Full-Time

Outside Sales Representative

PosiGen

PosiGen

201-500 employees

Solar-panel leasing with maintenance

No salary listed

Ewing Township, NJ, USA

In Person

Bachelor's

Category
Sales & Account Management (1)
Required Skills
Sales
Lead Generation
Cold Calling
Computer Networking
Salesforce
Customer Service

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Requirements
  • The candidate must be at least 18 years old.
  • The candidate must have two or more years of work experience in a quota-driven sales position, with a demonstrated history of meeting and exceeding required metrics.
  • The candidate must demonstrate aptitude for cold calling, canvassing, or otherwise building a book of business.
  • The candidate must be flexible and able to work weekend, evening, and holiday shifts.
  • The candidate must have a clean driving record, including no driving under the influence conviction in the last five years.
  • The candidate must have a valid state driver’s license.
  • The candidate must have reliable transportation.
  • The candidate must successfully pass a pre-employment criminal and drug screen.
  • The candidate must be able to obtain Home Improvement Sales certification.
  • The candidate must be comfortable standing and walking for long periods of time and lifting and carrying up to 40 pounds for short periods.
  • The candidate must have the specified close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth vision abilities and the ability to adjust focus.
Responsibilities
  • Speak with potential customers about PosiGen’s clean energy solutions.
  • Drive the creation of leads to meet sales goals.
  • Meet and exceed monthly sales goals.
  • Collaborate with telemarketing professionals to confirm in-home appointments.
  • Participate in community events, displays, and collateral activities.
  • Host and conduct in-home solar events for 10 or more people.
  • Help homeowners execute documents and provide the necessary information to go solar.
  • Assist with qualifying homeowners for additional incentives and obtaining the necessary paperwork for incentive attainment.
  • Provide a high level of customer service throughout the customer lifecycle.
  • Actively contact satisfied customers for referral opportunities.
  • Mentor and train newer team members, contributing knowledge and enthusiasm to the office team.
  • Perform 80–90% of the work in the field.
  • Stand, walk, talk, hear, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, and occasionally sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
Desired Qualifications
  • A four-year college degree is preferred.
  • In-home sales experience is preferred.
  • Salesforce experience is a plus.
  • Bilingual ability is a plus.

PosiGen provides solar power to homeowners through a lease model that eliminates large upfront costs by including maintenance and insurance in monthly payments. Solar panels are installed for the customer, and a zero-cost home energy audit helps identify efficiency improvements to lower consumption. The company handles paperwork, permits, and project documentation, making the process simple and accessible. Its goal is to help a broad range of homeowners reduce energy costs and environmental impact by expanding access to solar energy, especially for those with limited credit or savings.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Debt Financing

Total Funding

$725M

Headquarters

St. Rose, Louisiana

Founded

2011

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What believers are saying

  • June 2025 lobbying tied PosiGen to tax credits supporting nearly 300,000 jobs.
  • A March 2025 VFW solar-storage project showed resilience and emergency-service value.
  • Brookfield and Connecticut Green Bank backed PosiGen before its 2025 bankruptcy.

What critics are saying

  • On November 24, 2025, PosiGen filed chapter 11 after a summer liquidity collapse.
  • Reuters said Brookfield sought to seize assets and transition 40,000 customers away.
  • The February 2026 liquidation plan wiped equity and left unsecured creditors below 1%.

What makes PosiGen unique

  • PosiGen targets low- and moderate-income homeowners with zero-upfront solar leases.
  • It bundles energy-efficiency retrofits, maintenance, insurance, and paperwork into one offer.
  • Brookfield financed PosiGen in 2024 because the model served hard-to-reach households.

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Benefits

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Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-3%

1 year growth

-3%

2 year growth

4%
The Times-Picayune
Aug 27th, 2025
Louisiana-based solar company PosiGen lays off hundreds, shutters most operations. Here's why.

PosiGen said an additional 92 employees in Louisiana could be laid off in the next two weeks if it can't find additional funding or a way to sell what remains of its business.

Hartford Courant
Aug 27th, 2025
Solar company cuts dozens of CT jobs. The clean energy company isn't alone and critics blame Trump.

Solar installer PosiGen began laying off 78 employees Sunday at three locations in Connecticut - Wethersfield, Danbury and Shelton - as the Louisiana-based company m..

WHYY
Aug 26th, 2025
A major solar installer in Philly is ceasing most operations amid federal tax credit rollbacks

PosiGen, a solar installer focused on making solar accessible to homeowners of all income levels through a no-up-front-cost leasing model, laid off 49 employees in its Montgomery County office Sunday, according to a notice filed with the state, as well as 78 employees in Connecticut.

PR Newswire
Jun 3rd, 2025
Posigen Leaders Urge Lawmakers To Protect Energy Tax Credits That Reduce Energy Costs, Support Nearly 300,000 Jobs, And Have Led To An American Manufacturing Boom

NEW ORLEANS, June 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As Congress considers changes to the federal energy tax credits as part of the budget reconciliation process, leadership at PosiGen is calling on Senators to modify the House bill that would have devastating consequences on domestic energy production and energy costs. Specifically, PosiGen urges the Senate to provide a reasonable pathway that does not undermine business investment and threatens nearly 300,000 jobs, and also preserves the ability for working class households to access the tax credits to save on their utility bills through solar leasing

PR Newswire
Mar 6th, 2025
New Orleans' Vfw Center Receives Resilient Solar Power Thanks To Gulf Coast Energy Firms Posigen And Solar Alternatives And Nonprofit Empowered By Light

NEW ORLEANS, March 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Regional energy firms PosiGen, PBC, and Solar Alternatives joined forces with the renewable energy-focused nonprofit, Empowered by Light, to install solar and energy storage at New Orleans' only Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) facility at 531 Lyons Street. This initiative ensures the VFW center can continue operating during grid outages and provide critical services to veterans and community members during natural disasters and emergencies