recruitment agency and headhunters for automation project managers
your next automation project manager, in good hands.
We combine our data, our sector experts and our AI algorithms to identify the headhunter most relevant to your role, at an integrator, a design office or for an industrial client, from the specification to commissioning.
- no setup fees, pay on hire
- guaranteed replacement
they hire their automation project managers with muzzo
how do you hire an automation project manager through a recruitment agency?
A good automation project manager quotes a project that holds its margin through to commissioning. Muzzo gives your role, integrator or industrial, to the headhunters who hire the most for this job: they check projects quoted and commissioned. Fee of 5 to 30%, paid on hire. Leaves within 3 months: we restart the search free.
how it works
you only pay if you hire
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you describe the role
Using the form above: the role, your company, your context (integrator, design office, industrial). The rest is scoped in your first conversation with the Muzzo team.
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our data chooses the headhunters
Our AI picks those who have hired the most automation project managers, from more than 2,500 selected headhunters.
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you meet the best profiles
Approached and qualified by headhunters who are automation experts. You choose who you meet.
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you hire, then you pay
Not before. If your new hire leaves within 3 months, we restart the search at no cost.
they hired with muzzo
Muzzo's strength is the diversity of its recruiters: there is always someone listening to our needs.
With Muzzo, I get the reactivity of a marketplace and the quality of a search firm.
let's talk about your role
Antoine and the Muzzo team help you scope your role and choose the right headhunters. Describe your role in the form: we'll call you back to discuss it.
Antoine GigomasCEO and co-founder of Muzzo
one last question?
With Muzzo, you set the fee, between 5 and 30%, and you only pay it on hire: no deposit, no fixed fees. A junior project manager quoting under supervision and a business engineer running a portfolio of industrial clients don't take the same search. The fee follows that difficulty, and the Muzzo team helps you set it.
You have a double guarantee. If your new hire leaves within 3 months, for example because the client context (integrator, design office, industrial) doesn't match the brief, we restart the search at no cost. If we find no replacement within 4 months, we refund 50% of the fees. On average, 94% of Muzzo hires are still in post after 3 months.
automation headhunters are ready to start
A hire signed in under 26 days. You only pay when you hire.
the reality
an automation project manager is judged at commissioning, not at the signed quote
they're already negotiating an automation project for another client
They're quoting a supervision project, negotiating a contract with an industrial client or tracking a line's commissioning in progress. They don't check job ads: an automation headhunter knows where to find them and how to approach them.
integrator, design office or industrial client: three different contexts
Quoting a project for an integrator who resells a service, for a design office that designs without executing, or directly for an industrial site, doesn't take the same client relationship. The headhunter starts from the real context of the project, not a generic job title.
a hiring mistake costs a failed commissioning
A badly quoted project or a vague specification can derail a commissioning schedule, and the margin with it. The headhunter checks automation projects actually run before introducing anyone.
the roles
the automation project manager profiles our headhunters go after for you
From a first costed quote to a portfolio of several industrial clients, each search goes to a headhunter who has already hired that profile.
junior automation project manager
They quote jobs under supervision and start tracking their first projects, often after an engineering school in automation or a BTS in electrical engineering.
automation project manager
They quote, negotiate and run their automation projects from specification to commissioning, with responsibility for margin. The most requested role.
industrial IT project manager
They quote and run supervision, GTB or GTC projects, often for commercial or logistics sites.
automation business engineer
They carry more complex projects, with a wider specification and a team of technicians to coordinate through to commissioning.
project manager at an integrator
They sell and run automation projects for a range of industrial clients, often travelling from one site to another.
head of automation projects
They lead several project managers, set margin targets and become the go-to person for the biggest industrial clients.
the method
an automation headhunter, not an agency that does everything
An automation project is judged by a successful commissioning. So the method starts from the client context and the technical scope targeted.
we scope the client context and the technical scope
Integrator, design office or direct industrial client, PLCs, supervision, GTB/GTC: the brief describes the real project to quote and run, not a generic job title.
