Synth Solar
Operations Manager
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About Synth
Synth is a UK-based solar climate tech startup operating at the intersection of technology and operations. Founded by ex-Uber General Managers Tom Elvidge and Max Lines, Synth designs, installs and manages commercial and agricultural solar and battery systems across the UK, from farms to industrial sites.
Behind-the-meter solar and battery storage cuts a business's electricity bill, its carbon footprint, and improves its bottom line, all at once. That's the problem Synth exists to solve, at scale, across the UK.
We build our own tools at every step: SunMapper gives a live solar estimate in 30 seconds, a UK first when we launched it, and SunDial gives us real-time monitoring across every installation we manage.
We're a small team, growing quickly, with high ambitions to become a UK market leader in renewable energy.
The role
We're hiring an Operations Manager to sit at the centre of Synth: part of the team turning our commercial solar pipeline into installed systems, and part of the team growing that pipeline.
This is a hybrid role, half hands-on delivery, half commercial growth. You'll work directly with our directors from day one, driving round visiting sites, doing desk-based project work, and building our pipeline. Responsibilities shift week to week, both halves matter equally, and there's real scope to shape the role around your own strengths as Synth scales.
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What you’ll be doing
You'll be central to the experience of our customers, installers, suppliers and partners.
On the ground, on projects:
- Performing site visits and surveys, and developing solar proposals using our own tools like SunMapper
- Contributing to solar system design and scoping
- Managing the end-to-end process with customers from initial enquiry through to completed installation
- Working with wholesalers and suppliers to procure equipment and negotiate best deals
- Providing post-sales support as part of our Performance Partnership, including proactive monitoring via SunDial
Growing the business:
- Creating and driving our marketing strategy, helping shape how we find and win customers as we scale
- Building and growing our sales pipeline and business development
- Bringing in new projects
- Defining the quarterly strategy to keep the business focused and executing to clear goals
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You are
- Motivated to be part of a mission-driven climate tech startup with huge potential
- Comfortable with ambiguity, and happy to move between technical and commercial work in the same day
- Personable, and comfortable meeting and building rapport with customers, from farm owners to commercial property directors
- Experienced in project management, ideally in construction, engineering, or a similar delivery environment
- A builder using AI tools to increase productivity and solve problems
- Holding a full UK driving licence and your own transport (this is a field-based role with regular national travel)
Nice to have:
- An engineering degree (civil or electrical), or equivalent hands-on experience
- Experience with solar PV, and ideally battery storage
- A working understanding of UK electricity tariffs
- Located in the Midlands
Don't meet every point on this list? Get in touch anyway. We care about outcomes, not tick-box criteria, and we'd rather hear from someone motivated and capable than rule them out on paper.
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