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Paul Balvay

IT & Telecom Project Manager | Critical Infrastructures

€500/day
Lyon, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Paul

Telecom engineer with 7 years of experience in critical infrastructure projects, including 5 years at EDF on the renewal of the national telecom network (nuclear, hydraulic, thermal sites).

I manage IT and telecom projects: from scoping to delivery, in a multi-supplier and multi-site environment.

What I bring:
- Technical and contractual coordination (operators, suppliers, internal teams)
- Deadline and budget management for sensitive infrastructures
- Field knowledge of Fiber Optic, LAN/WAN, 4G/5G, and FTTH networks

PRINCE2 certified. H0/B0/M0 clearance (EDF industrial sites).
Available for missions — Lyon and remote.

Contact:
  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Lyon (up to 50km)

Experience

  • EDF DSIT
    National Project Manager
    ENERGY AND UTILITIES
    January 2024 - June 2025 (1 year and 5 months)
    Lyon, France
    Management of the RENFORT project: renewal of the telecom IS on EDF industrial sites (DSIT / DP2D / UNITEP / DIG).

    - Coordination of 4 internal departments + external suppliers (OB, BTE, SPIE)
    - Budget management and monitoring of alert indicators
    - Writing of technical specifications, deployment procedures, project management plan
    - Contractual management with telecom operators
    - Maintenance of service continuity on high-criticality sites
    Telecommunications Writing Technical Specifications Contract Management Budget Management Project Management
  • EDF UNITEP
    National Project Manager
    ENERGY AND UTILITIES
    September 2019 - December 2023 (4 years and 3 months)
    Lyon, France
    Management of SPORT (2019-2023) and ULISSE (2023) projects: renewal of the EDF national telecom network (200+ equipment, nuclear, hydraulic, thermal sites).

    - 99.9% service continuity maintained during migrations
    - Reduction of deployment times by 25%
    - Multi-site coordination in a SEVESO environment
    - Planning, project management plan monitoring, batch budget management
    - Training and management of internal resources
    Telecommunications Budget Management PMO
  • NAPSIS
    Deployment Project Manager
    TELECOMMUNICATIONS
    January 2019 - September 2019 (8 months)
    Lyon, France
    Telecom integrator, subsidiary of Sewan — deployment of infrastructures for SMEs/VSEs.

    - 360° project view: pre-sales, quote validation, deployment, after-sales service
    - Design of VPN/MPLS, LAN/WAN solutions
    - Coordination of client, operator, and technical teams
    Telecommunications LAN / WAN / MPLS Project Management Fiber Optics PMO

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Education

  • H0, B0, M0
    2019
    H0, B0, M0
  • Renewed clearance
    Prince2
    2022
    Habilitation renouvelée

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