Global Quality Lead

Volta is building AI factories across Europe and North America, starting with a 133MW site in Norway built on NVIDIA Vera Rubin systems. As Global Quality Lead, you will own quality across all of our AI factories – from vendor quality and factory acceptance through site inspection to the test and commissioning standards that prove a facility is ready for compute. You will build the function from the ground up. You will set Volta's quality strategy, standards and management system, provide functional leadership to the quality resources embedded in each project team, and build the assurance programmes that keep every site to standard. This is a senior, hands-on role reporting to the Chief Delivery Officer.

Responsibilities

Own Volta's quality strategy, standards and quality management system across all projects, in Europe and North America; Build and lead the global quality function, providing functional leadership to the quality resources embedded in each project team; Set inspection and test plan standards for every major package – civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and controls; Build vendor quality and factory surveillance programmes for critical equipment, working with Procurement on supplier qualification and factory acceptance testing; Own non-conformance management and drive root-cause resolution across all of our sites; Set the quality standards that underpin commissioning from level 1 through level 5, working with the Commissioning and Handover team on the path to turn-up; Run quality audits and assurance reviews across active sites, and hold contractors and partners to standard; Embed right-first-time practices and make sure lessons learned on one site carry to the next; Report quality performance to the CDO and leadership team, with clear metrics and trends

Requirements

Quality leadership on data centre or mission-critical construction programmes; Data centre experience is essential; A track record running quality at programme or portfolio level, across multiple concurrent projects and regions; Experience building or running a quality management system from scratch, ideally aligned to ISO 9001; Deep familiarity with commissioning practice on complex, MEP-heavy facilities; A strong record in vendor quality and factory acceptance for critical equipment such as switchgear, UPS, generators, chillers and CDUs; Structured root-cause problem solving and clear, data-led reporting; The credibility to hold projects, contractors and suppliers to standard; Willingness to travel regularly to sites and factories across Europe and North America

Benefits

Competitive salary based on the work you do here, not your previous salary; Equity in Volta, giving you the opportunity to share in the company's long-term success; Retirement/pension contributions; Comprehensive health, wellbeing and insurance benefits; Generous number of vacation days each year