Utility Head – Solar Cell Manufacturing

About Our Client

Our client is a growing solar cell manufacturing organisation with a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility.

Location: Tuticorin (Thoothukudi), Tamil Nadu

We are looking for an experienced Utility Head to lead plant utility operations, ensuring reliability, uninterrupted availability, energy efficiency, and statutory compliance at a solar cell manufacturing facility.

Role

• Lead the operation and maintenance of plant utilities, including HT/LT electrical distribution, chillers, cooling towers, air compressors, HVAC, DI water and RO plants, vacuum pumps, nitrogen and process gas systems, DG sets, UPS, ETP/STP, and fire protection systems.

• Plan and execute preventive, predictive, and breakdown maintenance to improve equipment reliability, MTBF, MTTR, and overall utility availability.

• Lead utility commissioning, plant expansion, and reliability improvement projects, including greenfield projects.

• Monitor energy consumption, implement cost-saving initiatives, and drive TPM, root cause analysis (RCA),



corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), and continuous improvement.

• Ensure statutory compliance, safety standards, and ISO systems while managing maintenance teams, contractors, vendors, budgets, and spare parts inventory.

What We’re Looking For

• B.E./B.Tech in Electrical, Mechanical, or Instrumentation Engineering.

• 20–25 years of total maintenance/utility experience, including mandatory 4–5 years of hands-on experience heading utility operations in solar cell manufacturing (TOPCon, PERC, or HJT).

• Strong knowledge of chillers, HVAC, cooling towers, DI water and RO systems, vacuum systems, air compressors, HT/LT electrical systems, PLC, SCADA, industrial automation, TPM, preventive maintenance, RCA, CAPA, and energy management.

• Experience in greenfield projects and utility commissioning is preferred, along with robust leadership, problem-solving, and team management skills.

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