Assistant Vice President/Senior General Manager - Construction Head - Solar Manufacturing Vertical

Job Requirements:

Position: AVP/Sr. GM - Construction Head (Solar Manufacturing)

Designation: Associate Vice President

Experience Required: 22-28 years

Department:

Solar PV Manufacturing (Ingot, Wafer, Cell and Ancillary unit)

Role Overview:

AVP - Construction/Site head will be responsible for managing site execution of a large-scale (GW-size) Solar Ingot, Wafer, Cell manufacturing facility including ancillary unit, factory buildings, cleanroom shells, foundations for heavy process equipment, warehouses, and administrative/support infrastructure. The role covers the full lifecycle from site development, coordination and execution of work through EPC/contractor, ensuring the built infrastructure meets process, statutory, and safety requirements within schedule and budget quality control and handover to operational team.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead end-to-end construction execution for the greenfield large scale GW Integrated Ingot, Wafer and Cell manufacturing facility, covering Civil, Structural, Architectural, MEP, Facility/Utilities, Process Equipment Installation, and external infrastructure.

- Develop and execute the overall construction strategy, execution methodology, construction sequence, and site mobilization plan in line with the approved project schedule and commissioning targets.

- Provide overall leadership to civil, structural, facility, MEP, utility, process equipment installation, and finishing works, ensuring coordination across all construction disciplines.

- Drive construction activities through EPC contractors, package contractors, subcontractors, consultants, OEMs, and internal project teams, ensuring timely execution and quality compliance.

- Establish construction milestones and monitor physical progress, productivity, manpower deployment, equipment utilization, and construction performance against the approved baseline schedule.

- Coordinate closely with Planning & Controls to identify critical-path activities, construction bottlenecks, schedule slippages, and recovery measures.

- Ensure construction readiness through timely availability of approved drawings, engineering inputs, materials, equipment, work fronts, utilities, manpower, and statutory approvals.

- Lead execution of major civil and infrastructure works including site development, foundations, buildings, PEB structures, RCC structures, roads, drainage, warehouses, utility buildings, and external infrastructure.

- Oversee installation and construction of major facility and utility systems, including HVAC, electrical systems, water systems, compressed air, gases, ETP/STP/ZLD, fire protection, DG systems, substations, and other plant utilities.

- Coordinate with Process Engineering and Equipment OEMs for process equipment installation, alignment, interconnections, commissioning readiness, and interface management.

- Establish and monitor construction productivity norms, manpower requirements, equipment deployment, and resource-loading plans.

- Ensure strict implementation of Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) requirements, approved drawings, specifications, method statements, ITPs, inspection procedures, and applicable codes and standards.

- Drive EHS compliance across all construction activities, ensuring safe working practices, permit-to-work systems, contractor safety compliance, and zero-tolerance approach to major safety violations.

- Lead construction coordination meetings with EPC contractors, consultants, OEMs, subcontractors, and internal stakeholders, ensuring timely resolution of technical and execution issues.

- Manage construction interfaces between Civil, Structural, Electrical, Mechanical, HVAC, Facility, Process Equipment, Utilities, Fire & Safety, and Automation teams.

- Monitor construction material and equipment availability in coordination with Procurement, Stores, and Planning teams, ensuring no disruption to critical construction activities.

- Review and control contractor performance, including mobilization, manpower, productivity, quality, safety, schedule adherence, billing, claims, and contractual obligations.

- Support contract administration and commercial teams in evaluation of contractor claims, variations, additional works, rate negotiations, and change orders arising from construction activities.

- Identify construction-related risks and develop mitigation, recovery, and contingency plans for critical activities.

- Drive constructability reviews, value engineering, construction methodology optimization, and cost-saving initiatives without compromising safety, quality, or schedule.

- Ensure proper coordination for pre-commissioning, testing, trial runs, punch-point closure, system handover, and commissioning of individual plant areas and utilities.

- Establish area-wise and system-wise construction completion and handover plans, ensuring documentation, as-built drawings, test reports, inspection records, and O&M inputs are completed.

- Lead the transition from construction completion to commissioning and commercial operations, ensuring production areas and utilities are handed over in a controlled and timely manner.

- Prepare and present weekly/monthly construction MIS, progress dashboards, manpower reports, productivity reports, risk registers, and management updates to the Project Director/Management.

- Build, lead, and mentor a high-performance construction management team, establishing accountability, reporting structures, execution standards, and performance KPIs.

- Coordinate with Statutory, Legal & Liaison, Planning & Controls, Procurement, Engineering, Finance, Quality, EHS, Operations, and HR teams to ensure integrated project execution.

- Maintain strong relationships with EPC contractors, OEMs, consultants, government authorities, technology partners, and key project stakeholders.

- Ensure the project achieves safe, timely, quality-compliant, and cost-effective construction completion in accordance with the approved project objectives.

Qualifications & Experience:

- B.E./B.Tech in Mechanical, Civil or related Engineering discipline; MBA/PGDM in Project Management or PMP certification preferred.

- 22-28 years of overall experience in large-scale construction and project execution, with significant experience in greenfield industrial/manufacturing projects.

- Proven experience in leading construction for large CAPEX projects, preferably in solar PV, semiconductor, electronics, battery, ingot-wafer, chemical, heavy engineering, or other process manufacturing facilities.

- Strong experience in managing Civil, Structural, PEB, MEP, HVAC, Electrical, Utility, Facility, Process Equipment Installation, and External Infrastructure works.

- Demonstrated experience in managing EPC contractors, PMC consultants, OEMs, package contractors, and subcontractors across multiple disciplines.

- Proven track record of delivering projects involving large construction teams, multiple contractors, complex interfaces, and aggressive project schedules.

- Strong understanding of construction planning, project controls, resource management, productivity improvement, quality management, EHS, contract administration, and commissioning readiness.

- Experience in executing greenfield projects from site mobilization and construction through mechanical completion, pre-commissioning, commissioning, and handover.

- Strong knowledge of construction methodologies, constructability, value engineering, contractor management, claims/variations, and cost optimization.

- Experience in coordinating with Engineering, Procurement, Planning & Controls, Statutory, Quality, EHS, Finance, Operations, and senior management.

Core Competencies:

- Greenfield Industrial / Manufacturing Plant Construction

- End-to-End Construction & Project Execution

- LSTK Contractor Management

- Cross-functional Project Coordination

- Construction Safety & EHS Management

- Pre-Commissioning, Commissioning & Handover

- Construction MIS & Management Reporting