Industrial machinery and process equipment for steel, glass, cement, and energy sectors
Fives designs and supplies production lines and process equipment to heavy industrial operators across steel, glass, cement, energy, and logistics. The company is actively adopting PLC, HMI, and GitHub Copilot—signaling a shift toward automation and AI-assisted engineering—while maintaining a deep SAP + Siemens + Salesforce core stack. Engineering dominance in the hiring mix (241 roles across 486 open positions) paired with active project work on modernization, retrofits, and industrial network deployment reflects execution-heavy operations at scale.
Notable leadership hires: Installation Team Lead, Maintenance Team Lead, Audit Director, Engineering Director, Production Director
Fives is a Paris-headquartered industrial engineering group with 5,001–10,000 employees. The company designs, manufactures, and installs complex production systems and process equipment for the world's largest industrial operators. Specialties span steel, glass, aluminium, cement, energy, logistics, and automotive sectors. Current project focus includes facility modernization (CEA Cadarache, Grand Carénage), post-Fukushima retrofits, industrial furnace and oven upgrades, and industrial network deployment. The organization operates globally, with active hiring across 14 countries and a stated goal of developing next-generation industrial plants while maintaining compliance with environmental and safety standards.
Core systems: Salesforce, SAP, Siemens, SQL Server, Oracle. Design and CAD: AutoCAD, SOLIDWORKS, CREO, Ansys, Inventor. Industrial control: SCADA, WinCC, PLC, HMI, PROFINET, Profibus, IO-Link, Fanuc. Development: C++, C#, JSON, PL/SQL. Currently adopting GitHub Copilot and Copilot Studio.
14 countries: United States, France, Italy, China, Norway, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Belgium, United Kingdom, Bahrain, and India.
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