Global Quality Lead

Volta

7d•$293,000 - $333,000

About The Position

Volta is building AI factories across Europe and North America, beginning with a 133MW site in Norway. The Global Quality Lead will own quality across all AI factories, from vendor quality and factory acceptance through site inspection to testing and commissioning standards that establish facility readiness for compute. This senior, hands-on role will build Volta’s quality function from the ground up. The role will set the company’s quality strategy, standards, and management system; provide functional leadership to quality resources embedded in project teams; and create assurance programmes to keep sites to standard. It reports to the Chief Delivery Officer and works closely with Safety, Design and Engineering, Procurement, Project Controls, regional delivery teams, and the DSX Commissioning and Handover team. Regular travel to sites and factories across Europe and North America is expected.

Requirements

Quality leadership experience 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.
Deep familiarity with commissioning practices 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 skills and clear, data-led reporting.
Credibility to hold projects, contractors, and suppliers to standard.
Willingness to travel regularly to sites and factories across Europe and North America.

Nice To Haves

A quality management system aligned to ISO 9001.

Responsibilities

Own Volta’s quality strategy, standards, and quality management system across projects in Europe and North America.
Build and lead the global quality function, providing functional leadership to quality resources embedded in project teams.
Set inspection and test plan standards for major civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and controls packages.
Build vendor quality and factory surveillance programmes for critical equipment, partnering with Procurement on supplier qualification and factory acceptance testing.
Own non-conformance management and drive root-cause resolution across all sites.
Set quality standards underpinning 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 ensure lessons learned at one site are carried forward to others.
Report quality performance, metrics, and trends to the Chief Delivery Officer and leadership team.