Solar Permit Coordinator

Job Summary:
Grow with us as a Senior Solar and Battery Permitting and Interconnection Specialist who takes full ownership of permitting and utility interconnection for our solar and battery storage projects across Texas and California. This could be your role if you have recent, hands-on experience taking projects from first submission through final approval and permission to operate (PTO), clearing corrections along the way and keeping every project status accurate. You’ll be the person our team counts on to know exactly where each project stands and what it will take to move it forward.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare, submit, monitor, and follow up on permit and interconnection applications, revisions, correction responses, inspection requests, and closeout documentation through final approval and PTO
• Work through utility and AHJ portals to pull correspondence, spot missing requirements, upload the right documents, track deadlines, and confirm every submission was received and accepted
• Pick up stalled or incomplete applications, review their full history, pinpoint the real blocker, and map out the steps needed to move them forward
• Turn utility requirements, plan review comments, and failed inspection notices into clear instructions for installers, electricians, designers, and project managers, stating the required correction, supporting photos or documents, responsible person, and deadline
• Confirm requested field work is done, gather the necessary evidence, submit it to the right party, and verify the resulting status
• Call and email utilities, permitting offices, inspectors, and internal teams to clarify requirements and resolve issues
• Review permit packages, site plans, single-line diagrams, equipment specifications, inspection records, and installation photos to catch missing or inconsistent information, and coordinate fixes with our design and field teams
• Work out the correct permitting and interconnection process for unfamiliar jurisdictions on your own
• Keep our project management system and project files current with each project’s actual stage, last activity, blocker, next action, responsible person, deadline, and next follow-up date, saving all approvals and correspondence to the project
• Report status precisely, clearly separating submitted, accepted, approved, inspected, and authorized to operate

Mandatory Skills:

• Recent, hands-on experience personally managing solar and battery permitting and utility interconnection in both Texas and California
• A proven track record of resolving corrections and taking projects through final approval and permission to operate
• Direct experience with Texas and California utilities such as Oncor, CenterPoint, AEP Texas, TNMP, PG&E, SCE, and SDG&E
• Demonstrated experience across multiple cities, counties, and authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs), and the ability to work out a new jurisdiction’s process independently
• Confident use of utility interconnection and AHJ permitting portals
• Working knowledge of permit packages, site plans, single-line diagrams, equipment specifications, inspection records, and installation photos
• A clear understanding of the difference between an application being submitted, accepted, approved, inspected, and authorized to operate
• Strong communication skills, excellent written and spoken English, and confidence calling utilities, permitting offices, and inspectors
• Dependable, thorough, and self-managing
• Disciplined follow-through, treating a task as finished only once the outcome is verified
• Accurate, consistent project tracking and documentation habits

Preferred Skills:

• Hands-on experience with most or all of the utilities listed above
• Familiarity with California’s Net Billing Tariff (NEM 3.0) interconnection requirements
• Knowledge of interconnection processes for Texas utilities in the ERCOT market
• Working knowledge of NEC requirements for solar and battery storage installations
• Experience with permitting requirements specific to battery energy storage systems
• Experience tracking permitting and interconnection pipelines in project management or CRM systems
• Comfortable keeping a high volume of active projects moving in parallel

Why Join Us:
Join a team that values ownership, accuracy, and follow-through. You’ll be trusted as the go-to expert for permitting and interconnection, with the freedom to run your pipeline your way and real room to grow as our project volume expands.