Heavy-equipment lifting systems and nuclear maintenance for industrial sectors
Reel designs and maintains complex lifting and handling systems for heavily regulated industries—nuclear, aerospace, defense, offshore. The tech stack reveals a manufacturing-heavy operation: Schneider Electric, Siemens, SCADA, HMI, and domain-specific CAD (AutoCAD, Solidworks, Inventor). Active adoption of IFS Cloud signals a shift toward cloud-based ERP for global supply-chain coordination across 2,400 employees and seven countries. Engineering dominates hiring (129 open roles), with active projects spanning nuclear plant maintenance, EPR construction, and equipment commissioning—pointing to sustained growth in nuclear sector work.
Notable leadership hires: Maintenance Team Lead, Technical Mechanical Lead, Business Unit Director, Quality Site Lead
Reel is a France-based industrial group with 2,400 employees worldwide specializing in complex lifting, handling, and integrated systems solutions. They design, manufacture, and maintain equipment for aerospace, defense, nuclear power, aluminum production, offshore energy, and marine sectors. Core operations span engineering (design, mechanical controls, automation), manufacturing, installation, commissioning, and long-term maintenance. The company operates across seven countries with headquarters in Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Or (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes). Major active engagements include nuclear maintenance contracts, nuclear new-build projects (EPR, Flamanville, ITER), and industrial equipment upgrades.
Reel operates on industrial CAD and control systems: Schneider Electric, Siemens, AutoCAD, Solidworks, Inventor, ANSYS, SCADA, HMI, and Allen-Bradley. Business systems include Microsoft 365, Oracle Primavera, Dynamics 365 Supply Chain, and Azure DevOps. Currently adopting IFS Cloud for ERP.
Active projects include maintenance of ITV equipment, Flamanville nuclear plant development, EPR UK construction, ITER project work, installation of special machines, new ERP deployment for indirect procurement, and mandatory training compliance implementation.
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