Naval and offshore construction, cruise ships to renewable energy installations
Chantiers de l'Atlantique designs and builds complex vessels and marine infrastructure—cruise ships, military vessels, offshore wind substations—with a tech stack anchored in Siemens, SAP, and CAD tools (Revit, CATIA, Solid Edge). The hiring surge is engineering-driven (67% of open roles), with acute focus on offshore wind electrical substations and lifting operations, reflecting a strategic shift toward renewable energy infrastructure alongside traditional shipbuilding. The company is modernizing its SAP deployment while maintaining legacy manufacturing and compliance tooling.
Notable leadership hires: Technical Lead Cold, Commissioning team lead
Chantiers de l'Atlantique is a maritime construction and fleet services company headquartered in Saint-Nazaire, France, with 1,001–5,000 employees. The yard specializes in designing, fabricating, and integrating highly complex vessels—cruise ships, naval vessels—and marine installations including offshore wind substations. Projects span both new construction and regulatory upgrades, with active workstreams in electrical substation design, sea trials, lifting studies, and EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) contracts. The company operates with industrial-scale digital infrastructure (SAP, Siemens automation, advanced CAD suites) and is managing a transition toward reduced environmental footprint and energy transition compliance.
Chantiers de l'Atlantique builds cruise ships, military vessels, and offshore wind electrical substations. The company also provides fleet services and marine infrastructure engineering. It is one of the world's leading yards for complex ship design and fabrication.
The company uses Siemens, SAP, Tableau, Qlik, and Schneider Electric for enterprise operations. CAD and engineering tools include Revit, CATIA, Solid Edge, MicroStation, and ANSYS. Infrastructure runs on Windows, Linux, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL.
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