How to apply for Field Quality Supervisor - Solar

About Octopus Energy

Octopus Energy says it is redefining energy with transparency, AI, and renewables for a low CO2 future. The company has a stated mission to drive the global renewable energy revolution. This role sits in its solar support team and involves domestic solar PV installations across the UK.

About the role

The Field Quality Supervisor - Solar ensures solar PV surveys that pass through the design team are technically viable for installation. You will work with the internal low carbon product design team to meet installation specifications for customers. The role requires nationwide travel and comes with a car.

A typical day

You might review solar PV surveys from the design team to confirm they are technically viable for installation. You could support the sales team with technical questions and apply technical rigour where installation risk appears. Expect nationwide travel, with a car provided, and work with the internal low carbon product design team.

Who Octopus Energy is looking for

• Has hands-on experience with solar PV systems, including installation or technical surveying, and understands what makes a survey technically viable.
• Has led or supervised a technical team, with a focus on standards, professionalism, and a positive culture.
• Can review and revise technical check and support processes to keep them fit for purpose.
• Is comfortable supporting a sales team with technical questions and applying technical rigour where installation risk appears.

Tips for this application

• Connect your experience directly to the job title: show where you have supervised field quality or technical viability for solar PV installations.
• Give examples of leading a technical team, since the role explicitly asks for strong and respectful leadership.
• Describe a time you reviewed or revised a technical check or support process, because the job lists that as a core duty.
• Show you can support a sales team with technical answers, since the role sits in a sales support context.
• State clearly that you can travel nationwide for the role, as the job says this is required and a car is provided.

What to cover in your cover letter

Focus on your solar PV technical knowledge and how you judge installation viability. Explain how you have led a technical team and maintained standards. Give one example of improving a technical check or support process. Mention your ability to support sales with technical questions and your willingness to travel nationwide.

Research before applying

• Read Octopus Energy's public statements on renewables and low CO2 energy to understand its stated direction.
• Look into Octopus Energy's solar PV work for domestic properties in the UK.
• Find out what the internal low carbon product design team does, since the role works directly with them.
• Check what the role says about nationwide travel and the provided car so you can ask practical questions.

Likely interview topics

Based on the job description, expect questions about:

• How do you decide whether a solar PV survey is technically viable for installation?
• Describe how you have led a technical team and kept standards high.
• Tell us about a time you revised a technical check or support process.
• How would you support a sales team that needs quick technical answers for customers?
• What do you do when you see risk in an installation and need to apply technical rigour?

Common mistakes to avoid

• Applying without showing any solar PV technical experience, since the role is specifically about solar PV installation specifications.
• Ignoring the leadership part of the job, which asks for strong and respectful leadership of a technical team.
• Skipping the process improvement duty, which is listed as reviewing and revising technical check and support processes.