Journeyperson/Journeyman Electrician - SOLAR - Residential and Commercial Buildings

SkyFire Energy is a Certified B Corporation and employee-owned company with offices and staff in 4 locations across Western Canada.  We value integrity, accountability, perseverance, safety, celebration, and innovation. Our vision is to bring the magic of solar to the world for a stronger, healthier, and more sustainable global community.

SkyFire Energy is looking for certified journeypersons to join our team and help lead some upcoming projects!

We welcome candidates that are certified Journeyperson Electricians with solar experience, or that are interested in starting a career in the solar industry. This individual will be self-motivated, energetic, personable, with great leadership skills, and is excited to work as part of a fast-growing company in the solar industry.

Primary duties include:

• Ensure crew and job site safety
• Management of installation crews
• Lead quality installations based on system design and specifications
• Installation of solar electric systems for residential and commercial buildings
• Working on various slopes of roofs during installation
• Using hand tools, both manual and powered, to install racking and modular components.
• Commissioning of PV systems and completion of quality control and commissioning documentation

Qualifications:

• Red-Seal Journeyperson Certificate required

• Experience with medium and high voltage terminations

• Be in good health and physically fit (must be able to lift heavy solar panels and other items up to 60lbs)

• Comfortable working on roofs (various slopes) - previous roofing experience considered a strong asset

• Must be able to work outside in all weather conditions

• A valid class 5 license with a clean driving record

• Strong communication and leadership skills

• Readily apply direction as the crew lead

• Willing to work out of town on some projects for durations of 2 days to 2+ weeks

• Willingness to learn and adhere to all safety rules and regulations

  Assets (preferred but not required):

• Solar training and/or solar installation certification (SAIT, NAIT, NABCEP, SEI, etc)

• Solar installation experience – Commercial and Industrial projects

• Fall protection training/certification

• Experience working on roofs (commercial or residential)

Benefits of Working for SkyFire Energy

As a SkyFire employee you can look forward to enjoying the feeling of accomplishment, and working in a progressive industry which fosters sustainable development principles.

• An industry competitive wage

• Opportunity to own shares in SkyFire Energy as an employee shareholder

• Comprehensive dental and health benefits

• Workwear and cell phone allowance

• Compressed work week scheduling (3 day weekends!)

• Permanent, full-time positions (work is available 12 months of the year)

• On and off-site training

• The difference of working for a Certified B Corporation

• An enjoyable, modern workplace, including organized staff events

Learn more about us here: www.skyfireenergy.com/about

At SkyFire Energy, diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of our organization. We know that having varied perspectives helps generate better ideas to solve the complex problems of a changing world. These values are central for us to achieve our mission to relentlessly lead the solar industry to the benefit of our community and future generations.