Search firm engineer

Engineers with two to five years' experience or more, for manager and senior executive roles: technical directors, project and new-build directors, process, maintenance, HSE and quality managers, and the experts a site depends on. Some twenty engineers hired in 2026.

No. A graduate role is well filled through a job advert. Direct search is for when the right profile is in post and does not read job adverts: that is the case for experienced engineers, managers and senior executives.

According to the Volta Executive 2026 barometer, as fixed salary and on a national basis: from €30k to €48k at the start of a career depending on the specialism, up to €90k after ten years for a batteries / BESS engineer. The full grid, specialism by specialism, is on the engineer salary 2026 page.

Structured interview with a sector-specific technical grid, analysis of quantified achievements (production, CAPEX, cost reduction), team leadership, and cross-validation with the client in a technical interview if necessary. The assessment is carried out by the founder, an engineer from Mines Saint-Étienne and AgroParisTech.

Yes, across France. The firm is based in Paris and runs its mandates on industrial sites in every region.

The energy industry: energy recovery (EfW, SRF, biomass, cogeneration, district heating), energy efficiency, power electronics, BESS and HV/LV, decarbonisation, and the manufacturing industry that makes their equipment. The firm also works in neighbouring sectors: nuclear, chemicals, agri-food, aerospace and defence.

Both: industrial mid-sized companies and subsidiaries of French and international groups.

At Volta Executive, the shortlist arrives within 10 days and the hire is concluded within 3 weeks by direct search, provided we get a reply within 48 hours and the mandate is entrusted exclusively. The notice period of the executive hired then comes on top. For a rare speciality, the mapping of the search ecosystem is simply wider.

25% of the annual gross package for one role, 23% per role from two similar roles (same function, same level) entrusted together. A deposit of one third of the fees at launch, deducted from the final invoice, balance on signature of the employment offer. Mandate entrusted exclusively. 3-month replacement guarantee, extendable to 6, and 90-day integration follow-up included.

None at Volta Executive: every hire of an engineer who leads is run as an executive search mandate, by direct and confidential search, under an exclusive mandate, with a shortlist within 10 days.