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