Production Manager

Location: Rochester, NY

Date: March 1st-April 30th

Reports To: Managing Director

Department: Production

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POSITION OVERVIEW 

Production Manager is a critical leadership decision, as this role oversees production, quality, safety, and operational efficiency across the entire plant. The ideal candidate should have direct experience in photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturing, along with strong knowledge of lean manufacturing, yield optimization, and equipment integration. They must also be capable of building and managing multidisciplinary teams, implementing robust quality systems, and ensuring compliance with U.S. regulatory, safety, and environmental standards. In addition, the Production Manager plays a key role in scaling production, reducing cost per watt, and supporting strategic objectives such as domestic content requirements and eligibility for federal incentives like the IRA. Strong leadership, technical depth, and operational discipline are essential to successfully launch and operate a competitive U.S.-based solar module facility.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

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• Manage the teams activity and perform the production related tasks in the operation safely and efficiently for production employees.
• Schedule the production related tasks in the operation safely and efficiently for production employees.
• Responsible for assurance of necessary materials for production employees to complete their tasks.
• Based on the scheduled production need, will prepare the necessary raw materials to be available/purchased in due time.
• Supervise the work with the purchasing as well as quality departments.
• Ability to multi-task is required in order to efficiently optimize performance of the production line.
• Other associated responsibilities may include testing, cleaning, module QC, and packing; or assisting in other areas as necessary and required. 
• Complete all required process documentation and logs.
• Highlight any quality issues or deficiencies on the production line.
• Work with maintenance group to achieve optimum uptime of equipment.
• Verify the quality of the product.
• Train employees in specific production operations.
• Help to ensure adequate staff and training to minimize impact of down equipment on production schedule.
• Supports and motivates all the teams and employees. 
• Works with all the Managers and supervisors to help identify and resolve employee issues which may include disciplinary matters.
• Helps with identifying appropriate training needs of employees and communicating those needs to the Supervisors operators and technicians.
• Follow all safety and safe operating procedures including the wearing and/or use of protective clothing, eyewear and other safety related gear. 

QUALIFICATIONS

Experience & Educational Requirements

• 4 years in Solar manufacturing environment with experience in machinery operations, and production management is required.
• Prior experience in managing a Solar Module Factory is required.
• Must be authorized to work in USA.

Key competencies

• Previous experience of Solar Panel manufacturing is required for this position
• Detailed oriented individual 
• Strong measurement skills and analytical aptitude
• Good troubleshooting and problem solving abilities
• Experience with machine level programming of code
• PC experience - MS Word, Excel, ERP. 
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Comfortable making decisions quickly based on available data
• Having a can-do attitude and willing to work though problems to meet production requirements
• Willing to work under stress and odd hours to maintain production 

Work environment

This position requires the individual to be in good physical condition as well as to possess a certain amount of manual dexterity. The work may involve handling (i.e. standing, walking, bending over, and lifting) of a very thin (120 µm thickness wafers) as well as different other brittle and sensitive materials.

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SALARY EXPECTATION

• $130K-150K Annual (including benefits) Bonus potential for equity based compensation based on experience