Chief Engineer - Energy Production Systems (M/F)

Our client is a fast-growing French industrial player, specializing in the development, industrialization, and manufacturing of decarbonized energy production solutions based on hydrogen.

As part of the development of a new generation of containerized multi-energy production systems, our client is creating a strategic Chief Engineer position.

As a true technical reference for projects, you will operate at the interface between R&D, industrialization, product teams, and operations. Your mission consists of transforming innovative technological concepts into industrializable, reliable, and competitive products.

Your missions

• Define the global technical architecture of containerized energy production systems ranging from several hundred kW to several MW.
• Guarantee the technical consistency of developed solutions from the design phase through to industrialization.
• Drive design choices and arbitrate structuring technical decisions.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams: mechanical, electrical, thermal, automation, control-command, and system integration.
• Ensure the integration of complex industrial equipment within a coherent product architecture.
• Supervise development, validation, and system qualification activities.
• Ensure compliance with performance, safety, quality, cost, and deadline requirements.
• Contribute to the definition of technological and product roadmaps.
• Support testing, fine-tuning, and field feedback phases.
• Participate in technical exchanges with suppliers, industrial partners, and customers.
• Guarantee the regulatory and normative compliance of the developed equipment.
• Provide strong technical leadership to internal teams and various stakeholders.

Your profile

You are a graduate of an engineering school or hold a Master's level degree (Bac+5) in energy engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, industrial systems, or equivalent.

You have significant experience of at least 10 years in the development of complex industrial systems and in managing multidisciplinary engineering projects (notably the integration of mechanical and electrical equipment), ideally in the sectors of energy production, generator sets, turbines, hydrogen systems, energy infrastructures, or energy storage solutions.

• Solid skills in system engineering and technical leadership.
• Fluent English

The pluses of the position

• Participation in an innovative industrial project at the heart of the energy transition.
• Development of next-generation hydrogen and multi-energy technologies.
• Strategic position and an environment with a strong culture of innovation & growth.

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