Careers

Outside Sales Consultant - Residential
Sales

 SolarCity’s Outside Sales Consultants actively identify and pursue leads, address customer’s questions and concerns, and meet sales quotas of PV systems and energy efficiency services. Outside Sales Consultants will spend much of their time traveling to and visiting with prospective customers.  Outside Sales Consultants are the primary external representatives of SolarCity and are expected to convey a sense of expertise in services and capabilities offered.   This position requires tact, sensitivity, and a high degree of customer service and professionalism.
 
 

Responsibilities

• Sales of residential solar electric systems and energy efficiency services.
• Closing deals and signing contracts.
• Prospecting for and qualifying leads.
• Conducting site evaluations for potential customers, Rough system design.
• Estimating cost and pricing systems.
• Analysis of customers’ current and projected electrical usage, and financial return on investment.
• Must have a clear understanding of contract agreements and be able to explain and review agreement with customers.
• Communicating with project manager regarding system design.
• Logging all communications with customers in contact database.
 

Requirements

• Experience with grid-tied solar electric installation, design, or sales preferred.
• 2-4 years of sales experience in a relevant industry; high tech preferred. 
• Proven ability to build and develop business relationships
• Experience building a book of business
• Strong ability to project monthly sales numbers
• Strong computer skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Experience performing financial calculations (ROI, IRR, NPV, APR, etc.).
• Understanding of general construction.
• Desire to stay on the leading edge of the industry.
• World class communication and customer service skills and experience.
• Four year college degree.
• All candidates must be able to successfully pass a pre-employment background and drug screen.
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills
 

Additional Information
Location(s):
Berkeley, CA
Chico, CA
Denver-North, CO
Flagstaff, AZ
Foster City, CA
Fremont, CA
Gilroy, CA
Healdsburg, CA
Hollister, CA
Honolulu, HI
Los Gatos, CA
Mililani, HI
Modesto, CA
Monterey, CA
Morgan Hill, CA
Mountain View, CA
Novato, CA
Palo Alto, CA
Phoenix, AZ
Portland, OR
Sacramento, CA
Salinas, CA
San Jose, CA
Santa Rosa , CA
Stockton, CA
Vallejo, CA

SolarCity is a national leader in clean energy services. We make clean energy available to homeowners, businesses, schools, non-profits and government organizations at a lower cost than they pay for energy generated by burning fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas.  Our approach is to install systems to the highest engineering standards while making the switch simple for our customers. We've revolutionized the way energy is delivered by giving customers a cleaner, more affordable alternative to their monthly utility bill.  The U.S. Department of Energy named SolarCity a Green Power Supplier of the Year in 2010, and Fast Company Magazine called it one of the 50 most innovative companies in the world in 2011. SolarCity serves customers in 14 states including Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, Washington D.C. Washington, D.C.  

For more information visit www.solarcity.com.

SolarCity is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the work place.