Plant Head


Job Location:

Palwal - India

Salary: Not Disclosed
Experience Required: 5years
Posted on: 30+ days ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Plant Head is responsible for end-to-end operations of the solar panel manufacturing facility including production quality maintenance supply chain coordination cost optimization manpower productivity EHS compliance and manufacturing excellence.

The role ensures:

  • Safe plant operations
  • Production target achievement
  • Quality compliance
  • Cost reduction
  • OEE improvement
  • On-time dispatch
  • Process standardization
  • Continuous improvement


Key Responsibilities

1. Plant Operations Management

  • Lead overall manufacturing operations of solar module plant
  • Ensure achievement of daily monthly and annual production targets
  • Monitor line utilization and production efficiency
  • Drive capacity utilization improvements
  • Ensure smooth coordination across production shifts
  • Minimize downtime and bottlenecks


2. Production Planning & Control

  • Coordinate with PPC team for production scheduling
  • Ensure adherence to production plans
  • Balance manpower machine and material availability
  • Monitor WIP and finished goods inventory
  • Improve production cycle time


3. Manufacturing Excellence

  • Implement Lean Manufacturing practices
  • Drive Kaizen and continuous improvement initiatives
  • Improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
  • Reduce rejection rework and wastage
  • Improve plant productivity and throughput


4. Quality Management

  • Ensure adherence to module manufacturing quality standards
  • Monitor EL test flash test hi-pot test and QC checkpoints
  • Reduce customer complaints and field failures
  • Ensure compliance with BIS IEC and ISO standards
  • Coordinate with QA/QC teams for audits


5. Maintenance & Engineering

  • Ensure preventive and predictive maintenance implementation
  • Reduce machine breakdowns and downtime
  • Coordinate with engineering team for machine upgrades
  • Improve equipment reliability
  • Ensure spare parts availability


6. Supply Chain & Inventory Coordination

  • Coordinate with procurement and warehouse teams
  • Ensure availability of:
    • Solar cells
    • Glass
    • EVA
    • Backsheet
    • Junction boxes
    • Frames
  • Control inventory carrying cost
  • Reduce material losses


7. EHS & Compliance

  • Ensure plant safety standards are followed
  • Implement EHS policies and SOPs
  • Conduct safety audits and trainings
  • Ensure statutory compliance
  • Maintain clean and disciplined shop floor


8. Team Management

  • Lead production managers engineers supervisors and operators
  • Build high-performance manufacturing culture
  • Conduct manpower planning
  • Drive employee productivity and discipline
  • Train teams on SOPs and quality standards


9. Cost Control

  • Optimize manufacturing cost per watt
  • Monitor power consumption and utility efficiency
  • Reduce scrap and rejection cost
  • Improve labor productivity
  • Control operational expenses


10. Management Reporting

  • Prepare daily and monthly MIS reports
  • Present production and efficiency dashboards
  • Review KPI performance with leadership
  • Drive corrective and preventive actions


Key KPIs

KPI

Target

Production Achievement

95%

OEE

80%

Line Efficiency

85%

Module Rejection Rate

<1%

Breakdown Time

<3%

On-Time Dispatch

98%

Cost per Watt

Continuous reduction

Safety Incidents

Zero major incidents

Customer Complaints

Minimal



Preferred Industry Experience

Candidate should have experience in:

  • Solar module manufacturing
  • Electronics manufacturing
  • Semiconductor manufacturing
  • Battery manufacturing
  • High-volume automated manufacturing plants

Preferred experience in:

  • Mono PERC
  • TOPCon
  • Half-cut module manufacturing
  • Automated stringer lines


Qualification

Education

  • / BE in:
    • Electrical
    • Mechanical
    • Electronics
    • Production Engineering

Preferred:

  • MBA Operations
  • Lean Six Sigma Certification


Experience

Plant Capacity

Experience Required

100 MW300 MW

1015 years

500 MW1 GW

1520 years

2 GW

1825 years

Minimum:

  • 5 years in leadership role
  • Experience handling large manufacturing teams


Reporting Team Structure

Plant Head

Production Manager
Quality Head
Maintenance Head
PPC Manager
Warehouse Manager
EHS Manager
Utility & Engineering Head
HR & Admin
Dispatch & Logistics Team


Skills Required

Technical Skills

  • Solar module manufacturing process
  • Production planning
  • Lean manufacturing
  • TPM
  • OEE management
  • Automation systems
  • Quality systems
  • Cost optimization

Leadership Skills

  • Team leadership
  • Problem-solving
  • Decision-making
  • Crisis management
  • Process discipline
  • Cross-functional coordination

The ideal Plant Head should:

  • Be highly execution-oriented
  • Have strong shop-floor control
  • Understand automated manufacturing
  • Drive productivity aggressively
  • Build manufacturing discipline
  • Focus on quality and cost simultaneously
  • Handle high-growth manufacturing scale-up


Requirements

Technical Skills

  • Solar module manufacturing process
  • Production planning
  • Lean manufacturing
  • TPM
  • OEE management
  • Automation systems
  • Quality systems
  • Cost optimization


Benefits

1. Freedom : We allow you freedom to follow your passion

2. Opportunity to work with Indias fastest growing SMB Company

3. Regular Training of Professional Skills such as Leadership Problem Solving and Product offerings.

4. Multifold chances increase to build the career in Solar Energy Sector

5. Exponential Growth in Salary and other remuneration

6. Great learning curve and hand on experience with leadership team about solar in future




Required Skills:

Strong experience in distribution & channel sales management Ability to manage large dealer network at scale Expertise in scheme design & execution Strong analytical mindset (data-driven decisions) Excellent leadership and field execution skills High ownership and result-oriented approach

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