General Manager – Projects (Solar)

About Floatex Solar

Floatex Solar is India's dominant floating solar PV technology company. With over 1 GW of delivered capacity, we work with India's largest power and infrastructure groups NTPC, L&T, Tata Power, BHEL, GAIL, DVC, and Sterling Wilson among them.

We provide the engineering backbone for India's most complex floating solar installations. Our clients are sophisticated PSU and private sector organisations that expect precise execution, accurate scheduling, and a single authoritative contact point for project delivery.

The Role

Head of Projects is a senior leadership role with full accountability for the delivery of every active Floatex project. You own the client relationship from LOA through commissioning.

You will manage a team of Project Managers, Site Incharges, and the Electrical Engineer, and you will work in close coordination with the Head of Engineering on technical deliverables.

Key Responsibilities

Client Relationship & Project Review Meetings

• Represent Floatex in all project review meetings PRMs, weekly reviews, coordination calls with the authority to commit to schedules and corrective actions
• Prepare and present project status reports, recovery plans, and commissioning schedules to client management; ensure submissions are never late
• Manage client expectations proactively flag risks to the client before they become crises; never let a missed milestone be a surprise

Execution & Commissioning Oversight

• Own the project schedule for all active projects from LOA through grid commissioning; monitor progress daily against milestones
• Manage Site Incharges directly; ensure on-ground issues
• Coordinate across procurement, engineering, logistics, and site to identify and clear bottlenecks before they impact critical path
• Drive partial and final commissioning activities; ensure CEA and statutory approvals are tracked and met on schedule
• Establish and enforce a daily reporting rhythm from sites

Team Management

• Directly manage Project Managers and Site Incharges; set performance expectations, review DPRs, and hold individuals accountable to commitments
• Manage the Electrical Engineer on project delivery
• Identify resourcing gaps across active projects; raise hiring needs to leadership with sufficient lead time

Subcontractor & Vendor Management

• Own the working relationship with key subcontractors
• Ensure deliverables from subcontractors (drawings, specifications, schedules) arrive on time and to the standard required for client submission
• Manage variation orders, scope changes, and contract deviations with clients and subcontractors; document and close them formally

Financial Tracking & Collections Support

• Track project milestone-based billing; coordinate with accounts to ensure invoices are raised at the right time against the right milestones
• Support collection from clients where outstanding payments are tied to project delivery milestones or document approvals
• Flag project cost overruns or margin risks; maintain project-level P&L visibility

Requirements

Essential

• 1220 years in solar or renewable energy EPC, with at least 5 years in a Project Manager or senior delivery role on large-scale (50 MW+) projects
• Has personally represented an EPC company in project review meetings with PSU clients SECI, NTPC, BHEL, DVC, GAIL, or equivalent at director or senior engineer level, and can handle difficult rooms
• Proven track record of driving projects to commissioning under schedule pressure, with documented recovery plans and milestone adherence
• Experience managing multi-project portfolios simultaneously not just one project at a time
• Strong written and verbal communication in English; can draft a project status report or a schedule recovery plan without assistance
• Has managed site teams directly, including Site Incharges and subcontractors, with accountability for on-ground execution

Preferred

• Prior experience at Sterling Wilson, L&T Renewable, Tata Power Solar, Jakson, or Mahindra Susten familiarity with how these organisations work as EPC clients
• Exposure to SECI's project management and approval processes specifically
• Experience managing electrical subcontractors and coordinating electrical design deliverables