Data Centre Talent Partner — Europe Construction

We Love Alfa; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus/commission

Pension contributions

Health & insurance

Generous annual leave

Flexible working

Job summary

Volta, the AI infrastructure platform, is seeking a Talent Partner to run searches across Europe for data centre design and construction roles. You will source, headhunt and engage candidates for project directors, construction managers, design managers and technical leaders, building pipelines across multiple disciplines.

You will map markets, advise leaders on compensation and location strategy, manage candidates end-to-end from outreach to onboarding, and maintain accurate forecasts.

Qualifications

• Strong experience recruiting data centre design, engineering or construction professionals.
• Direct sourcing, headhunting and talent‑mapping capabilities.
• Understanding of data centre development and construction lifecycle.
• Knowledge of electrical, mechanical, civil, structural, commissioning or project delivery disciplines.
• Ability to deliver specialist and leadership hires across European markets.
• Translate complex technical requirements into effective search strategies.
• Confidence managing multiple critical vacancies across different countries and project stages.
• Experience within hyperscale, colocation, EPC, high‑performance computing or AI infrastructure would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruitment for data centre design and construction roles across Europe.
• Directly source and headhunt candidates from hyperscale, colocation, EPC, consultancy and mission‑critical construction environments.
• Recruit project directors, construction managers, design managers, programme managers and technical leaders.
• Build pipelines across electrical, mechanical, civil, structural, architectural and controls engineering.
• Recruit specialists across project controls, planning, cost management, procurement, commercial and contracts management, quality, commissioning and EHS.
• Map target markets and build location‑specific sourcing strategies for new AI factory developments.
• Deliver strong shortlists at the right level, at pace — not one candidate at a time.
• Advise leaders on talent availability, compensation, location strategy and competitor activity.
• Manage candidates from first approach through to offer and onboarding.
• Maintain accurate recruitment data, forecasts and pipeline reporting.

Skills

Talent sourcing

Head hunting

European markets

Construction recruitment

Job description

Volta, the AI infrastructure platform, is seeking a Talent Partner to run searches across Europe for data centre design and construction roles. You will source, headhunt and engage candidates for project directors, construction managers, design managers and technical leaders, building pipelines across multiple disciplines.

You will map markets, advise leaders on compensation and location strategy, manage candidates end-to-end from outreach to onboarding, and maintain accurate forecasts.