Monday, June 24th

SEI is pleased to post job openings from member companies, as a means of effectively reaching qualified, local candidates in the smart energy industry. Additionally, SEI staff can review applications on you company’s behalf. Send job descriptions and application instructions to Will Williams.

Job Description

The SolarCity team is smart, dedicated to our clients, open minded, fun, and composed of the solar and renewable energy industry’s best talent. If you want to join a rapidly growing, award-winning company with plenty of opportunities for upward mobility, we invite you to apply to SolarCity.

Reporting to the Channel Account Manager, as a Retail Lead Generator (Field Energy Advisor), you will work out of the Home Depot, introducing customers to SolarCity and our solar and clean energy efficient products.

More than generating leads, you will act as the face of SolarCity, promoting the SolarCity brand, delivering in-store presentations and setting appointments for free in-home evaluations.

This is a fantastic opportunity for people looking to launch a career in solar and clean energy sales. Success in this role can lead to an opportunity in Outside Sales, Inside Sales or Commercial Sales.

Responsibilities 

•Driving creation of in store leads to meet local sales teams goals and objectives
•Speaking with customers about SolarCity clean energy solutions
•Training and motivating The Home Depot employees
•Setting up SolarCity displays and collateral
•Hosting and conducting in-store seminars and events for 20 or more people
•Additional duties required as needed

Requirements

•Positive, professional, and big picture attitude
•High energy
•Articulate with excellent communication skills
•Highly persuasive•Self-disciplined and honest
•General understanding of the sales process and able to meet targets
•Retail sales experience-working the floor highly preferred
•Four year college degree preferred
•Must be 18 years of age or older
•Work schedule: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday (must work weekends)
•Excellent written and verbal communication skills required
•Excellent customer service skills required
•The ability to speak fluently in Spanish in certain locations required
•Minimum 2 years work experience in a quota driven sales position•Perform other related duties as assigned•Must be proficient with Excel and MS Outlook (+CRM tool preferred)
•Must have a clean driving record. (example, no DUI in the last 5 years)
•Must have a valid state driver’s license
•Must be able to successfully pass a pre-employment criminal, driving and drug screen

Learn more here: http://www.linkedin.com/company/240767/careers?trk=jobtocomp

Friday, June 14 2013

SEI is pleased to post job openings from member companies, as a means of effectively reaching qualified, local candidates in the smart energy industry. Additionally, SEI staff can review applications on you company’s behalf. Send job descriptions and application instructions to Will Williams.

Taylor Consulting and Contracting is seeking sales leaders within the Mid Atlantic, New England, and Metro North regions, with large account success; specifically in the energy industry.

Job Description

Responsibilities include: generating new business and growing revenue streams, while achieving monthly and annual sales quotas –  through appropriate performance management. Also, providing strategic, executive-level selling of EnergyAuctions and UtilityModule services.

Travel will be as much as 60-75 percent of the time, as dictated by the business.

Candidates will report to the Vice President of sales for the respective region.

We offer a competitive compensation & program in addition to a comprehensive benefits package.

Wednesday, May 29th 2013

From our friends at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection:

The Department of Environmental Protection is pleased to announce that the Alternative Fuel Incentive Grant (AFIG) Natural Gas Vehicle program will open a grant round this Saturday, May 25, offering an estimated $10 million for the purchase or conversion of medium- to light-weight natural gas vehicles (under 14,000 pounds), as well as the conversion or purchase of electric, propane or other alternative fuel vehicles of any size. Those eligible to apply include school districts, municipal authorities, political subdivisions, incorporated non-profit entities, corporations, and limited liability companies or partnerships located in Pennsylvania. Eligible vehicles include dedicated bi-fuel and dual-fuel LNG or CNG vehicles weighing less than 14,000 pounds as well as dedicated liquid propane gas, hydrogen, hythane (any combination of CNG and hydrogen) biofuel (B100 or straight vegetable oil) and electric vehicles of any weight. Applicants interested in purchasing or converting one or two alternative fuel vehicles are encouraged to partner with other eligible applicants to aggregate their vehicles into a single application to satisfy the five vehicle minimum. Grants will cover no more than 50 percent of the incremental purchase or retrofit cost.

Grant applications will also be accepted for innovation in alternative fuel transportation, including non-road vehicles such as natural gas-powered trains or marine vessels. Innovation includes research, training, development and demonstration of new applications or next phase technology related to the development and use of alternative transportation fuels and alternative fuel vehicles. Such projects should be the first use of the technology in Pennsylvania, and directly result in a demonstration or pilot project leading to a commercial application. Projects must include at least a 50 percent cost share, with personnel costs not exceeding 50 percent of the total grant funding requested.

Applications will only be accepted online, using DCNR’s eGrant system – www.grants.dcnr.state.pa.us and will be available May 25, 2013. The deadline to submit an application is 4 p.m., July 26, 2013. Grants will be awarded in the fall. Additional information, including a link to the guidance document and Regional Energy Manager contact information, is available on DEP’s website at www.dep.state.pa.us (click on the Natural Gas Vehicle Grant Program button).

Friday, May 24th 2013

From The Philly Post:

You’ve probably heard of Tesla Motors by now, the California company that designs and manufactures electric cars. Founded in 2003, Tesla almost didn’t make it through the recession, but today its fortunes are rising, thanks in large part to the car it released last year: the Model S (top photo). A premium sport sedan, the Model S is aimed at people who would otherwise buy a Mercedes S Class or a Lexus. It starts at $69,900 ($62,400 with a $7,500 federal tax credit). You recharge the car by plugging it into a wall outlet or a public charging station. The charging port is built into the taillight. Automotive journalists have gone nuts for the Model S; Motor Trend and Automobile named it their car of the year for 2013, and Consumer Reports gave it a rare 99 out of 100 rating.

Tesla just opened its first dealership in Pennsylvania, in the King of Prussia Mall, next to the Apple Store and not far from the Neiman Marcus. The store is Tesla’s 24th in the country and 35th in the world. I went to check it out last Thursday, the day before it officially opened to the public. The store’s metal gate was down when I arrived—several passing mallgoers had stopped to peer inside, hooking their fingers through the gate—but a Tesla communications manager, Alexis Georgeson, let me in…

…One of the knocks on Tesla has always been that they’re making toys for rich people, not practical cars for regular folk; Tesla’s first vehicle, the Roadster, a two-seat sports car, cost north of $100,000. I asked Georgeson how long it would be before a person like me could afford a Tesla. She said they were working on it. First will come the Model X, an electric SUV based on the Model S platform, in 2014. The next model after that will likely be more affordable, starting around $30,000. After hanging out in the dealership, I’m anxious for that day to come.”

Read more at The Philly Post…