Site Manager – Automated Material Handling System
TGW Logistics is a global systems integrator specialising in automated intralogistics solutions — conveyor systems, automated storage, palletising equipment — serving leading players in e-commerce, retail distribution, and manufacturing.
Our Realization teams deliver complex turnkey installations on customer sites, from material receipt through to final system commissioning and handover.
In this context, we are recruiting a Site Manager - Automated Material Handling Systems (M/F).
WHAT YOU’LL BE HANDLING
As the operational lead on site, you oversee all installation activities from, working closely with the TGW Project Manager and the customer:
- Manage the installation schedule on a 2–3 week rolling basis: anticipate critical milestones, resolve blockers, and report progress in real time
- Coordinate multidisciplinary site teams on a daily basis (mechanical, electrical, and automation supervisors, subcontractors and third-party vendors) through structured morning stand-up meetings
- Identify and anticipate potential issues, and mobilize human and/or material resources to resolve them
- Enforce HSE standards across all site activities: conduct safety inductions for incoming contractors and subcontractors, and ensure full compliance with French occupational health and safety regulations
- Oversee material management: incoming goods inspection, quality control, and replenishment orders, liaising directly with TGW's manufacturing unit
- Drive project reporting and documentation: weekly progress reports, meeting minutes, status matrices, in both French and English
- Serve as the primary operational interface with the customer: day-to-day communication, issue management, and expectation alignment
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
- Proven track record in industrial site coordination within intralogistics, warehouse automation, or a mechatronic-intensive industry (automotive, special-purpose machinery, industrial manufacturing)
- Demonstrated team leadership experience; able to manage conflicts calmly and keep all stakeholders aligned and moving in the same direction
- Technical background (HND/BSc level in industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or equivalent)
- Fluent English for daily communication with international vendors and internal teams
- Field-oriented mindset with a genuine appetite for travel (full driving licence required; weekly overnight stays)
- Proficient in reading CAD drawings (Primbel, AutoCAD or equivalent) and competent with Microsoft Project and the MS Office suite (Excel, Word)
WHAT YOU’LL RECEIVE
- Collaborative mindset & team culture
- Training & development opportunities
- Autonomy & ownership
- Managerial status
- Project variety
- Career path
- Company car
About us
Founded over 50 years ago, TGW Logistics has grown continuously through the expertise of more than 4,500 employees across Europe, Asia, and North America. The majority of profits are retained within the company and reinvested in our people and the technologies of tomorrow — making TGW a stable partner and a reliable employer.
