Located in Boulogne-sur-Mer, northern France, Fapmo has been designing, manufacturing, and supplying centrifugal pumps for clear or charged liquids to numerous industries since 1923. Today, through our technologies, expertise, and continuous collaboration with clients worldwide, Fapmo guarantees a high level of execution and support for each project.
With over 100 years of experience, Fapmo can adapt to any requirements and constraints to deliver the best solution to our clients.
Fapmo offers its skills and knowledge to various industrial sectors such as naval defense, energy, desalination, sugar refining, metallurgy, mining, chemical and petroleum industries, and more globally.
Since June 2024, FAPMO acquired a facility specializing in the design and manufacture of motors, enabling it to offer motorized pumps to all its clients.
Within the BE and R&D department, based in Outreau (62), and reporting directly to General Management, as Technical Director, your responsibilities will include the following within a small-sized entity:
- Define, organize, and coordinate the activities of the BE and R&D teams at our two sites (Outreau-62 and Coueron-44).
- Ensure product design, development, and improvements.
- Validate the technical feasibility of client requests with the sales department.
- Ensure the capitalization of technical know-how.
- Supervise product testing and experimentation in collaboration with the Test Station Manager.
- Support product production launches.
- Supervise, validate, and coordinate studies and oversee their implementation.
- Provide technical support, including in the subcontracting domain, to related departments (sales, purchasing, production, etc.).
- Ensure compliance with current standards and methods in line with the entity’s quality policy.
- Help maintain links and coordination of projects with all concerned departments.
- Apply technical expertise in managing client complaints, disputes, and/or non-compliance issues.
- Develop technical and organizational solutions, lead optimization projects for continuous improvement, and participate in cross-functional tasks to enhance the entity’s efficiency.
- Ensure reporting to General Management.
- Guarantee project progress by defining means, methods, and techniques for the utilization and implementation of research results.
- Support the company’s transformation plan by managing its technical aspect, particularly through design and cost-reduction projects.
You are at the intersection of technology and management, with diverse skills enabling you to propose a technological strategy, manage technical teams, and actively contribute to the company’s broader strategic vision.
You are responsible for study timelines, design costs, and the quality of projects, aiming to optimize the company’s value while maintaining customer satisfaction.
If you are ready to take on challenges in a recognized and evolving company, feel free to apply.
Required Profile:
- Education: Master’s degree (Bac +5) in mechanics, fluid mechanics, hydraulics, and/or acoustics.
- Skills: 7 to 10 years for an engineering level in the industrial sector (e.g., metallurgy, steel industry, welding, mechanics). Able to understand and master transformation and assembly processes for special machinery with a focus on continuous improvement. Excellent command of product industrialization methods and complex projects.
- Soft Skills: Rigor and Organization are the two pillars of your work methodology. Strong analytical and synthesis skills for various situations. Cross-functional teamwork enables you to work in project mode. With excellent interpersonal skills, you are a true communicator with a preference for fieldwork, demonstrating a positive and supportive approach.
- Other Skills: Minimum technical or professional English, knowledge and experience with an ERP system, proficiency in MS Office, and R&D and BE software. Capable of creating and managing budgets.
Contract: Permanent full-time position on-site, with travel to our various sites and client locations.
Salary: Between €58,200 and €70,200 gross per year + 13th month + Vacation Bonuses + Saint Eloi Bonus + Variable of 12 to 15%.
Occasional remote work possible after 6 months of service.