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Confidential opportunity · Electrical engineering · Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Head of projects department(M/F) around fifteen project managers, a team to hold together

Prendre la tête d'une quinzaine de chefs de projet, sur des équipements électriques fabriqués à l'affaire, en Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Jobs

  • ≈ 15

    project managers

  • 0

    series

  • Full

    order book

  • 80-85k€

    Annual gross · Permanent contract managerial grade

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

The role in 30 seconds

The essentials,before the detail

Who you report to

Site management.

What you need to know

The position is vacant and the team has seen departures: it needs to be put back on its feet.

Before you read on

Minimum required, to be ticked in full

  • At least 5 years of advanced project management in low-voltage industrial electrical work: cost, schedule, contract, amendments
  • Direct management experience, at least 5 to 6 people
  • Fluent English: part of the team works in English
  • Engineering degree in electrical engineering or automation, or equivalent background
  • Able to relocate near the site, in Burgundy-Franche-Comté

Ideal, what puts you ahead

  • Un passé chez un fabricant d'ensembles ou de composants électriques
  • A project engineer who has run project management end to end
  • Long, heavy projects in a standards-driven environment

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

The criteria that count: At least 5 years of in-depth project management in low-voltage industrial electrical work: cost, schedule, contract, change orders · Direct management already done, at least 5 to 6 people · Fluent English: part of the team works in English.

01 · The company

Confidential assignment

Who is hiring,without its name

A French manufacturer, in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. 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

  • ≈ 15

    project managers

    Direct reports, some work in English

  • 0

    series

    Chaque équipement part d'un cahier des charges client et se câble à la main

  • Full

    order book

    In energy and industry, for several years

  • 80-85k€

    fixed

    Plus a manager bonus of up to 15%, not guaranteed

02 · The role

Head of projects department · permanent executive contract

What you do,in practice

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

🔌 Responsable du service projets · équipement électrique · Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

🔎 Le contexte, sans filtre

Un site industriel conçoit et fabrique des équipements électriques sur mesure. Tout se fait à l'affaire, jamais en série : chaque commande part du cahier des charges d'un client, passe par un bureau d'études interne, puis est montée et câblée à la main. Le carnet de commandes est rempli pour plusieurs années, sur l'énergie et l'industrie.

Le service projets compte une quinzaine de chefs de projet, dont une partie travaille en anglais. Le poste de responsable est vacant et l'équipe a connu des départs : aujourd'hui, tout remonte à la direction du site. Vous remettez une strate de management entre elle et l'équipe, et vous tenez la marge de chaque affaire.

🎯 Vos missions

  • Management : une quinzaine de personnes en hiérarchique ; objectifs, entretiens annuels, charge et capacité, montée en compétences, intégration des nouveaux arrivants
  • Processus projet : piloter la façon de conduire un projet, les comités d'ouverture, les jalons et le reporting financier à l'avancement ; être le référent contractuel de l'équipe
  • Contrats et marge : garantir la marge et le taux achat/vente ; chaque modification demandée en cours d'affaire devient un avenant chiffré ; risques de change, incoterms et garanties, facturation, recouvrement et mainlevée des cautions
  • Client : reprendre la main quand un contrat coince, expliquer un retard de pièce, représenter le site auprès des donneurs d'ordres, lancer les affaires avec le commerce
  • Vos propres affaires : vous pilotez aussi quelques projets en direct
  • Reporting : avancement, budget, écarts et retours d'affaire à la direction et au commerce

💡 Pourquoi un bon chef de projet senior viendrait ici

  • Une vraie équipe : du management hiérarchique, pas seulement du pilotage transverse
  • Une activité assurée : un carnet de commandes rempli pour plusieurs années
  • Du sur-mesure de haut niveau : des équipements exigeants, pour des clients exigeants
  • Une méthode à écrire : des pratiques projet à poser et à faire appliquer
  • Une évolution rapide : pas de règle des trois ans avant de monter

⚠️ Les vrais challenges

  • Une équipe à remettre d'aplomb après des départs, avec des arrivées à intégrer
  • Des approvisionnements tendus : composants et matières, des priorités arbitrées chaque semaine, des clients à tenir informés
  • Des modifications à faire payer : longtemps offertes au client, elles passent désormais en avenant, une discipline à tenir
  • Des normes et une documentation exigeantes sur une partie des affaires : l'entreprise vous y forme
  • Des avantages modestes : la rémunération tient dans le fixe, les primes ne tombent pas chaque année
  • Un poste sur site, le télétravail reste ponctuel

03 · The trade

The trade's value chain

One project, from specification to invoiceand the part that falls to you

The trade · Illustration photo
  1. Specification
  2. Opening committee
  3. Design office
  4. Procurement
  5. Assembly and wiring
  6. Invoicing

Chaque équipement vendu est une affaire : vos chefs de projet la conduisent de bout en bout, vous tenez la méthode, les contrats et la marge.

Volta Executive · outline diagram, taken from the role brief

04 · The organisation

Your place

A clear place,at the right level

The role is vacant: today, everything goes up to site management. You put a layer of management back between it and the team.

We tell you frankly

The position is vacant and the team has seen departures: it needs to be put back on its feet. Supply is tight, priorities are reshuffled every week and the client has to be kept informed. Changes during a project, long given away, now go through change orders. Benefits are modest: the pay is in the fixed salary. And the job is on site, remote work stays occasional.

05 · You, and the framework

What matters

The must-haves,non-negotiable

  • At least 5 years of advanced project management in low-voltage industrial electrical work: cost, schedule, contract, amendments
  • Direct management experience, at least 5 to 6 people
  • Fluent English: part of the team works in English
  • Engineering degree in electrical engineering or automation, or equivalent background
  • Able to relocate near the site, in Burgundy-Franche-Comté

What makes the difference

  • A plus

    Un passé chez un fabricant d'ensembles ou de composants électriques

  • A plus

    A project engineer who has run project management end to end

  • A plus

    Long, heavy projects in a standards-driven environment

  • Won't work

    Never managed a team directly

  • Won't work

    A purely service-sector background

  • Won't work

    No project run for years

  • Won't work

    Unable to relocate near the site

The salary, plainly

80 to 85k€

gross per year

  • €80,000 to €85,000 fixed salary
  • A fixed salary that can absorb your current bonuses, within the range
  • Manager bonus of up to 15%, not guaranteed
  • Annual day-count basis
  • Permanent managerial contract on an annual day-count basis (forfait jours)
  • On site in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, occasional remote work
  • Around fifteen project managers reporting to you
  • Fast progression: no three-year rule before moving up

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

Head of projects department (M/F), Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

  • 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?

Responsable du service projets en CDI, statut cadre, en Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Prendre la tête d'une quinzaine de chefs de projet, sur des équipements électriques fabriqués à l'affaire, en Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

What is the pay?

€80k to €85k gross per year, depending on profile and experience.

What are the essential criteria (must-haves)?

At least 5 years of in-depth project management in low-voltage industrial electrical work: cost, schedule, contract, change orders; Direct management already done, at least 5 to 6 people; Fluent English: part of the team works in English; Engineering degree in electrical engineering or automation, or equivalent background; Able to settle near the site, in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Which profiles are not a fit?

Never managed a team directly; A background only in commercial buildings; No project run for years; Unable to settle near the site. An application outside the criteria gets 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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