Solar Farm Operative - South West

Job Title: Solar Farm Operative

Report To:  Regional Manager/O&M Manager

Location: Exeter-based

Required Qualifications:

Full, Clean Driving License

Required Experience:

• Familiarity with Solar PV

• Good computer skills with proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and Reporting software

• General Labouring / Building / Mechanical experience / Ground

Purpose of the Solar Farm Operative

The Solar Farm Operative will attend customers' sites, and warehouses on a day-to-day basis assisting with maintenance activities at various solar PV systems. These PV systems are mainly ground mounted PV systems. The Solar Farm Operative will assist the Field Service Engineers when carrying out maintenance on installations. Candidates who are keen to achieve an electrical qualification are welcome.

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 assisting Field Service Engineers with routine maintenance, testing, and remedial works on deployed solar PV systems

2. Responsible for managing warehouse stock and reporting stock levels through the CMMS or manual reports as applicable

3. Carry out multiple material collections and deliveries

4. Assisting Field Service Engineers with Corrective Maintenance as occur

5. Produce reports detailing on site activities through the automated online platform

6. Report all H&S incidents and near misses to line manager

7. Occasional ground maintenance works

8. Mechanical installations and remedial works

9. Alert the line manager of any issues

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. Responsible for complying with BOL procedures

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

Interactions within Bluefield

1. Provide information to line manager (RM/O&MM) daily for reporting as requested

2. Obtain information from line manager (RM/O&MM) weekly for shift and planned intervention

Job Locations

 This role is field based within a region primarily designated to you and you are routinely required to work on company sites within the UK.  You may be required to stay away overnight for periods of time until jobs are completed.

There may be opportunities to travel overseas on occasion and this may be required for training purposes

Hours of Work

This role is primarily Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 17.30pm in Winter 1st October – 31st March and 08:00- 17.30pm in summer 1st April-30th September.

You will be required to work weekends on a on-call rota. Currently this is 2 weekend days in 4 weekends. There may a requirement for occasional out of hours work as and when required.

You may occasionally be required to stay away overnight for periods of time if there is a requirement at a client site for a field service engineer to be available over more than one day at a location not local to your area.

BOL reserves the right to vary or amend the on-call or out of hours rotas at any time to meet business needs and will provide employees with a minimum of one month’s notice of any such changes.  Any such changes may be on a temporary or permanent basis.

It is intended for the above described working hours to apply to this role when the business need demands it; if the above is not in effect at the time of recruitment it does not indicate that this will not be implemented at some point in future.  If the initial working hours are “office hours” this does not indicate that these have become the contractual working hours by custom and practice, nor does it mean that we waive our rights to enforce the working and on-call hours requirements laid out in this job description at any time in the future.  The business reserves the right to introduce the on-call and out of hours rotas when required by giving employees a minimum of one month’s notice.

Person Specification 

• Collaborative – Demonstrate effective team work and close collaboration across functions and geographical locations, to facilitate knowledge sharing and continued learning and development for the benefit of everyone

• Diligent - Excellent time keeping, punctuality and consistent attendance at work as well as meeting deadlines, persevering with challenging tasks, demonstrating meticulous attention to detail and consistently delivering work to the highest standard

• Trustworthy - To act ethically and with integrity in all working practices and behave with honesty and decency at all times. Be trusted with the functions of your job and be able to take sole responsibility for a task or work alone as required

• Flexible Working attitude - Respond to changing requirements which may affect the working day, and to deal appropriately with varying customer needs

• Well Organised - Capable of planning effectively and then dealing with a number of different tasks at a time whilst still maintaining priority on the needs of the business and our customers

• Positive attitude - Deal with challenging situations in a positive manner; have the ability to remain calm and maintain a balanced viewpoint when dealing with complex or difficult matters and demonstrating a high degree of resilience in the workplace

• Communicative – Able to communicate at all levels across the staff and management of Bluefield and to interact professionally with all colleagues and our customers

• Ambitious – Enthusiastic about the Bluefield businesses and to want to have a continuously rewarding career with the Company, to work on new challenges with enthusiasm, demonstrate initiative, stretch capabilities and seek opportunities for personal development

• Customer Focussed – understand that the needs of the customer take priority and strive for excellence in customer satisfaction at all times

• High degree of motivation and drive.

BOL reserve the right to vary or amend this description as required to meet the changing needs of the business.  Any such changes will be reasonable and will be communicated to employees.

Inclusive Statement

We aim to have a workforce that is representative of all sections of our society, where you can act true to yourself and where you feel a sense of belonging in Bluefield. 

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in our workforce.

These include women, those from Black, Asian and other minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.