Robotics · Automation · Industrial processes · Defense & aerospace · Energy & power grids · Data centers
What if your plant manager left tomorrow?
Most of the leaders we place were not looking. We went and found them, discreetly, and all the way.
250+ client companies·400 mandates completed·Since 2017
Our conviction
What if your next leadership hire defined the decade?
A leader does not fill a seat — they set a trajectory. We search to that standard, as partners in your decision, all the way to the person who will carry your organization forward.
Our practices
Six fields, one standard.
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Robotics & mechatronics
Vice-presidents of engineering and technical directors, from the robotic work cell to embedded electronics. |
Automation & control
Plant managers, automation directors and heads of controls engineering in the manufacturing sector. |
Industrial processes
Plant managers, construction directors and superintendents, from mining and metals to chemicals. |
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Defense & aerospace
Program, engineering and production directors, often working under security clearance. |
Energy efficiency & power grids
Vice-presidents, project directors and partners in consulting engineering: efficiency, grids, renewables and storage. |
Data centers & critical infrastructure
Construction, mechanical-electrical and commissioning directors for critical facilities. |
By the numbers
A proven practice since 2017.
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250+
Client companies
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400
Mandates completed
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Thousands
Candidates assessed
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6 months
Guarantee, under the terms of the written mandate
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The team
Meet your headhunters
Five experts, three offices, one practice — you speak to the person who runs your mandate.
Éric Larouche
Founder and senior partner
He founded the practice on a simple conviction: the best leaders are not on job boards. They are not looking and they do not apply — they have to be found, with method and discretion. For more than a decade he has led the executive mandates in engineering and manufacturing: VP Engineering, plant directors, COO, CEO. Quebec, Ontario, New York. Author and speaker on recruitment and leadership.
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Andrée-Ann Raymond
Director, recruitment and business strategy
She leads talent acquisition and business development, and holds the firm’s finances. Her ground runs from project management and estimation through methods, process and automation engineering, industrial and manufacturing work, to robotics and systems. Her conviction: a search firm should be an extension of the client’s team, not one more supplier.
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Jennifer Miller
Director, executive search
Based in Rochester, New York, she runs executive searches on both sides of the border. Her specialty is the passive candidate — the leaders who are not looking and whom no one else approaches. Business and solution architecture, project and program leadership, infrastructure, cloud and security. Bilingual, she serves the American market as readily as Québec and Ontario.
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Pierre Gremeaux
Director of growth
Over a decade in marketing and demand generation. At Larouche Raymond he rebuilt the CRM, reworked the website and equipped the practice to go after its clients rather than wait for them. He carries the firm’s six technical fields to the organizations we target, and turns interest into mandates.
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Thierry Gagnon, MBA, ing.
Special collaborator, consulting engineering, and construction
A strategic leader of high-performing teams in construction, design, estimating, operations and project management for more than 20 years, he is passionate about the people at the heart of organizations. His achievements over the past 26 years have focused mainly on the performance of work teams and the continuous improvement of operations, ways of working and business processes.
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Our offices
Three addresses, one point of contact
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Quebec
Montréal
500 Place d’Armes, Suite 1800
Montréal, QC H2Y 2W2 |
Ontario
Mississauga
2 Robert Speck Parkway, Suite 750
Mississauga, ON L4Z 1H8 |
United States
New York
14 Wall Street, 20th Floor
New York, NY 10005 |
Our approach
A clear method, from mandate to guarantee.
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Framing
We define the role, the context and the profile with you. |
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Search
We approach the full market, including the candidates who aren’t looking. |
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Assessment
Rigorous interviews and verified references before any shortlist. |
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Onboarding
We support the decision and follow the first months in seat. |
Transparency
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Our terms, stated plainly. |
A 6-month replacement guarantee, under the terms of the written mandate: if the placement doesn’t hold, we resume the search. Our commitment is aligned with yours. |
What clients say
★★★★★
“A terrific team that always manages to work miracles. You feel supported throughout the entire process.”
Jean-Philippe Lemire — President of Parallèle 54
Let’s begin
Commission a search.
Tell us about the role you need to fill. We’ll come back to you quickly with a clear approach.