Automation Project Lead (M/F)

Kali GroupLoireEURESpublished 09/10/2026
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Created in 2021 in Lyon, Kali Group is a start-up that is shaking up the consulting world.

Because at Kali, we believe in meetings, in the importance of seizing opportunities, and in moving forward as one wishes in one's professional life, we want to be the first to propose an accompaniment model based on freedom. Thus, technical assistance can be a true driver of success, a recruitment lever, for a lasting collaboration between engineers and industrialists.

Our innovative model is already bearing fruit, with hyper-growth teams and the opening of two new agencies in the region.

The position:

Our client is a human-sized industrial SME, specialized in the design and construction of machining systems (machines, processes). Its activity is intended for the automotive and aeronautical industries.

Mission Description

Within an automation design office team, the project lead ensures, alone or as a technical manager with a team: o Monitoring and execution of studies in compliance with the client's Specifications. o Writing Risk Analyses (CE, CSA, UL electrical standards) and writing performance calculation notes. o Writing the operating modes of the installations. o Client follow-up. o Management of the planning and budget of automation projects. o Monitoring and reception of supplier services. o Estimations for the business affairs under their responsibility. o Complete management of a business (Electrotechnical and automation part). o Reporting of activities to the service manager.

Profile sought:

Experience in the automotive industry or machine manufacturer or metallurgy As an automation referent or automation project management. English is mandatory. Mobility abroad is possible. Mastery of the electrotechnical part and machine safety. Mastery of the design of automation operating modes. Mastery of automation project management: Interlocutor for clients and subcontractors. Knowledge in robotics and SIEMENS/ROCKWELL/SCHNEIDER PLC. Teamwork: relations within the office but also multi-disciplinary and client-facing.