Field Service Engineer - South & Central Regions

Location - Southampton, Salisbury, Basingstoke

Purpose of the Field Service Engineer Role:

The Field Service Engineer will attend customers' sites, maintaining various solar PV systems on a day-to-day basis. These PV systems are mainly ground mounted PV systems. The Field Service Engineer will be carrying out maintenance on installations, utilising and testing solar PV.

Health and Safety also plays a significant part in this role with responsibilities including following company and site-specific method statements and risk assessments whilst ensuring tasks are performed in accordance with industry best practices, industry best safety practices, company and owner procedures, plans, and guidelines as well as all pertinent laws and regulations/standards.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Responsible for routine maintenance, testing, and remedial work on deployed solar PV systems


2. Responsible for complying with BOL procedures


3. Installation of any new Solar PV or Wind systems in the current pipeline


4. Responsible for performing Preventative Maintenance accordingly with the PPM annual plan


5. Responsible for performing Corrective Maintenance as occur


6. Reporting of activities performed on site, daily basis, through the CMMS or manual reports as applicable


7. Own risk assessment, analysis and operational Limitations. Report all near misses to line manager


8. Responsible for supervision and coordination of third party contractors carrying out works on site


9. Coordinate third party contractors in order to comply with H&S Regulations


10. Keeping accurate and detailed records of electrical testing, that are suitable for audit


11. Fault finding for any system that is not performing correctly


12. Alert the line manager of any issues


13. Maintain data security and confidentiality by using information within the parameters of the job role, any applicable SLAs, the company data policies and / or privacy notices and the statutory guidelines set out within the GDPR and any associated UK legislation.  Pay particular regard to any data that is generated by CCTV or that may be classified as personal data.


14. Comply with all required fire, health and safety requirements for the environment in which you are working, including making yourself aware of the current applicable policies and risk assessments and acting accordingly, and attending any required training. In particular to adhere to bio security, health and safety and confined spaces protocols.


15. Any other reasonable task as requested by a Manager, Partner or Director of the business

Required Qualifications:

• Relevant qualification in
  an electrical/mechanical or engineering discipline


• City & Guilds 17/18th BS7671 Wiring Regs.


• City & Guilds 2399-13-Solar PV Installation


• City & Guilds 2399-14-Solar PV maintenance or equivalent


• Advanced Level Apprenticeship in Electrical Installation


• AP15/OP40 – Certified


• City & Guilds 2391-52 Test & Inspect or equivalent

Required Experience:

• 3+ years Solar PV O&M Experience on Utility Scale Solar


• 3+ years Network diagnostics & Remote communications experience


• 3+ years LV/HV Planned Preventative maintenance G59/G99 Competent


• Familiarity with Earthing Systems - including measuring and monitoring Relays


• Excellent understanding of Central/String Inverters with relevant Manufacturers training


• Excellent computer skills with a high degree of proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint as well as CMMS and Reporting software


• Knowledge of power electronics and circuitry, power generation technologies and equipment


• Excellent understanding of CCTV systems