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Working as a solar panel installer

As a solar panel installer, you can work through Jobxion in new build, renovation, service and maintenance or commercial construction. You'll work for installation companies and contractors we have visited on site ourselves, so we know what things are like there. Tell us your specialism and how far you want to travel, and we'll find the project to match.

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Solar panel installer in Eindhoven

  • Eindhoven
  • 40 hours a week
  • Temporary staffing
  • Starter to experienced
  • €2,500 to €3,200 gross per month

Fitting panels on commercial roofs in south-east Brabant. You work in a pair, and if you don't have VCA yet, we'll sort it for you.

What does a solar panel installer earn?

Pay depends on your experience, your certificates and the type of work. As a guide, gross per month for a full-time week:

  • Starter: €2,400 to €2,800
  • Experienced: €2,900 to €3,600
  • Senior or specialist: €3,600 to €4,200

We pay travel expenses from the first kilometre and you build up a pension from your first hour.

What training do you need?

Most clients ask for a relevant MBO level 2 or 3 qualification. If you don't have the papers but do have years of experience, that's often enough to start.

  • Basic VCA: mandatory on almost every construction site, we pay for the course
  • NEN 3140 or NEN 1010: for electrical work
  • Category B driving licence: needed to get to the project

Regions where we're recruiting: Gelderland, Utrecht, Noord-Brabant, Zuid-Holland and Overijssel.

Questions about working as a solar panel installer

An experienced solar panel installer earns between €2,700 and €4,200 gross per month with us, depending on experience and project. Travel expenses and allowances come on top.

For most jobs we ask for MBO level 2 or 3, or experience that makes up for it. Any missing certificates you can get at our own training centre, at our expense.

Most of our work is in Gelderland, Utrecht and Noord-Brabant, but we place people all over the Netherlands. We discuss travel time in advance.

We call within 24 hours of your application. If there's a match, you're usually on site within a week.

Erik, installation engineering recruiter at Jobxion, at work in the Tiel office

Erik, Installation Engineering Recruiter

Erik places solar panel installers. Feel free to call or WhatsApp before you apply.