climate tech recruitment agency and transition headhunters
your next climate tech hire, in good hands.
We combine our data, our sector experts and our AI algorithms to identify the headhunter most relevant to your role, from environment project manager to business developer.
- no setup fees, pay on hire
- guaranteed replacement
they hire with muzzo in climate tech
how do you hire in climate tech through a recruitment agency?
Muzzo hires for climate tech startups and SMEs: decarbonization, recycling, water, energy efficiency, carbon capture. Each role goes to the headhunters who know these jobs from environment engineer to business developer. 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
01
you describe the role
Using the form above: the role, your company, your project. The rest is scoped in your first conversation with the Muzzo team.
02
the right headhunters get started
Those who have already hired for this role, from engineering to sales.
03
you meet the profiles
Already approached and qualified. You choose who you meet.
04
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?
You set the fee for each role, between 5 and 30%, and you only pay it on hire. No fixed fees, no deposit. An operations technician and a senior process engineer don't take the same effort: the fee follows how rare the profile is, 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 project moved to its next phase sooner than planned, 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 hires stay in post after 3 months.
our climate tech headhunters are ready to start
A hire signed in under 26 days, paid only on hire.
the reality
in climate tech, a good profile already knows the terrain
few profiles have real transition experience
Decarbonization, recycling, carbon capture: these are new jobs, and profiles who've done them are scarce. A climate tech headhunter knows where to find them, often at a competitor or related player.
environment engineer, project manager, business developer: distant jobs
A climate tech startup hires across the whole chain, from the engineer who designs a process to the salesperson who sells it. At Muzzo, each role goes to the headhunter who places the most people in that job, not to one recruiter alone.
skills often come from another sector
Energy, manufacturing, construction, software: many climate tech profiles learned their trade elsewhere before joining a mission that matters to them. The headhunter knows which ones transfer.
the roles
the climate tech profiles our headhunters go after for you
From process engineering to sales, each role goes to a headhunter who knows the field.
decarbonization and environmental transition project manager
They lead a project to cut emissions or improve energy efficiency, from diagnosis to implementation at the client.
environment engineer and process engineer
They design or optimize a recycling process, water treatment or carbon capture process, linked to production.
business developer and climate tech salesperson
They sell a transition contract to companies or local authorities, often with a long sales cycle and technical pitch.
data scientist and climate software engineer
They build the measurement, modeling and impact-tracking tools for a climate tech product.
circular economy and recycling operations manager
They run a sorting, treatment or recycling facility day to day: teams, flows, quality of outgoing materials.
climate strategy and impact director
They set the decarbonization or impact path for a transition company and answer to investors.
the method
a climate tech headhunter, not an agency that does everything
Engineering, data, sales or leadership: the method starts from the precise job, not just the word "climate tech".
we scope the job and transition topic
Decarbonization, recycling, water, carbon capture: the brief sets out the topic, technical level and the role's stakeholders.
one headhunter per transition stream
From more than 2,500 selected headhunters, your role goes to those who place the most people in this job: engineering, data, sales or leadership.
projects checked before interview
The headhunter asks which transition projects the profile saw through to the end, with which results measured, then cross-checks with references.
the figures
climate tech and environment hiring in figures
108,070
employees in the private sector in waste collection, treatment and elimination and recovery, end of June 20261
45.8%
of the 1,180 planned hires of technicians in water distribution and sanitation and waste management rated hard to fill2
15,090
planned hires for sanitation and waste treatment workers in 2026 (30.4% rated hard to fill)3
- Urssaf, private-sector employee numbers and payroll by sector, NA88, division 38 (waste collection, treatment, elimination and recovery) (opens a new window), 2026 data
- France Travail, BMO 2026 survey, technicians in water distribution and sanitation and waste management (opens a new window), 2026 data
- France Travail, BMO 2026 survey, sanitation and waste treatment workers (opens a new window), 2026 data
hiring in climate tech and environment: what you need to know
A climate tech recruitment agency finds the profiles of transition companies: decarbonization, recycling and circular economy, water, energy efficiency, carbon capture, environmental services. Waste collection and treatment alone employ 108,070 private employees in France according to Urssaf.
With Muzzo, your role is not posted as just another job ad. It goes to the headhunters who place the most people in this precise job. The one who places process engineers for recycling is not the one who places a business developer for a carbon capture product.
A company developing a process needs environment engineers and process engineers capable of moving from lab to industrial scale. A company selling a transition product needs business developers who can explain a technical pitch to buyers unfamiliar with the subject.
Data and software profiles often complete the team: they build the measurement and impact-tracking tools that clients and investors increasingly request. The brief must say where your product or process sits, not just the sector.
According to France Travail's 2026 BMO survey, 45.8% of the 1,180 planned hires of technicians in water distribution and sanitation and waste management are rated hard to fill. On the worker side, 15,090 planned hires for sanitation and waste treatment, with a high rate of seasonal work.
These figures count all levels, not just managers. They say one simple thing: for these field jobs, a job ad is not enough. Headhunters approach technicians and team supervisors already in post at a competitor or related player in the field.
Many climate tech jobs are learned elsewhere. An energy engineer knows processes and safety on large sites, a manufacturing engineer can scale up a process, a construction salesperson knows how to sell a complex project to a technical buyer. You still need to know what transfers.
The headhunter checks this before interview: projects delivered, safety rules known, usual stakeholders. They also tell you what the profile will need to learn with you, so onboarding is planned from the offer.
A good climate tech profile is in post, often in the middle of a transition project. Headhunters approach them directly at players in decarbonization, recycling, water and environmental services. They verify the projects actually delivered and introduce you to few profiles, all qualified.
Your searches stay confidential: a new funding round, a new market or a project lead's departure are never announced. On an urgent role, multiple headhunters can search at once, each in their own network.
your questions about climate tech hiring
Yes. Our headhunters cover the engineering, data and sales roles at transition companies: recycling and circular economy, water, energy efficiency, carbon capture, environmental services. Each role goes to the headhunter who knows that topic.
Yes. According to France Travail's 2026 BMO survey, 45.8% of the 1,180 planned hires of technicians in water distribution and sanitation and waste management are rated hard to fill, and 15,090 planned hires for sanitation and waste treatment workers.
Yes. A climate tech company rarely hires for just one job: business developers to sell the product, data scientists and software engineers to build the measurement and impact-tracking tools. Each job goes to a different headhunter.
For energy production and networks (renewables, grids, hydrogen, oil and gas), see our energy page; for electrical installation, our electrical page. This page covers climate tech roles outside energy production: decarbonization, recycling, water, carbon capture.
by Antoine Gigomas, CEO and co-founder of Muzzo ·
