SolarCity is planning to invest $5-billion into their Buffalo based facility, which means that more jobs are coming to the area.

The residential solar installer is setting up the world's largest solar panel factory in Buffalo, and will be looking to hire around 1,500 employees to help run the facility.

SolarCity is gearing up for a massive hiring spree here. The residential solar installer is setting up the world’s largest solar panel factory in Buffalo. Monday potential employees got to hear first hand what the company is looking for when they make those hires.

Christopher Schoepflin from Empire State Development said that SolarCity is a "very innovative company with some great entrepreneurs, so its about people skills, it’s working on your feet and it’s being a dependable, reliable, trustworthy person, which I think Western New York has a lot of.”

SolarCity will start a major hiring campaign starting this Fall.

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