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Confidential opportunity · Electrical engineering · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Electrical Engineering Manager(M/F) a department moving up to high voltage

A young, trained team of electrical engineers, with no turnover. Projects moving up towards full high voltage. You take over the department and take it through that step.

Jobs

  • < 15

    Engineers to manage

  • 5years

    Minimum required

  • excl. VAT

    The issue that decides

  • 55-75k€

    Annual gross · Permanent contract managerial grade

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The role in 30 seconds

The essentials,before the detail

What you hold

Size and select · Run electrical studies · Maintain compliance.

Who you report to

Technical management, taking over the department.

What you need to know

The step up to high voltage is the real issue, and the team does not yet have full maturity on it.

Before you read on

Minimum required, to be ticked in full

  • You have already managed an electrical engineering department or team
  • At least 5 years in power electrical engineering: electrotechnics and power electronics
  • You can design and size power equipment: a transformer, cables, protections, a main LV switchboard (TGBT)
  • You have carried out network studies yourself: load flow, short-circuit, harmonics, arc flash
  • You apply IEC standards and grid connection codes day to day
  • Fluent French and English
  • On-site presence in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, no remote working

Ideal, what puts you ahead

  • Ideally: both high and low voltage. Full high-voltage sizing makes the difference from day one
  • Protection settings and project tracking tools
  • Some notions of automation

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

The criteria that matter: You have already managed an electrical engineering department or team · At least 5 years in power electrical engineering: electrotechnics and power electronics · You can design and size power equipment: a transformer, cables, protections, a main LV switchboard (TGBT).

01 · The company

Confidential assignment

Who is hiring,without its name

An international industrial group in the energy sector. Its name is given to you if your profile is shortlisted. Volta Executive runs the search end to end.

The type of site · Illustration photo

  • < 15

    Engineers to manage

    A young team, largely trained in-house, with no notable turnover

  • 5years

    Minimum required

    In power electrical engineering

  • excl. VAT

    The issue that decides

    High voltage opens the door to medium and low voltage, never the other way round

  • 180j

    To take back control

    You lead the most demanding projects

02 · The role

Electrical Engineering Manager · permanent contract, cadre status

What you do,in practice

  1. Size and select

    Transformers, cables, circuit breakers, protections, main LV switchboards. Projects are moving from conventional distribution to full high voltage: every choice weighs more than before.

  2. Run electrical studies

    Load flow, short-circuit, protection coordination, earthing, harmonics, arc flash. You validate the team's studies and carry out the hardest ones yourself.

  3. Maintain compliance

    IEC standards and grid connection codes in the target countries, project after project. You are the one who vouches that the sizing holds.

  4. Manage without micromanaging

    The team is young and expects real delegation. You set up a skills development plan and move each engineer from small projects to large ones.

  5. Align the three disciplines

    Electrical, mechanical and automation work must move forward together on the same project. You are the identified electrical contact for the other two units.

  6. Support bids

    You cost and challenge technical bids with the sales team, from the pre-sales phase.

  7. Standardise the department

    Common equipment across projects, key suppliers qualified, first review processes, calculation templates. A lot of know-how still sits in very few heads.

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 Ingénierie Électrique · énergie et industrie · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

🧭 Le contexte, sans filtre

Le service d'ingénierie électrique est jeune, et l'activité a grossi vite. Vous reprenez une équipe de moins d'une quinzaine d'ingénieurs, plutôt jeunes, formés en grande partie en interne, sans turnover marquant. Ce qui change : les projets montent en gamme. On passe de la distribution moyenne et basse tension classique à des installations haute tension complètes, et le niveau d'exigence suit. Beaucoup de savoir-faire tient encore dans peu de têtes, et il faut l'écrire. Vous n'arrivez pas seul : la direction technique connaît le service de l'intérieur. Le recrutement est prioritaire et le processus volontairement rapide.

