General Manager Project Execution

Apollo Green Energy Limited; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Apollo Green Energy Limited seeks a seasoned Portfolio Director to steer multi-site execution across industrial, infrastructure, and energy projects. You will lead Site Heads, optimize master schedules, and drive risk-managed delivery of large-scale assets.

You will oversee HSSE, QA/QC, and regulatory approvals, while negotiating with sub-contractors and vendors to safeguard project margins and timely handover to O&M teams.

Qualifications

• Experience leading multi-site, multi-billion dollar infrastructure projects.
• Strong knowledge of FIDIC/ EPC contracts and claims handling.
• Experience with EVM, cost control, and cash-flow optimization.

Responsibilities

• Provide executive leadership to Site Heads and project teams.
• Establish governance models, master schedules, and resource frameworks.
• Oversee HSSE, QA/QC, and regulatory compliance across sites.
• Lead subcontractor selection, contract administration, and change orders.
• Coordinate with procurement to align engineering release with site schedules.
• Monitor KPIs: schedule milestones, cost variance, and closeouts.

Skills

Portfolio governance

Program management

Contractor management

HSSE leadership

QA/QC oversight

Stakeholder management

Earned value management

Budget & cash flow control

Tools

MS Project

Primavera P6

Job description

Role & responsibilities

1. Portfolio Governance & Strategic Execution

• Provide executive leadership to multiple Site Heads, and project management team.
• Establish robust project governance models, master execution schedules (MS project / Primavera P6), and resource optimization frameworks.
• Monitor cross-portfolio performance metrics, proactively mitigate critical path delays, and deploy crisis-management strategies for complex site issues.
• Take full financial accountability for execution phases, managing multi-billion dollar budgets, optimizing cash flows, and protecting project gross margins.

2. Sector-Specific Execution Oversight

• Industrial & Infrastructure: Oversee large-scale civil works, structural steel erection, heavy equipment foundations, and complex plant layouts for manufacturing or process plants.
• Oil & Gas (Onshore/Offshore): Manage high-stakes cross-country pipelining, refinery units, petrochemical processing setups, or storage terminals with strict adherence to API standards.
• Thermal Power Plants: Supervise the construction, erection, and commissioning of super-critical boilers, steam turbines, generators, coal-handling plants, and balance of plant (BOP) systems.
• Solar Power & Renewables: Direct fast-track, large-acreage deployment of multi-megawatt ground-mounted solar farms, tracker installations, Pooling Substations (up to 400kV/765kV), and transmission lines.

3. Contractor Management & High-Stakes Negotiations

• Lead the strategic qualification, selection, and performance monitoring of sub-contractors, specialized vendors, and labor unions.
• Champion contract administration by deploying effective change-order management, resolving complex claims, and mitigating disputes using FIDIC or customized EPC contract terms.
• Align with Procurement to match engineering-release sequences and factory supply pipelines with actual site erection schedules to prevent costly site delays.

4. HSSE, Quality Assurance & Regulatory Compliance

• Enforce an institutional, zero-compromise Health, Safety, Security, and Environment (HSSE) culture across all sites, targeting Zero Lost Time Injuries (LTI).
• Implement rigorous corporate Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) programs matching statutory codes (ASME, IEEE, API, IEC) to ensure plant reliability and performance guarantees.
• Direct the team in acquiring critical statutory clearances, environmental clearances, chief electrical inspector (CEIG) approvals, and local administrative permissions.

Preferred candidate profile

Technical & Professional Competencies

• Multi-Disciplinary Technical Literacy: Deep understanding of mechanical piping, heavy civil foundations, high-voltage electrical grid charging, and complex automation/SCADA systems.
• Commercial Strategy: Advanced skills in project finance, risk identification, contract law, variance analysis, and earned value management (EVM).
• Stakeholder Management: Exceptional capability to build relationships and interface with central/state ministries, global IPPs, public sector undertakings (PSUs), and regulatory boards.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Portfolio-wide adherence to Scheduled Commercial Operation Dates / Project Milestones.
• Cost variance control (maintaining project execution expenses within or below the approved baseline budget).
• Smooth project closeout, performance guarantee (PG) test clearance, and handover to client O&M teams.