a headhunter who places automation roles
From more than 2,500 selected headhunters, your role goes to those who hire the most people in quoting and running automation and industrial IT projects.
projects and commissionings checked before the interview
The headhunter asks the profile for a project they actually ran: the specification written, the commissioning hiccups, the margin obtained. Then they cross-check with references.
the figures
hiring an automation project manager in figures
€55k
median gross annual pay for industrial IT managers who hold their own budget, against €50k without that responsibility: a figure worth preparing before negotiating with an experienced project manager1
36%
of industrial IT managers receive variable pay, a median of €3,500: a figure worth preparing before an interview with an experienced project manager1
41,000
projected hiring needs by 2030 for IT technicians, the family closest to industrial IT in the absence of a dedicated one (2019 headcount: 175,000): a technical job that keeps hiring2
- Apec, private-sector managerial pay in 111 job families, 2025 edition, p. 58 (industrial IT and technical professions) (opens a new window), 2025 data
- France Stratégie and Dares, les métiers en 2030, March 2022, p. 146 (table A3, occupational family M1Z, IT technicians) (opens a new window), 2022 data
hiring an automation project manager: what you need to know
An automation project manager quotes a supervision or PLC project, negotiates it, then runs its commissioning at the client's site. Good profiles are in post, busy with a negotiation or a commissioning in progress, and don't answer job ads.
An automation headhunter knows how to approach them and asks the right questions: what type of client, what average project value, which supervision platform they know. You meet profiles who have actually run automation projects through to commissioning.
automation project manager, automation technician or electromechanical technician: who does what?
read onAn automation technician programs and commissions the PLCs once the project is signed: they execute, without quoting or negotiating the contract. An electromechanical technician works on the mechanical and electrical side of equipment, without touching programming or sales. An automation project manager, by contrast, covers both ends: they quote, sell, then run execution through to commissioning.
Clarify in the brief where the role starts and stops. A project manager who only quotes and one who also programs themselves aren't hired on the same profile. For an execution role, see our automation technician and electromechanical technician pages.
automation project manager or electrical project manager: what's the difference?
The electrical project manager quotes and runs building power or low-voltage projects: electrical distribution, fire detection, GTB. The automation project manager, by contrast, has specialised in automation and industrial IT: programmable controllers, supervision, production lines.
For a building power or low-voltage role, see our electrical project manager page.
At an integrator, the project manager sells and runs projects for a range of industrial clients, travelling from one site to another. At a design office, they quote design services before another party implements them on site. Directly for an industrial client, they carry in-house projects with a single client to satisfy over the long run.
This choice changes the profile to look for: sales relationship and mobility for the integrator, quoting rigour for the design office, deep knowledge of one site for the industrial client.
The CV lists projects and amounts. The interview has to check something else: the ability to write a clear specification and anticipate commissioning hiccups at an industrial client's site.
A short case study works well: a simplified supervision project, an unexpected commissioning issue, and the question of how the project manager would adjust their offer. The headhunter does this first screen before introducing anyone, and checks the projects actually run with references.
your questions about hiring an automation project manager
The automation technician programs and commissions the PLCs once the project is signed: they execute. The automation project manager quotes the project, sells it and runs execution through to commissioning. For an execution role, see our automation technician page.
The electrical project manager runs building power or low-voltage projects. The automation project manager specifically quotes and runs PLC, supervision and industrial IT projects for industrial clients. For a power or low-voltage role, see our electrical project manager page.
According to Apec, 36% of industrial IT managers receive variable pay, with a median of €3,500 a year (2025 edition, a family that notably covers industrial IT engineering). Prepare this figure before discussing pay with an experienced profile.
The market stays tight. According to France Stratégie and the Dares, IT technicians, the family closest to industrial IT in the absence of a dedicated one, accounted for 175,000 jobs in 2019 and should carry 41,000 hiring needs by 2030: a technical job that keeps hiring, without a massive wave of new profiles to meet it.
by Antoine Gigomas, CEO and co-founder of Muzzo ·