⚠️ Les vrais challenges

  • Le saut de niveau : la haute tension est le sujet le plus discriminant du poste, et l'équipe n'a pas encore toute la maturité dessus
  • Un service à documenter : ce qui repose sur peu de personnes doit devenir un standard écrit, sans casser la cadence des projets en cours
  • Manager sans micromanager : une équipe jeune attend de la délégation réelle et des actes tenus, pas des discours
  • Plusieurs projets internationaux en parallèle, avec des délais serrés et des clients exigeants

03 · The trade

The trade's value chain

The cycle of an electrical projectand the part that falls to you

The trade · Illustration photo
  1. Estimating
  2. Design
  3. Network studies
  4. Purchasing
  5. Factory tests
  6. Commissioning

You work across the whole cycle, from the technical bid to commissioning support.

Volta Executive · outline diagram, taken from the role brief

04 · The organisation

Your place

A clear place,at the right level

Technical management knows the department from the inside: you are not arriving alone.

We tell you frankly

The step up to high voltage is the real issue, and the team does not yet have full maturity on it. What sits in a few heads must become a written standard, without slowing down current projects. You run several international projects in parallel, with tight deadlines, and there is no remote working. The hire is a priority, so the process is fast.

05 · Your first months

What we expect of you

Your first months,step by step

  1. Day 0 to day 30

    Meet the team

    Each engineer, one by one. You map the current projects and the department's technical sticking points.

  2. Day 30 to day 90

    Set the standards

    First high-voltage sizing standards, first skills development rituals, first arbitration rules.

  3. Day 90 to day 180

    Take back control

    You directly lead the most demanding projects and become the electrical contact for the other two units.

06 · You, and the framework

What matters

The must-haves,non-negotiable

  • You have already managed an electrical engineering department or team
  • At least 5 years in power electrical engineering: electrotechnics and power electronics
  • You can design and size power equipment: a transformer, cables, protections, a main LV switchboard (TGBT)
  • You have carried out network studies yourself: load flow, short-circuit, harmonics, arc flash
  • You apply IEC standards and grid connection codes day to day
  • Fluent French and English
  • On-site presence in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, no remote working

What makes the difference

  • A plus

    Ideally: both high and low voltage. Full high-voltage sizing makes the difference from day one

  • A plus

    Protection settings and project tracking tools

  • A plus

    Some notions of automation

  • Won't work

    An automation engineer or mechanical manager profile

  • Won't work

    A business engineer or sales role

  • Won't work

    No network studies or sizing of power equipment

  • Won't work

    Building or commercial-sector design office work, with no industrial power

  • Won't work

    No technical team management to your name

The salary, plainly

55 to 75k€

gross per year

  • Gross annual, depending on profile and experience
  • Permanent contract, managerial status, full time
  • Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, on-site presence, no remote working
  • Reporting to technical management, a team of engineers under your direct responsibility
  • International travel, a few times a year
  • Three goals: a recognised team, shorter technical response times, real support for the sales team

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

07 · Your application

Send your CV

Electrical Engineering Manager (M/F), Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

  • 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.

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Frequently asked questions

What candidatesask first

What is the role and where is it based?

Electrical Engineering Manager on a permanent contract, cadre status, in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. A young, trained team of electrical engineers with no turnover. Projects moving up to full high voltage. You take over the department and lead it through this step.

What is the pay?

€55-75k gross per year, depending on profile and experience.

What are the essential criteria (must-haves)?

You have already managed an electrical engineering department or team; At least 5 years in power electrical engineering: electrotechnics and power electronics; You can design and size power equipment: a transformer, cables, protections, a main LV switchboard (TGBT); You have carried out network studies yourself: load flow, short-circuit, harmonics, arc flash; You apply IEC standards and grid connection codes day to day; Fluent French and English; On-site presence in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, no remote working.

Which profiles are not a fit?

An automation engineer or mechanical manager profile; A business engineer or sales role; No network studies or sizing of power equipment; Building or commercial-sector design office work, with no industrial power; No technical team management to your name. 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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