Want to do real residential electrical work on the homes people actually live in?
Sunrise hires residential electricians and apprentices in Santa Cruz County. We do service work, not new construction. The homes are existing. The customers are real. The work matters.
Most contractors are construction shops. They're built around six-month new-build projects with big invoices and a different rhythm — pull wire fast, move on, never see the homeowner again.
Sunrise is built differently. We're a service business for existing homes — Santa Cruz County homes that already have people living in them. Panels that need to come up to code. EV chargers that need installing. Knob-and-tube rewires in westside Victorians. Heat pump conversion electrical — panel capacity, dedicated circuits, disconnects (the equipment itself is set by our C-20 HVAC partner). Whole-home rewires. ADU electrical setups. The work where the customer is standing right there asking you a question, and your answer matters.
That changes what kind of electrician thrives here. We hire people who:
- Care about doing the work right. Cutting corners doesn't fit our 20-year workmanship warranty. If you're the person who wants the connection to be perfect even when nobody would notice, you'll fit.
- Treat the customer's home like a customer's home. Drop cloths down. Wires fished through existing walls when possible. Smaller access holes. Dust vacuumed up. The space left the way we found it.
- Communicate. Customers will ask you what you're doing. You explain. You don't make them feel dumb for asking. You earn their trust through the conversation, not just the work.
- Want to grow. We don't have a “career ceiling” where you max out. Apprentices become journeyman electricians here. Journeymen become leads, or specialize, or lead training. We promote internally first.
Work alongside our journeyman electricians and leads on real residential jobs. Pull wire. Terminate. Help with panel work. Get hands on every part of residential electrical. Branden personally trains every apprentice — he's still in the field, not just running the office.
- California apprentice card or willingness to enroll
- Reliability
- Physical capability for the work
- Customer service mindset
Don't see your role? If you'd want to work at a service-first residential shop in Santa Cruz County, we'd still like to hear from you. We may have unposted roles or future openings.
ApplyCustomer-facing phone + email work, scheduling, dispatch coordination with techs, managing our job-management system, customer follow-up. Sunrise is the kind of small business where your work directly affects customer experience.
- Service-business or trade-business operations experience
- Comfort with customer communications
- Organized
Daily service calls across Santa Cruz County. Panel upgrades, EV charger installs, troubleshooting, dedicated circuits, rewires, generators. Sunrise truck stocked with your tools + everyday materials. Office handles scheduling + dispatch.
- Current state electrician certification (DIR)
- Solid residential experience
- Comfortable with customer-facing work
- Code-current
The lines below are the ones we can put in writing today. Compensation and the full benefits picture get discussed openly in the interview — real numbers, no games.
- Competitive hourly + overtime per California labor law
- Sick leave per California state minimums
- Stocked Sunrise truck assigned to you
- Sunrise polos + hats + safety gear provided
- All required continuing education paid for
- Manufacturer certification programs sponsored (Tesla, Generac, Qmerit, Lutron, and others)
- Internal apprentice-to-journeyman path
- Branden personally trains and stays in the field — meaningful access to learning
- Real residential work, every day. Same customers, same homes — the kind of work where you can take pride in what you did.
- Family-owned. Your boss knows your name. Decisions get made by people who actually do the work.
- Santa Cruz County — Davenport to Pajaro Dunes. You're not commuting two hours each direction. Your jobs are in the towns where you live.
- The customers will thank you. (Construction electricians often go their whole careers without that. Our customers send thank-you cards.)
The process
You fill out the form below.
Takes about 10 minutes. We'll ask the basics — name, contact info, position, certification, experience, why Sunrise.
We get back to you within 5 business days.
Real reply, not an automated “thanks for applying” with no follow-up. If you're a fit, we'll set up a call.
Phone or video call.
With Branden (or someone on the team) — 30 minutes, low-stakes. We talk about your experience, your interests, what you'd want from the role. You ask questions about Sunrise.
In-person interview + ride-along.
If it's a good fit so far. You meet the team, ride on a real job, see what the work actually looks like.
Offer.
If everyone's on board, we make an offer. Standard background check + license verification + drug screen (per California labor law). We try to keep the process quick — if something takes longer, we'll tell you what's up.
We're a growing company. Sometimes we have unposted needs. Sometimes the right person makes us create a role. If you're a residential electrician, an apprentice looking for a real training shop, or someone with strong service-business operations experience and you'd want to work at Sunrise, we'd still like to hear from you. Apply with “General Interest” selected and tell us what you're looking for.