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ALTEREA

Energy engineering for buildings and cities

Building Envelope Specialist

Full-Time
No salary listed
Senior
Bachelor's
Nantes, France
In Person
Architecture & Civil EngineeringConstruction Management

About the job

Requirements
  • An engineering background with a specialization in building, civil engineering, or building envelope is required.
  • At least 6 years of experience in designing and/or delivering building-envelope packages on residential, commercial, and/or public-works projects is required.
  • Proficiency with computer-aided drawing tools such as AutoCAD is required.
  • Proficiency with pricing and technical-analysis tools for construction works, including quantity takeoffs, DQE, and estimates, is required.
  • The role requires rigor, strong synthesis skills, and the ability to communicate clearly and precisely in writing and verbally.
  • The role requires strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative working style.
Responsibilities
  • Support project teams as the company’s building-envelope technical expert from early design phases through project handover.
  • Prepare technical and financial building-envelope responses to public and private tenders.
  • Review and control technical documents produced internally or by partners, consult suppliers and construction companies, and produce building-envelope technical documents and associated estimates when needed.
  • Analyze and control written and graphic building-envelope documents prepared by design teams.
  • Verify regulatory compliance, system consistency across structure, façades, waterproofing, roofing, external windows and doors, and solar protection, and optimize technical, economic, and environmental solutions.
  • Draft CCTP specifications for the area of expertise, produce or validate drawings, and prepare DQE documents for building-envelope packages during design.
  • Transmit tender documents to the Procurement team and participate in the technical analysis of bids.
  • Support execution activities and building-envelope technical coordination, contribute to the Quality Assurance Plan, and ensure durability, performance, and safety requirements are incorporated.
  • Periodically inspect building-envelope construction, support subcontractor coordination, participate in pre-handover inspections, and support GPA and after-sales-service phases.
  • Maintain technical and regulatory knowledge covering DTU, professional rules, standards, and technical approvals, and contribute to team training and capability development.
  • Assess the company’s construction-work needs and source, consult, and select suppliers and subcontractors for building-envelope work on projects.

About the company

ALTEREA is an energy engineering firm that helps clients manage the energy, environmental, and digital transition of buildings and territories. It offers consulting, studies, project management assistance (AMO), and project management (MOE) to improve energy and environmental performance, covering audits, design, supervision of work, and project acceptance for renovations, asset optimization, and new construction. The company operates from Nantes with eight agencies across France and more than 400 employees, and is part of the ALTYN group, which provides end-to-end support through ten specialized companies. Since 2022, ALTEREA has been a mission-led company focused on contributing to the energy, environmental, and digital transition of buildings, cities, and territories.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Growth Equity (Venture Capital)

Total Funding

$5.5M

Headquarters

Nantes, France

Founded

1999

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Le Cèdre renewed ALTEREA's contract reference in late 2025, extending channel access.
  • The Department of Nord awarded four-year GTB modernization work starting in 2027.
  • 2026 site content centers on heatwaves, simplification decrees, and ANRU 3 demand.

What critics are saying

  • Public-contract dependence exposes revenues to municipal budget delays and procurement cycles.
  • OpenProcurements shows only narrow recent wins, including Valenciennes and Saint-Nazaire bids.
  • Energy-transition consulting faces commoditization if larger integrators bundle design, works, and financing.

What makes ALTEREA unique

  • ALTEREA won Nord GTB engineering work worth €567,861 in April 2026.
  • Its ALTYN backing gives access to consulting, engineering, services, and works capabilities.
  • Nine agencies across France and 400-plus employees support national public-sector delivery.

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Benefits

  • Meal Benefits
  • Remote Work Options
  • Paid Holidays
  • Profit Sharing

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