Talent Acquisition Manager - Data Centre

Volta; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Performance-related bonus orcommission

Pension contributions

Health, wellbeing and insurance

Job summary

Volta, the AI infrastructure leader, is seeking a Talent Partner within WNTD's embedded RPO team to recruit data centre design and construction talent across Europe. You will direct search work, build candidate pipelines and engage leaders to secure top talent for hyperscale, colocation and mission-critical projects.

You will partner with Volta's European development programme, understand project requirements, map markets, and deliver strong shortlists at pace while guiding compensation and

Qualifications

• Experience recruiting data centre design, engineering or construction professionals.
• Strong direct sourcing, headhunting and talent-mapping capabilities.
• Understanding of the data centre development lifecycle.
• Ability to deliver specialist and leadership hires across European markets.
• Experience in hyperscale, colocation, EPC, HPC or AI infra 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

Direct sourcing

Headhunting

Talent mapping

European markets

Stakeholder management

Talent pipeline

Job description

Volta is the category-defining, fully vertically integrated AI infrastructure platform – from capital to clusters to software, under a founder-led enterprise. Our mission is The Utility of Compute™: AI infrastructure as dependable and available as electricity, for every organization that needs it. Launched with a $10B strategic partnership with one of the leading frontier AI labs, a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, and a $5B AI Infrastructure Fund, Volta is building the infrastructure layer of the AI era from the ground up. We are 100+ people across London, Palo Alto, and New York, with rapid growth expectations to hundreds.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Volta's first AI factory is a 133MW site in Norway built on NVIDIA Vera Rubin systems, with a contracted power pipeline of more than 1GW across Europe and North America behind it. Delivering that means hiring project directors, design managers, construction leaders and specialist engineers at a pace most companies never attempt.

This role sits within WNTD's dedicated RPO team, embedded directly into Volta as a true extension of the business. As a Talent Partner, you will run searches across Volta's data centre design and construction organisation in Europe — finding, engaging and securing the people who will design, build and commission these sites.

The scope covers the full delivery organisation: design, engineering, construction, project delivery, project controls, procurement, commercial and contracts management, quality, commissioning and health and safety. You will work directly with the leaders running the build, understand each project and technical requirement, and get ahead of demand with pipelines built before roles open.

This is a role for a genuine headhunter. You will build relationships with people delivering hyperscale, colocation and mission-critical projects across Europe, and bring them into conversations they would not have found on their own.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

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

WHAT YOU BRING

Strong experience recruiting data centre design, engineering or construction professionals Strong direct sourcing, headhunting and talent-mapping capability — you find people others cannot A good understanding of the data centre development and construction lifecycle Knowledge of electrical, mechanical, civil, structural, commissioning or project delivery disciplines A proven ability to deliver specialist and leadership hires across European markets The ability to 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

WHAT WE OFFER

You will join WNTD's specialist embedded RPO team and work at the heart of Volta's European development programme, with direct access to senior leaders and a visible role in building the teams delivering industrial-scale AI infrastructure.

Competitive salary based on the work you will do, not your previous salary Performance-related bonus or commission Retirement or pension contributions Health, wellbeing and insurance benefits Generous annual leave Flexible working arrangements The opportunity to help build a new category of AI infrastructure across Europe

Benefits and employment terms will be provided by WNTD and may vary depending on the country of employment.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

WNTD and Volta are committed to building diverse and inclusive teams. Employment decisions are based on skills, qualifications, experience and business needs. We do not discriminate based on race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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