difficulty using our online system and you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, you may use the following alternative email address to contact us about your interest in employment at SunPower Corporation: jobs@sunpower.com. Please indicate in the subject that line of your email that you are requesting accommodation. Only candidates being considered for a position who require an accommodation will receive a follow-up response. NOTICE TO ALL APPLICANTS AND EMPLOYEES Availability of Affirmative Action Plan for Review SunPower is a federal government contractor. As a part of the Company's obligations under law, it must develop a written Affirmative Action Program (AAP) for the Disabled, Recently Separated Veterans, Armed Forces Service Medal Veterans, Disabled Veterans and Active Duty Wartime Or Campaign Badge Veterans and for Women and Minorities as specified by law. Non-confidential and non-proprietary aspects of the AAP are available for inspection by applicants--and employees, consistent with applicable law, which will be made available during office hours by contacting the EEO Officer.

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