Thank you for your interest in being part of the Solar One team. We are a growing organization and often have career opportunities. All jobs take place in our Manhattan offices, in the Solar 1 facility in Stuyvesant Cove Park, or at our Workforce lab.
Follow application instructions below for open positions, and email resumes to: jobs[at]solar1[dot]org with the title of the position in the subject line. Please do not make telephone inquiries about jobs.
OPPORTUNITIES
EDGE Program Director
Building Performance Instructor
Green Operations & Maintenance Instructor
Solar PV & Solar Thermal Instructor
Internships
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Energy Connections Program
Solar One seeks to hire a creative, self-motivated, and knowledgeable person to act as the Program Director for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s (NYSERDA) Economic Development Growth Extension (EDGE) Program in the Downstate Territory (NYC, Westchester and Long Island).
Successful candidates for this position will be actively engaged in spurring economic development by promoting energy efficiency, cleantech, and renewable energy in the greater metropolitan region.
The Director will be responsible for managing the entire EDGE program for the Downstate Territory. S/he will directly supervise 3-4 NYC-based Regional Outreach Contractors (ROC) and will oversee the efforts of 3 subconsultants responsible for parts of NYC, Westchester and Long Island.
Click here for a full description of the position requirements and qualifications.
Green Workforce Training Program
Building Performance Instructor
Requirements:
- Must have BPI Building Analyst, Envelope, or Multi Family Building Analyst or Building Operator
- Experience energy auditing, surveying, consulting, or construction trades (2 years desirable)
- Group facilitation, teaching, training, or presentation experience
- Must understand and be willing to invest heavily in serving a diverse, chronically marginalized, and underserved population
- A passion for conservation, sustainability and advancing the green economy
- Other Green Professional Certifications also highly desirable
Green Operations & Maintenance Instructor
Requirements:
- Must have worked in building maintenance & operations and have experience in the following construction trades: HVAC, Carpentry, Electrical, Plumbing (3-5 years experience desirable).
- Some experience in group facilitation, teaching, training, or presentations
- Must understand and be willing to invest heavily in serving a diverse, chronically marginalized, and underserved population.
- A passion for conservation, sustainability and advancing the green economy
- GPRO Fund +O &M / Electrical / Plumbing, LEED EB O&M, BPI Multi-Family Building Operator highly desirable.
- Other Green Professional Certifications also desirable.
Solar PV & Solar Thermal Instructor
Requirements:
- Must have significant experience designing and installing Solar PV and/or Thermal
- NABCEP Entry Level or Installer Certification highly desirable
- Group facilitation, teaching, training, or presentation experience
- A passion for sustainability and advancing the green economy
- Must understand and be willing to invest heavily in serving a diverse, chronically marginalized, and underserved population
About the Green Workforce Training Program:
Solar One’s Green Workforce Training Program offers green hard skill technical training and environmental literacy education tied to the high growth areas of energy efficiency; renewable energy; green building operations and maintenance; and green infrastructure construction and landscaping. Training is delivered in hand-on interactive formats in our fully-equipped Long Island City training lab.
Our trainees include unemployed and underemployed individuals that participate in workforce training programs that serve the formerly incarcerated and/or addicted, disconnected youth, veterans, the homeless, and residents of public housing. The Green Workforce Training Program staff is dedicated to building an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty.
Pay is competitive and teaching schedules can be flexibly arranged.
Please email resume to: jobs[at]solar1[dot]org with “Green Workforce” and the title of the position in the subject line. No phone calls, please. Positions remain open until filled.
Internships
Solar One has dozens of interns each year for our many programs. Interns work in education and green workforce, help with our summer-long event series, and support our public education programs. Internships can be arranged for the summer or school year, and can be designed for college credit. We have been fortunate to have interns join our team for a summer or semester from nearly all of the New York City area colleges and universities, and occasionally from around the world.
If you are interested in becoming a Solar One intern, please email your resume with a brief letter about your interests and experience with sustainability education and clean technology, your skills, and your availability. Due to volume we can only respond to the most qualified intern inquiries. Email to jobs[at]solar1[dot]org with “Internship Inquiry” in the subject.
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Solar One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We seek a diverse staff who reflect the New York City communities we serve. All staff positions and internships are filled without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, HIV/AIDS status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. EOE/AA. All are encouraged to apply. We strongly encourage bilingual candidates for both careers and internships.