Solar Installation and Maintenance Technician, South Africa

**Description**:
**Location**: Johannesburg, South Africa

**About the Role**:
Sun King is looking for a qualified and motivated Solar Installation Technician to join our team in driving the adoption of clean energy solutions in South Africa. You will be accountable for the solar installations; from site assessment to system activation, and ensuring compliance with all South African safety regulations and standards

**What you would be expected to do**:
**System Installations**
- Participate in site assessments to assess suitability for solar panel installation
- Assist with designing and planning solar system installations based on customer needs and roof specifications.
- Install racking, solar panels, electrical components, and wiring, ensuring proper functionality and safety.
- Perform electrical wiring and grounding according to code requirements.
- Test and validate the installation and verify performance and efficiency.
- Conduct preventative maintenance on solar systems and troubleshoot any issues.
- Maintain accurate and detailed documentation of all installation and maintenance activities.
- Work effectively with team members to ensure a smooth and efficient installation process.
- Adhere to all safety protocols and wear required personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Follow the SANS standards for Installations.
- Any other business as assigned by your supervisor.
- Have a minimum of National Certificate in Electrical Trades (N3) or equivalent qualification.
- Have a minimum of One Phase Wiremen's License (this is a compulsory requirement)
- Have a minimum of 2 years' experience in solar panel installation or a related field.
- Have knowledge of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems and their components.
- Have a working knowledge of electrical fundamentals, SANS Wiring Code (SANS 10142-1), and South African safety regulations (NRF, SANS IEC 60038).
- Are able to read and interpret technical drawings and schematics.
- Have experience working at heights and in various weather conditions.
- Are in excellent physical condition with the ability to lift and carry heavy equipment.
- Have a valid South African driver's license.

**Bonus**
- Have experience with different types of roofing materials.
- Have excellent customer service skills.

**What Sun King offers**:

- Professional growth in a dynamic, rapidly expanding, high-social-impact industry
- An open-minded, collaborative culture made up of enthusiastic colleagues who are driven by the challenge of innovation towards profound impact on people and the planet.
- A truly multicultural experience: you will have the chance to work with and learn from people from different geographies, nationalities, and backgrounds.
- Structured, tailored learning and development programs that help you become a better leader, manager, and professional through the Sun Center for Leadership.

**About Sun King**:
Sun King is the world’s leading off-grid solar energy company, combining cutting-edge product design, fintech, and field operations to deliver energy access for the 1.8 billion people who live without an affordable and reliable electric-grid connection. Sun King has connected more than 20 million homes to solar power across Africa and Asia, adding over 200,000 homes each month.

Sun King makes solar products affordable to low-income households and businesses via ‘pay-as-you-go’ purchase financing. Sun King installs solar after customers pay a small deposit. Customers then make small, manageable payments of as little as US $0.11 a day via mobile money or cash.

Instead of paying for expensive, polluting, and health-damaging kerosene for lighting or diesel for power, customers unlock savings through accessing solar power and after one to two years of payments, customers own their solar equipment outright. To date, our Sun King solar products have saved customers more than $4 billion cumulatively.

Sun King collects payments digitally through mobile money systems and its 28,000 field agents — over 650,000 payments each day. Embedded electronics inside each Sun King device regulate usage based on payments, similar to the operation of a pre-paid mobile or electricity meter.

From cost-effective solar systems that provide home lighting and phone charging to robust solar inverters that can power high-energy appliances such as laptops, computers, refrigerators, and more, effectively acting as a full stand-in for grid power, Sun King’s products cater to a wide range of income segments and energy needs. Leveraging its proven distribution network and brand, Sun King is expanding its range of products and services to encompass clean cooking, electric mobility, entertainment, and more, aiming to address the needs of our underserved customers.

Sun King employs 2,800 full-time staff in 12 countries, with specialties spanning product design, data science, logistics, customer service, sales, software, operations, and more — all with a passion to serve off-grid families.

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