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6 hires for the ELAURIS group, special machinery, electrical cabinets and automation

A fast-growing industrial group from Brittany: equipment manufacturer, special machinery, electrical cabinets, industrial electricity and automation. Six permanent roles filled in six months in scarce-skill trades, in Loudéac, far from the major cities.

Watch the testimonialAll the roles hired

  • 6

    permanent roles filled in 6 months

  • 3-8wk

    per role, versus 6 to 12 months alone

  • 100%

    still in post at 18 months

  • 90j

    of onboarding follow-up per hire

01 · The testimonial

What the client says

Alain Rougier,chairman of the ELAURIS group

I warmly recommend the firm Volta Executive and Florian Beurtey in particular, with whom I worked and exchanged extensively in 2025. This resulted in many qualified profiles being put forward and 6 hires successfully completed in record time. To be continued in 2026 on the same terms!

Alain RougierChairman of the ELAURIS group · Google review
  • The trust between an executive and their firm
  • Hiring where most fail
  • Attracting talent to critical roles
  • Before, during and 90 days after
  • The reality of the industrial field in Brittany
  • The hiring challenges of 2026

02 · The account

The six permanent roles filled

From the design office to the worksite,six scarce-skill trades

Six assignments run in parallel across several group entities, each filled in 3 to 8 weeks.

In total

6

permanent roles filled, January to June 2025

Eight roles targeted at the outset, six filled in six months. All six hires still in post at 18 months.

  • 3Design and engineering office
  • 1Automation
  • 2Works and projects

  • 3positions filled

    Design and engineering office

    Diagrams, sizing, design studies for cabinets and special machinery.

    • Design office managerGeffelec - ESP · 7 weeksLeading a design office team of 4 to 6 people, validating electrical studies, interfacing with industrial clients.
    • Electrical designerOIE · 5 weeksElectrical diagrams in EPLAN and SEE Electrical, HV/LV installations, wiring of cabinets and enclosures.
    • Electrical design office technicianGeffelec · 6 weeksSizing calculations, main LV switchboards (TGBT), distribution cabinets and wiring of special machinery.

  • 1role filled

    Automation

    The rarest profile on the market: fewer than 30 available in France.

    • Industrial automation engineerSegi2a · 4 weeksSchneider and Siemens PLCs, SCADA, industrial supervision, HMI.

  • 2positions filled

    Works and projects

    The people who run the worksites and the client accounts.

    • Electrical project managerOIE and Segi2a · 8 weeksB2B development in industry and tertiary, estimating, projects from €50k to €500k, managing field teams.
    • Electrical site foremanSBAI · 3 weeksTeams of 5 to 10 people, subcontractors, progress and safety on live industrial sites.

03 · The group

The client

An industrial group from Brittany,six complementary entities

Special machinery, electrical cabinets, industrial electricity, automation and renewable energy, for the food industry, water treatment, anaerobic digestion, logistics, tertiary and industry.

Industrial automation and robotics line
Automation and robotics
Industrial water treatment installations
Water treatment
Anaerobic digestion site
Anaerobic digestion

  1. Geffelec – ESP Industrie

    Electrical cabinets, special machinery

    Loire-Atlantique

  2. Segi2a

    Electrical distribution, TGBT, automation

    Brittany

  3. OIE

    Ouest Industrie Électricité, HV/LV installations

    Finistère

  4. SBAI

    Tertiary and industrial electrical work

    Morbihan

  5. Breizh Robotique

    Automation and robotisation

    Brittany

  6. Voltino

    Photovoltaics and charging points

    Brittany

04 · The challenge

Context and stakes

A market under extreme pressure,far from the major cities

In 2025, the group enters a phase of operational growth: six strategic hires to run at the same time, in scarce-skill trades, in inland Brittany.

  1. Profiles you cannot find

    Automation and industrial electricity: fewer than 30 available profiles across the whole of France at any given time. Most generalist firms fail on these trades.

  2. An unattractive area

    Loudéac, outside the major cities: scarce profiles prefer Paris, Lyon or Nantes.

  3. Eight roles in parallel

    Initial target: eight simultaneous roles in six months, across several group entities.

  4. Every month of vacancy has a price

    On your own: 6 to 12 months per role in these trades, and every month of vacancy weighs on live contracts.

05 · The method

How we worked

Zero ads,one hundred per cent direct search

  1. Scoping the six assignments

    Critical skills, technical environments and onboarding stakes for each group entity, before the first call.

  2. Confidential direct search

    No public advertisement. Targeted mapping of the industrial electricity and automation ecosystem, direct search only.

  3. Technical selection

    Reading electrical diagrams, PLC programming, electrical cabinets: shortlists of 3 to 5 qualified profiles at most.

  4. 90-day onboarding follow-up

    Check-ins at day 7, 30, 60 and 90 for each of the six hires. All still in post at 18 months.

Trust built over time

Transparency, quality of dialogue and field reality, not sales promises.

A foothold in Brittany

The area's attractiveness constraints understood, local networks activated, a suitable mobility strategy.

First confidential conversation

Scarce profilesto hire in the regions?

Confidential direct search, industry and electricity expertise, 90-day onboarding follow-up. Thirty minutes to scope the role, free and with no commitment.

Our full track record

Reply within 48 h · shortlist within 10 days · hire within 3 weeks