Next Energy Solution, Inc Hiring for Administrative Assistant at Rice Lake, WI Full Time

*Would consider applicant who’d prefer to work from home 3/4 of the time, ability to attend office training and regularily scheduled meetings and/or appointments.

Next Energy Solution is the leading solar installation company in Northwest Wisconsin! We work daily to help our clients become energy independent and save them money on their energy costs. Our team of installers and electricians install solar panels on the roof or ground, connecting residential and commercial solar projects to the grid and providing battery storage when ordered. At times, our systems help give our clients the means to produce and store power when there isn’t a power line nearby – helping them live and play off-grid as well!

The Administrative Assistant at NES plays an essential role by helping facilitate company communications daily. Experience in QuickBooks and Project Management Software is necessary to be successful in this role. The person in this role will work closely with our installers, electricians, company owner, and other assistants.

If you enjoy working online by emailing, preparing, and submitting documents – if you pride yourself in accuracy, this role is for you!

***This is also the perfect role if you find gratification in seeing projects through from “beginning to end”!

The primary responsibilities of this role are:

Providing administrative support to team departments – sales, installations, and management.

Preparing sales estimates and invoices, recording payments, producing accounts receivable, sales, and other basic ing as needed.

Working with the production department to manage communications with many outside entities such as:

• permitting offices
• inspection agencies
• power companies
• specialty vendors for electrical supply
• clients – both residential and commercial
• online e-commerce accounts

The essential duties of this role are:

• Preparation of permitting applications, utility interconnections, inspection requests, etc., are necessary – must be competent in working with PDF editor software, DocuSign, etc. [We will train the right candidate in the permit and application preparations!]
• Professional, kind, and courteous in-person and electronic communication must always be maintained. Must be able to greet walk-in traffic in a welcoming, customer-service-oriented manner.
• Researching and ordering online to assist in sourcing inventory and evaluating pricing – always maintaining inventory levels of varying office and electrical components.
• Other job duties as assigned.

The person in this role must be willing to learn and take on new challenges, as the industry changes frequently. To facilitate timely and quality solar installations, we must keep up with the current policies of many agencies that assist us in getting a project through to completion. This role plays an important role in keeping us all on our toes!

Apply today! Join our team in this rewarding and innovative industry.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $18.00 – $21.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Signing bonus

Application Question(s):

• Would you consider doing this role approximately 90% from home?

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

• Administrative: 1 year (Required)
• QuickBooks: 1 year (Required)
• Customer service: 2 years (Required)

Work Location: In person