Solartwin Careers

Top solar jobs for graduates or people with equivalent capability – environmental jobs, including sales jobs for talented people who are seeking to grow a leading independent renewable energy business.

Solartwin.com are UK’s leading supplier of zero carbon solar water heating systems. Based in the centre of Chester, we cover all of UK and Ireland. Our business turned over £1.4M in 2009, having grown despite the global economic downturn.

Given that forthcoming regulatory changes in the solar arena are likely to bring Solartwin even more business than at present, we intend to start recruiting top people in sales and other areas with talent and commercial instincts soon.

So please feel free to send us your CV’s or expressions of interest. There are immediate posts in two areas:

• IT Marketing and Communications.
• Technical Telesales and Surveys of Solar Products.

Below it are some samples of other posts at Solar Twin Ltd which we plan to recruit for soon.

Salary £18-24k depending on experience. Based in Central Chester.

Unique broad career development role for an ambitious, strategic, target-led, all rounder with good interpersonal skills. You will play a key role in growing a small renewable energy business of turnover £1.5M pa.  Online marketing and efficient IT are essential to our growth, so you will have great opportunities. Strong analytical capabilities are essential, as are fantastic time management skills and an ability to thrive under pressure.

We immediately require someone who can bring most of the following capabilities (and who has potential for delivering all of them, in time):

• Maintain a local and VPN network of mainly Mac computers.
• Deliver broad IT technical support for the business.
• Filemaker Pro Database design, management and data extraction.
• Routine and contingency planning including backup and data security.
• Maintain our building’s security including cameras and alarms.
• Responsible for communications including telecoms and email.
• Responsible for cost effective leads generation in many ways.
• Advertising and marketing contributions include advertisement design, buying, pricing and scheduling.
• Graphic design of adverts, posters and leaflets.
• Website build, management, maintenance and development using a CMS.
• Detailed and strategic SEO work including link building, keyword analysis and expansion.
• Expertise and experience in social media.
• Deliver cost-effective PPC including Google Adwords.
• Identify commercial opportunities wherever they arise.
• Produce management reports when appropriate.

Full time 40 hpw M-F with some scheduled and unscheduled out of hours work when required. Temporary to permanent post confirmation normally after 3 months. If you are able to deliver at least ten of the above immediately and you are committed to delivering the remainder soon after joining, we would like to hear from you now.

Apply today by email with “IT Online Marketing and Communications manager” in the subject line. Please send your CV and covering letter and full contacts for 3 referees to Brenda Leach, General Manager, Solar Twin Ltd, brenda@solartwin.com sending a copy to barry@solartwin.com

Highly motivated technical sales or telesales people needed now. We have fantastic customers!

Full time. Base salary (before uncapped commission over a monthly threshold) £13-17k depending on experience. Based in Central Chester.

After a year in post, if you sell £300k you will earn £20k+. If you sell £400k pa you will earn £25k+. This translates into someone buying one Solartwin installation roughly every 2 days, thanks to you.

Great sales posts in a fast growing ethical, renewable energy business selling retail solar panels (for hot water or electricity) by phone. As far as we know, Solartwin is the only solar business in the world which sells retail solar panels by phone, so what we do is far greener than driving out to visit someone.

This work is inbound inquiries only – no cold calls. You will work on hot inbound leads and also working on an existing database, explaining about and selling our award winning product. Based in central Chester – you will survey homes in UK and Ireland for Solartwin solar water heating installations, usually by phone using online aerial photography and take deals right through to successful purchase decisions. You will be given your own portfolio of green energy customers, work to monthly sales thresholds and deadlines using a customer database, effective use of which will help to maximise your level of bonus. Besides selling our core solar heating product, you may also sell other products such as solar electric systems.

We will train you in relevant areas including solar in general, and specifically on the products. You will work mainly afternoons and evenings, typically between noon and 9pm most days, working some mornings instead of evenings. Currently, although most work at Solar Twin Ltd is Monday to Friday, you will also be required to do some weekend work. All posts involve representation and attendance at external events such as exhibitions and meetings.

Fluent written and spoken English is essential. (Extra languages may be a help but are not essential. We particularly welcome fully bilingual speakers of languages such as Arabic, Mandarin, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French, German, Danish, Welsh.)

Successful candidates for these interesting environmental jobs are likely to be hard-working, organised, confident graduates. You will also have a positive attitude, excellent self-motivation, proven sales and deal-closing experience, a polite and clear phone manner, great verbal skills in explaining technical issues and excellent time management. A team player, you will also be keen to learn new ideas and make good money!

Apply by email with “Technical sales surveyors – retail.” in the subject line. Please send your CV and covering letter and full contacts for 3 referees to The Sales Manager, c.wilcox@solartwin.com with a copy to barry@solartwin.com

(Trade: As mentioned above, there may soon be opportunities for a trade post. This work includes project management and may take you outside UK. It involves working with both existing and new clients. If successful, you will eventually drive projects from start to finish. For example, you will handle initial inquiries, develop and specify projects, typically valued at £5k – £500k. You will quote for these, liaise with partners in developments where appropriate, buy parts and installation labour smartly, negotiate terms and conditions, manage installation projects from start to finish including safety matters and ensure positive cashflow right through to final collection of funds. Again you will work using an extensive client database.In trade the hours will be mainly daytime. Packages in trade are open to negotiation depending on experience and what you can bring to the business.)