Lyon, France, Orsay, France
1 month ago

Job Overview

Job Type
Mid Level | Administration and Office
Pay
Not disclosed

Job description

Location:
Lyon, France, Orsay, France
Work arrangement:
Hybrid

Role Summary

  • Experience in managing project risks, commercial aspects, budgets, schedules and contractual obligations.

Learn more about us

We believe that quality work flourishes in an environment where employees feel truly supported and fairly valued. Our benefits are designed to create real value for everyone, driving engagement, performance and development. By placing well-being at the heart of our priorities, we build a work environment where individual and organizational success progress together.

The final offer will be determined based on the candidate's skills, qualifications and experience, and in accordance with internal salary scales.

The Project & Service Office Manager will lead project execution and tendering activities for High Voltage and Medium Voltage projects in France. The role is responsible for ensuring successful delivery of customer projects while developing and managing the local operations and tendering teams.

The successful candidate will oversee project execution from handover through completion, ensuring compliance with contractual commitments, quality standards, HSE requirements, financial objectives, and delivery schedules. In parallel, the role will support commercial growth by managing tendering activities and contributing to the development of new business opportunities.

This position plays a key role in the growth of the French Project & Service Office, with the mid-term ambition of supporting its evolution into a standalone Operating Unit in the European Region.

How you'll make an impact

Project Execution Leadership

  • Lead the execution of projects
  • Ensure projects are delivered in accordance with contractual requirements, company policies, quality standards, and HSE regulations.
  • Monitor project progress, resource utilization, schedules, costs, cash flow, invoicing, risks, and opportunities.
  • Manage project changes, claims, and customer escalations.
  • Drive project reviews, risk assessments, and mitigation plans.
  • Ensure customer acceptance, project close-out, and lessons learned activities.

Tendering Management

  • Lead and support tendering activities for new business opportunities.
  • Coordinate technical and commercial proposal preparation.
  • Support contract negotiations, risk review, and bid strategy development.
  • Ensure competitive, technically sound, and profitable proposals are submitted.
  • Work closely with Sales, Business Development, and Engineering teams to convert opportunities into successful projects.

Team Leadership

The successful candidate will initially manage a multidisciplinary team including tender engineers, project managers and lead engineers.

The team is expected to grow as business activity increases.

The Project & Service Office Manager will provide leadership, coaching, and development to these teams while building a strong performance culture focused on execution excellence and customer satisfaction.

Customer & Stakeholder Management

  • Act as the primary operational point of contact for customers.
  • Build strong relationships with customers and internal stakeholders.
  • Collaborate closely with: - Marketing & Sales teams
  • Key Account Managers
  • Services & Systems teams
  • Regional and Global Business Development teams
  • Engineering and Project Execution teams
  • Support strategic business growth and operational excellence initiatives.

Market Focus

The role will support projects and business development activities for customers connecting to the HV Grid:

  • HV Substations
  • Compliance with local Transmission System Operator (TSO) regulations
  • Power Quality solutions
  • Industrial electrification and energy infrastructure projects
  • Renewables, including OffShore Wind AC
  • Data Centers
  • E-mobility

The successful candidate will be responsible for executing both ongoing and future projects within these market segments.

Requirements

  • Master's degree in engineering, preferably in: Electrical Engineering, Electromechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering
  • Valuable experience in project management and tendering
  • Proven track record managing complex projects within the energy, power systems, industrial, infrastructure, or electrification sectors.
  • Experience leading multidisciplinary teams.
  • Strong customer-facing and stakeholder management skills.
  • Familiarity with power systems technologies.
  • Experience managing project risks, commercial aspects, budgets, schedules, and contractual obligations.

More about us

We believe great work thrives in an environment where people feel genuinely supported and fairly rewarded. Our benefits are designed to create real value for every individual-fueling engagement, performance, and growth. By prioritizing well-being, we build a workplace where personal and organizational success grow together.

The final offer will be based on candidate location, skills and qualifications, experience, and aligned with internal pay structures.

Benefits

Our benefits package for this position typically includes

  • Bonus, Participation, Meal vouchers or access to a company restaurant, Health insurance, Social benefits, Flexible working hours, Hybrid work model, Platform dedicated to well-being, CSE: Benefits linked to family life and internet platform offering advantages on certain purchases, Parking, Company partnerships: Company daycare (subject to allocation conditions).

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Our benefits offering for this role generally include

  • Bonus, Profit-sharing scheme, Meal vouchers or access to a company restaurant, Health insurance, Employee benefits, Flexible working hours, Hybrid working model, Well-being platform, CSE: family-related benefits and an online platform offering discounts on selected purchases, Parking, Company partnerships: company daycare (subject to eligibility conditions)
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  • Current employees apply here

About the Company

More About Us

We believe great work thrives in an environment where people feel genuinely supported and fairly rewarded. Our benefits are designed to create real value for every individual - fueling engagement, performance, and growth. By prioritizing well-being, we build a workplace where personal and organizational success grow together.

Our benefit offering is tailored based on your country of employment and generally includes:

You will receive more specific information during the recruitment process.

Applicable only for Poland location align with local law regulations - We are committed to full transparency and compliance with all legal requirements, ensuring that every candidate knows exactly what to expect at each stage of the recruitment process. Once the process is successfully completed, we will share detailed information about financial conditions and benefits with the selected candidate. Before signing the employment contract, you will receive all remaining details of the offer, giving you the time and space to review everything carefully

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Current employees apply here

Competitive salary and incentives

Well-being and care

Paid and unpaid leave

Flexible work options

Benefits that support your financial security

Role:
Projects & Service Office Manager
Job Type:
Mid Level | Administration and Office

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