We're offering you the opportunity to lead an entire location: its people, its performance, and its future. As a Location Leader, you'll be responsible for building a strong team, developing the people around you, and maintaining the financial and operational health of the business. You'll have the ownership to make decisions, solve problems, and create real opportunities for others to grow. This is your opportunity to take what you've learned, lead others, and build something of your own.
What it takes to lead a Sunwave location, and who we're looking for to do it.
One process, one standard. If you're planting out of state, there's one extra requirement.
Required only if you're planting out of state: a master plumber's license recognized in that state, held before you start the application process. Not required to plant in Virginia.
At least 3 months working with the Charlottesville team to experience the Sunwave culture firsthand, plus completion of 5–10 recommended books selected by your Location Leader.
Demonstrated by revenue produced running your own van, averaging $42,000 per month.
You have experience training technicians in the Sunwave culture and principles.
Licenses and numbers get you to the door. These are what we're actually watching for.
Four stages, each one narrowing toward a specific location and a specific start date. Hover or tap a stage for more.
Meet the requirements above, then submit your application and begin drafting your leadership philosophy, the document you'll walk into your interview with.
A conversation about your experience, how you think through problems, and the leadership philosophy you've drafted. We're listening for how you'd actually lead a team and a location, not just whether you check the boxes.
Before your planning meeting, you'll complete the demographics for your proposed location. Then you'll meet with your Business Consultant to build your location's planting plan. Together, you'll determine where, when, why, and how you'll plant your location, confirming your market, setting a timeline, and outlining the steps needed to bring your location to life.
Find your locationMove into the location, prelaunch, and lead it through opening day and into steady post-launch operation. This is the part you've been working toward.
Meet the requirements, start your application, and let's plan your path from technician to Location Leader.