Automation Manager (M/F)

LHH RECRUITMENT SOLUTIONSDordogneEURESpublished 09/23/2026
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Job Description:

LHH is recruiting on behalf of its client, an excellent company specializing in the manufacture of special-purpose machines, an Automation Manager (M/F) in Périgueux (24000) under a CDI contract.

The Automation Manager (M/F) organizes and plans the work of automation engineers. He/she distributes tasks and monitors the proper execution of their collaborators' work. He/she is also in charge of technological monitoring, and integrating and developing artificial intelligence solutions to strengthen the performance, reliability, and innovation of automated bagging lines.

Management: Manage and coordinate a team and its activity. Set up meetings between collaborators. Unify and facilitate understanding among them.

  • Participate in production meetings.
  • Participate in recruitment, manage leave, professional and individual interviews, and disciplinary interviews.
  • Motivate and value collaborators for their work, ensure the optimization of their skills, and supervise their work.

Implementation of automation systems: Design the specifications of the automated installation according to the requirements.

  • Perform the functional analysis of the installation and translate it into an automation program.
  • Test this program through a series of tests in the workshop and on-site.
  • Install automation hardware.
  • Perform commissioning adjustments of devices and instruments (cylinder, motor, distributor, transmitters, sensors, regulators). Enter the reset or modification of the automation program and transfer it to a programmable logic controller.
  • Permanently use professional automation software.

Reading and design of technical plans: Define the technical characteristics of the product.

  • Design electrical plans.
  • Create a risk analysis and apply electrical standards.

On-site Management: Assist a user and a client during the handling of tools/equipment.

  • Coordinate the activity of a team on a construction site.

Customer Management: Assist a client on-site with production and quality teams.

  • Assist other technicians by telephone for customer troubleshooting.

Profile Description:

We are looking for a technical profile capable of supervising teams, planning work, and who knows how to take part in project management.

(An interest in Industry 4.0 and AI would be a real plus to your application)

This position is ideal for a confirmed / highly experienced profile who has worked for many years in similar positions in an industrial environment.

Theoretical and practical knowledge***Safety rules, quality standards

  • Relay cabinet.
  • Robotics, pneumatics, hydraulics, mechanics, electrotechnics, electricity
  • Electrical authorizations for work out of and/or under tension
  • Professional English

Technical skills***Automation, automation hardware, use of electrical measuring devices

  • Use of programmable controllers, network architecture, regulation and instrumentation, servo and regulation techniques with other machines
  • Reading and design of a GRAFCET in lists, fault localization, calibration techniques, reading plans, diagrams, office tools.
  • Computer programming languages (ACONTACT and LIST), CAD/CAM, creation of electrical diagrams
  • Inventory management software
  • Software: SCHNEIDER, PROFACE, SEW MOTION STUDIO, SIEMENS, BR, ROCKWELL, CODESYS

Behavioral skills***Autonomy, analytical capacity, curiosity, rigor, precision, good communication.

  • Management sense, professional conscience and the desire to transmit knowledge, versatility, respect for safety procedures

-Position to be filled as soon as possible. We are able to manage a notice period.

-Company with a good social climate, low turnover.

-Numerous benefits are added to the base salary, providing an attractive package.

LHH is committed to promoting diversity and equal opportunity. All information related to the application is treated with the strictest confidentiality.