5 employers have 20 open solar operator roles on Verde Talent right now. About 5% are advertised as entry level. Below is what those postings ask for, where they are, and what they pay.
Solar Operator roles sit on rooftop and utility-scale solar sites. Operators run the plant day to day - monitoring output, switching and isolating equipment, responding to alarms and faults, and logging performance. Shift work, including nights and weekends, is common at sites that run continuously.
Employers have 20 open solar operator roles listed from 5 companies, the most in Texas, Florida and California. Where a posting advertises pay, the median is $39,520 a year. About 5% are advertised as entry level. The skills named most often in these postings are Excel, SCADA and inverter.
Employers look for process or control-room experience, often from conventional power, industrial plants or the Navy, and train on their own systems. Some postings require NERC certification for grid-connected operations.
Counted from the skills and certifications named in current postings for this role.
Operators run the plant day to day - monitoring output, switching and isolating equipment, responding to alarms and faults, and logging performance. Shift work, including nights and weekends, is common at sites that run continuously.
Across solar operator postings on Verde Talent that advertise pay, the median is $39,520 a year. That is what employers advertise rather than what offers finally settle at, and postings without a published range are not counted.
Employers look for process or control-room experience, often from conventional power, industrial plants or the Navy, and train on their own systems. Some postings require NERC certification for grid-connected operations. About 5% of current postings are advertised as entry level.
Right now the most solar operator postings are in Texas (3), Florida (3) and California (2), counting open roles listed on Verde Talent today.
The employers with the most open solar operator roles today are Mortenson (10), First Solar (6) and SOLV Energy (2). The full list, with every open posting, is on the solar operator jobs page.
Built from live postings on Verde Talent and updated daily. Counts reflect roles open right now, and pay figures are what employers advertise rather than offers made.
Data updated October 24, 2026