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

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

• B.Tech
  / BE in:
  
• Electrical
  
• Mechanical
  
• Electronics
  
• Production
  Engineering
  

Preferred:

• MBA
  Operations
  
• Lean
  Six Sigma Certification
  

Experience

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 India’s 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