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Confidential opportunity · Maintenance and technical services · Réunion

Industrial maintenance branch director(M/F) a branch to run like your own

An industrial maintenance branch to run as if it were your own company, in Réunion, and an area of the island to take over.

Jobs

  • P&L

    you run the numbers

  • 10years+

    of service for your activity manager

  • 0

    team and portfolio in the area to take over

  • 78-104k€

    Annual gross · Permanent contract senior executive grade

Volta Executive · role fileThe company name is given if your profile is selected

The role in 30 seconds

The essentials,before the detail

What you hold

Own the P&L · Carry safety · Stabilise the team.

Who you report to

Management, profit centre.

What you need to know

There is a lot of work on the island, and the pace is sustained.

Before you read on

Minimum required, to be ticked in full

  • P&L: at least 5 years as branch director or business owner, on an entity of at least €5 million
  • Technical: expertise in industrial electrical engineering, low voltage, works and maintenance
  • Management: several managers reporting directly, from project managers to portfolios of around €1 million
  • Budget: built on commercial forecasts, validated, then delivered
  • Life project: mobility already experienced, a partner with their own plans on the island

Ideal, what puts you ahead

  • Ideal: 10 years heading an entity of at least €5m
  • Years spent overseas or abroad
  • A culture of maintenance and small works
  • Time spent in a structured technical services company, or running an SME

Far from the minimum? An open application will serve you better.

The criteria that matter: P&L: at least 5 years as branch director or business owner, on an entity of at least €5 million · Technical: expertise in industrial electrical engineering, low voltage, works and maintenance · Management: several managers reporting directly, from project managers to portfolios of around €1 million.

01 · The company

Confidential assignment

Who is hiring,without its name

A technical services provider to industry, long established in La Réunion. Its name is given to you if your profile is selected. Volta Executive runs the search end to end.

The type of site · Illustration photo

  • P&L

    you run the numbers

    a demanding profit target, every euro won or lost in front of you

  • 10years+

    of service for your activity manager

    an organisation that holds together, to be relayed without antagonising it

  • 0

    team and portfolio in the area to take over

    the company is known there, everything remains to be put in place

  • 78k€

    annual gross minimum, excluding variable

    remoteness and cost of living factored in, plus variable pay and matched savings

02 · The role

Industrial maintenance branch director · Permanent contract, senior executive status

What you do,in practice

  1. Own the P&L

    Budget built, validated, then delivered, with analytical tracking. The profit target is demanding: if the branch earns two euros, you see it in your own accounts.

  2. Drive safety

    It shows in how the management team behaves, not on posters. You drive it yourself, down to the project managers, QSE and the field.

  3. Stabilise the team

    You keep at least the same teams, you limit turnover and you prepare the succession of the longest-serving staff. Your activity manager has been there for over ten years: he knows the clients better than you do, he is a support.

  4. Empower people

    Some of the project managers are younger and need a framework. You give them clear objectives instead of covering for their gaps.

  5. Stay on maintenance

    Real maintenance and small works, for energy, water, food processing and the rest of the island's industry. The large projects are not within your remit.

  6. Take over the uncovered area

    One area of the island has neither a dedicated team nor a portfolio, even though the company is well known there. Once the existing business is under control, you put in place a team, a project manager and a first portfolio.

  7. Roll out the strategy

    You take over the commercial vision set above you, make it your own and roll it out for the branch, CSR included, following your clients at management level.

The context

The role,unfiltered

The context, what draws a strong profile and the real challenges, written as they are.

On the ground · Illustration photo

🔧 Directeur d'agence · maintenance industrielle · La Réunion

🔎 Le contexte, sans filtre

Un acteur des services techniques à l'industrie, installé de longue date et connu de toute l'île. Vous prenez son agence de maintenance récurrente et de petits travaux : plusieurs millions d'euros d'activité, que vous dirigez comme votre entreprise. Si l'agence gagne deux euros, vous le voyez, parce que c'est vous qui tenez les comptes. L'objectif de résultat est exigeant.

Le périmètre est net : de la vraie maintenance et des petits travaux, chez l'énergie, l'eau, l'agroalimentaire et le reste de l'industrie de l'île. Les grands chantiers ne sont pas dans votre agence. L'organisation tient déjà : un responsable d'activité maintenance en poste depuis plus de dix ans, des chargés d'affaires expérimentés et d'autres plus jeunes. Une zone de l'île reste à reprendre : la maison y est connue, mais il n'y a encore ni équipe dédiée, ni portefeuille.

