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Volta Executive is an executive search firm specialising in the energy industry. We recruit by direct search plant, site and operations directors, executive committee members and key managers: energy recovery, energy efficiency, BESS and HV/LV, decarbonisation, manufacturing. 112 Google reviews, rated 5/5.
Hiring an industrial executive: the benchmarks
Three market benchmarks published by Apec, three proofs published on this site. Every figure carries its source.
The sectors of our leadership mandates
Five areas of expertise in the energy industry, including the manufacturing industry that makes its equipment, and neighbouring sectors on assignment.
Energy-from-waste
EfW, SRF, biomass, cogeneration, district heating
Energy efficiency
Energy performance, industrial utilities, energy savings certificates
BESS, HV/LV, power
Storage, power conversion, MV/HV connection
Decarbonisation
Electrification, low-carbon heat, investment programmes
Manufacturing industry
Electrical and mechanical equipment plants, special machinery
Nuclear
Operations, maintenance, major projects
Chemicals & pharmaceuticals
Process, production, quality
Aerospace & defence
Production, quality, supply chain
The leadership roles that we hire
From managing director to the key manager of a site, in order of responsibility.
Every mandate is led by Florian Beurtey, engineer from Mines Saint-Étienne and AgroParisTech, ten years in plants at EDF and Safran. He personally assesses the technical and managerial level of every finalist.
Volta Executive · executive search for industry and energy
The course of a leadership mandate
Five steps, from scoping the mandate to integrating the executive hired. 96% success rate over 120 assignments analysed between 2023 and 2025, Volta Executive and previous firms.
Mandate scoping and scorecard
D+11-hour scoping session with the future manager: expected results at twelve months, real budget, skills ranked by priority. You leave with a scorecard.
Mapping and direct search
D+1-3Mapping the search ecosystem: the companies, sites and roles where the executive exists. Direct and confidential approach to people in post.
Technical and managerial assessment
D+4-9In-depth interviews: results achieved, team leadership, understanding of the site, motivations. Assessment by the founder, an engineer from Mines and AgroParisTech.
Shortlist presentation
D+103 to 5 finalists presented with their scorecard assessment and their real financial expectations. Shortlist within 10 days, hire within 3 weeks.
Negotiation and integration
D+90Negotiation, counter-offer, then 90-day integration follow-up. 3-month replacement guarantee, extendable to 6.
Why choose Volta Executive as your industrial recruitment firm?
An executive search firm founded by an engineer from Mines and AgroParisTech: direct search, exclusive mandate, technical and managerial assessment, written guarantee.
A founder who is an engineer
Florian Beurtey, engineer from Mines Saint-Étienne and AgroParisTech, ten years in plants at EDF and Safran, leads every mandate and personally assesses the technical and managerial level.
A network of 18,000 professionals
Executives and managers from industry and energy, approached directly. The finalists presented are mostly in post.
Direct search, exclusive mandate
One firm on the role, one message to the market. The executives able to hold the post are in post and do not read adverts.
Guarantee and 90-day follow-up
3-month replacement guarantee, extendable to 6, and integration follow-up at days 7, 30, 60 and 90, included in the fees.
Shortlist within 10 days
Shortlist within 10 days, hire within 3 weeks by direct search, when the reply arrives within 48 hours and the mandate is entrusted exclusively.
Mandate confidentiality
The client's name is only given to an executive approached after a first interview. Confidential mandates are detailed under NDA.
Need an industry headhunter ?
Entrust us with a leadership role. Shortlist within 10 days, hire within 3 weeks, integration follow-up of 90 days.
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Industrial recruitment firm and executive search
Volta Executive is an executive search firm based in Paris, specialising in the energy industry and in the manufacturing industry that makes its equipment. The firm recruits by direct search, under an exclusive and confidential mandate, executives in post who do not respond to adverts.
Founded by Florian Beurtey, engineer from Mines Saint-Étienne and AgroParisTech, the firm runs its mandates across France: Paris Île-de-France, Lyon, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Nantes, Marseille, Grenoble. It recruits managing directors, operations directors, plant and site directors, technical, quality and QHSE directors, and the key managers of a site, for mid-sized companies and French and international groups.