Job Description
About Us and Why We’re Hiring
At Terra Energy, we're committed to making clean energy more accessible by delivering high-quality residential solar solutions. As our business continues to grow, we're looking for an Interconnection Specialist to play a key role in ensuring our projects move efficiently through the utility approval process. This position is essential to keeping installations on track by coordinating interconnection applications, maintaining compliance, and collaborating with customers, utilities, and internal teams throughout the project lifecycle.
If you're highly organized, detail-oriented, and enjoy managing multiple priorities while working with cross-functional teams, we'd love to hear from you. This is an excellent opportunity to join a fast-paced, mission-driven company where your work will directly contribute to delivering renewable energy solutions and creating a seamless experience for our customers.
The Role
As an Interconnection Specialist, you will be responsible for managing the interconnection process for residential solar and energy storage projects from application submission through Permission to Operate (PTO). You'll work closely with utilities, customers, and internal teams to ensure all applications, documentation, and approvals are completed accurately, on time, and in compliance with utility and regulatory requirements.
In this role, you'll track project milestones, maintain organized and audit-ready records, coordinate customer documentation, resolve interconnection-related issues, and help identify opportunities to improve internal processes. Success in this position requires exceptional attention to detail, strong organizational and communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Manage the full interconnection lifecycle for residential solar and energy storage projects, from application submission through Permission to Operate (PTO).
- Prepare, submit, and track interconnection applications with utilities, ensuring all requirements are met.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for utilities, responding to inquiries and following up on application status.
- Coordinate directly with customers to obtain required documentation, signatures, and utility access for interconnection applications.
- Maintain accurate, organized, and audit-ready records of all interconnection documents, agreements, and correspondence.
- Monitor project timelines, identify potential delays or risks, and proactively escalate issues when necessary.
- Collaborate with engineering, project management, permitting, and operations teams to keep projects moving efficiently.
- Support the resolution of interconnection-related challenges, including utility requests, design updates, and technical clarifications.
- Track interconnection approvals, milestones, and related documentation to ensure compliance with utility and regulatory requirements.
- Contribute to process improvements by helping optimize workflows, documentation standards, and tracking systems.
What We’re Looking For
- 2+ years of experience in solar operations, utility interconnection, project coordination, permitting, or a related role.
- Experience working with utility companies, interconnection applications, or renewable energy projects is highly preferred.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to interact professionally with customers, utilities, and internal stakeholders.
- Exceptional attention to detail and a commitment to maintaining accurate documentation and records.
- Ability to identify issues, solve problems proactively, and escalate risks when appropriate.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with changing priorities.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, Google Workspace, and project tracking or CRM systems.
- Experience with solar industry platforms and utility portals is a plus.
- High level of accountability, ownership, and commitment to delivering an outstanding customer experience.
Important to Know
- This is a fully remote position, but you'll work closely with internal teams, utility representatives, and customers throughout the interconnection process.
- Success in this role depends on staying organized, managing multiple projects simultaneously, and following up proactively to keep projects moving forward.
- Strong attention to detail is essential, as you'll be responsible for maintaining accurate documentation and ensuring compliance with utility and regulatory requirements.
- You'll be expected to communicate professionally with customers, utilities, and cross-functional teams while providing timely updates and resolving issues efficiently.
- Experience in the residential solar industry or with utility interconnection processes is highly valued and will help you ramp up quickly.
- This role offers the opportunity to make a direct impact on project success by helping customers achieve a smooth path to Permission to Operate (PTO) and supporting Terra Energy's mission to expand access to clean energy.
How You’ll Work at Terra Energy
At Terra Energy, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement are at the core of everything we do. As an Interconnection Specialist, you'll work cross-functionally with Operations, Engineering, Project Management, and Customer Support teams to keep projects moving efficiently from application submission through Permission to Operate (PTO). Your ability to communicate proactively, stay organized, and build strong relationships with utilities and customers will play a key role in our success.
We trust our team members to take ownership of their work, think proactively, and identify opportunities to improve processes. In this fully remote role, you'll have the autonomy to manage your workload while collaborating with a supportive team that values transparency, problem-solving, and delivering an exceptional customer experience. If you're passionate about renewable energy and thrive in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment, you'll fit right in.
Compensation & Details
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Location:Remote
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Reports to: Ops
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Department: Operations
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Salary: 45K Annually
What Success Looks Like
Success in this role means keeping interconnection projects moving efficiently while ensuring every application, document, and customer interaction is handled accurately and on time. You'll consistently meet project milestones, maintain organized and compliant records, communicate proactively with utilities and customers, and help minimize delays by identifying and resolving issues before they impact project timelines.
You'll thrive by taking ownership of your work, collaborating effectively across teams, and contributing to continuous process improvements. A successful Interconnection Specialist is dependable, detail-oriented, and committed to delivering an exceptional customer experience while helping Terra Energy achieve its operational goals. Performance in this role is measured by timely completion of assigned work order milestones, with a target of 80% or higher.
In Summary
If you're a detail-oriented professional who enjoys coordinating projects, building relationships, and keeping complex processes on track, we'd love to meet you. As an Interconnection Specialist, you'll play a critical role in helping customers transition to clean energy by ensuring interconnection applications are completed accurately, efficiently, and in compliance with utility requirements.
Join Terra Energy and become part of a collaborative team that's driving the future of renewable energy. Here, your work will have a direct impact on project success, customer satisfaction, and our mission to make solar energy more accessible—one successful interconnection at a time.
Recruitment Process
- Initial Contact (HR) – Quick intro and role overview
- HR Interview – Experience and overall fit
- Hiring Manager Interview – Technical and role deep dive
- Offer Letter – Final offer and next steps
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