💡 Pourquoi un directeur d'agence viendrait ici

  • Un vrai compte de résultat : vous décidez, et vous voyez l'effet de vos décisions dans vos comptes
  • Une maison qui tient : vous n'arrivez pas sur un champ de ruines, l'équipe et les clients sont là
  • Une croissance à portée de main : une zone où le nom est déjà connu et où personne ne sert encore les clients

⚠️ Ce qui vous attend

  • Des anciens en place : ils connaissent les clients mieux que vous, à relayer sans les braquer
  • Responsabiliser sans pallier : les plus jeunes ont besoin de cadre, pas d'un directeur qui fait à leur place
  • Une zone qui part de zéro : équipe, portefeuille, tout est à poser
  • De la maintenance, pas des grands chantiers : si vous rêvez de gros projets, passez votre chemin
  • Un rythme soutenu : on travaille beaucoup sur l'île

03 · The trade

The trade's value chain

The trade in one lineand the part that falls to you

The trade · Illustration photo
  1. Framework contract
  2. Maintenance
  3. Small works
  4. Client follow-up
  5. New clients

First hold maintenance and small works, then open the area of the island that nobody serves yet.

Volta Executive · outline diagram, taken from the role brief

04 · The organisation

Your place

A clear place,at the right level

An organisation that holds together, to be relayed without antagonising it, and an area of the island where everything remains to be put in place.

We tell you frankly

There is a lot of work on the island, and the pace is sustained. You join an organisation already in place: an activity manager of over ten years' standing and experienced project managers to be relayed without antagonising them, others who are younger and need a framework. The area to take over starts from zero. And it really is maintenance and small works: if you want big projects, this is not the right role.

05 · You, and the framework

What matters

The must-haves,non-negotiable

  • P&L: at least 5 years as branch director or business owner, on an entity of at least €5 million
  • Technical: expertise in industrial electrical engineering, low voltage, works and maintenance
  • Management: several managers reporting directly, from project managers to portfolios of around €1 million
  • Budget: built on commercial forecasts, validated, then delivered
  • Life project: mobility already experienced, a partner with their own plans on the island

What makes the difference

  • A plus

    Ideal: 10 years heading an entity of at least €5m

  • A plus

    Years spent overseas or abroad

  • A plus

    A culture of maintenance and small works

  • A plus

    Time spent in a structured technical services company, or running an SME

  • Won't work

    You have never been responsible for a P&L

  • Won't work

    Your background is mostly tertiary sector (except very large tertiary projects), made up of big projects or automation, with no industrial electrical engineering or maintenance culture

  • Won't work

    You are coming for the quality of life or to give your relationship a fresh start

  • Won't work

    You have never managed a budget

The salary, plainly

78 to 104k€

gross per year

  • Fixed salary excluding variable pay, remoteness and cost of living included
  • Performance contract
  • Profit-sharing, employee participation, matched savings plan
  • Permanent contract, senior executive status, full time, reporting to management
  • La Réunion, full on-site presence
  • Performance contract, profit sharing, employee participation, matched savings
  • Sustained pace

What happens next, in two steps

  1. You send your CVon this page, in two minutes
  2. If your profile matches, we will get in touchFlorian Beurtey, who leads the assignment

This role isn't quite right for you? Do not apply to this role: your CV would be read against its criteria, not yours. Send an open application instead, I read it for my other assignments, most of which are never published.

Do you tick the required minimum? Apply here, you will get a straight answer.

Open application

06 · Your application

Send your CV

Industrial maintenance branch director (M/F), La Réunion

  • No account needed.
  • Every CV is read against the requirements of the role.
  • If your profile matches, we will get in touch.

Your CV stays confidential.

Drop your CV hereor click to choose it · PDF or Word, 10 MB max

Frequently asked questions

What candidatesask first

What is the role and where is it based?

Industrial maintenance branch director on a permanent contract, senior executive status, in La Réunion. An industrial maintenance branch to run like your own business in La Réunion, and an area of the island to take over.

What is the pay?

€78-104k gross per year, depending on profile and experience.

What are the essential criteria (must-haves)?

P&L: at least 5 years as branch director or business owner, on an entity of at least €5 million; Technical: expertise in industrial electrical engineering, low voltage, works and maintenance; Management: several managers reporting directly, from project managers to portfolios of around €1 million; Budget: built on commercial forecasts, validated, then delivered; Life project: mobility already experienced, a partner with their own plans on the island.

Which profiles are not a fit?

You have never been responsible for a P&L; Your background is mostly tertiary sector (except very large tertiary projects), made up of big projects or automation, with no industrial electrical engineering or maintenance culture; You are coming for the quality of life or to give your relationship a fresh start; You have never managed a budget. An application outside the criteria receives no reply.

How to apply?

You send your CV on the job page. If your profile matches, Volta Executive will contact you. The client's name is shared if your profile is selected.

Who is hiring?

Volta Executive, a recruitment and executive search firm for industry and energy, founded by Florian Beurtey, an engineer who graduated from the École des Mines de Saint-Étienne and AgroParisTech. The assignment is confidential.

Who is hiring

Volta Executive,an engineer who hires engineers

Volta Executive is a recruitment and executive search firm for industry and the energy transition, in France and internationally: energy-from-waste (EfW, SRF), biomass and cogeneration, district heating, anaerobic digestion, energy efficiency, energy storage, electrical engineering. Florian Beurtey, an engineer from Mines Saint-Étienne and AgroParisTech, who has worked at EDF, Safran and INRAE, leads every assignment and meets every candidate before presenting them.

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