Talent Partner - Data Centre Delivery

WNTD; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus/commission

Pension contributions

Health benefits

Annual leave

Flexible working

Senior leadership exposure

Impactful projects

Job summary

Volta is seeking an experienced Talent Partner to lead recruitment across data centre design and construction in Europe. Embedded with Volta’s cross-functional leaders, you’ll build specialist pipelines, map talent across markets, and drive hires that enable AI infrastructure projects at speed.

As part of WNTD’s embedded RPO team, you’ll partner with senior leaders to define workforce plans, while delivering a high-quality candidate experience and competitive compensation insights across Europe.

Qualifications

• Strong experience recruiting data centre design, engineering or construction professionals.
• Good understanding of the data centre development and construction lifecycle.
• Knowledge of electrical, mechanical, civil, structural, commissioning or project delivery disciplines.
• Proven ability to deliver specialist and leadership hires across European markets.
• Strong direct sourcing, headhunting and talent-mapping capability.
• Experience partnering with senior design, engineering and construction leaders.
• Ability to translate complex technical requirements into recruitment strategies.
• Comfort managing multiple critical vacancies across countries and project stages.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruitment for data centre design and construction roles across Europe.
• Partner with Volta's design, engineering and construction leaders to define workforce plans and hiring priorities.
• 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 management, commissioning and EHS.
• Develop location-specific recruitment strategies for new AI factory developments.
• Identify and engage candidates from hyperscale, colocation, EPC, consultancy and mission-critical construction environments.
• Advise leaders on talent availability, compensation, location strategy and competitor activity.
• Manage candidates through recruitment process from engagement to offer and onboarding.
• Maintain recruitment data, forecasts and pipeline reporting.
• Ensure a consistent Volta candidate experience across Europe.

Skills

Data centre recruitment

DC lifecycle

Electrical engineering

Mechanical engineering

Civil/Structural

Commissioning

Project delivery

Leadership hiring

Talent mapping

Multi-country hiring

Stakeholder management

Hyperscale recruitment

Willing to travel

Job description

Talent Partner, Data Centre Design and Construction – Europe

ABOUT VOLTA

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.

ABOUT THE ROLE

This role sits within WNTD's dedicated RPO team, embedded directly into Volta to provide a specialist talent capability that operates as a true extension of the business.

We are looking for an experienced Talent Partner to lead recruitment across Volta's data centre design and construction organisation in Europe. You will help build the teams responsible for designing, constructing and commissioning the AI factories behind The Utility of Compute.

The hiring scope will span design, engineering, construction, project delivery, project controls, commercial management, procurement, commissioning and health and safety. You will work directly with Volta's design and construction leaders to understand each project, technical requirement and delivery milestone.

This is a strategic and hands-on recruitment role. You will build specialist talent pipelines ahead of project demand, advise leaders on the European market and secure the people needed to deliver complex AI infrastructure at speed and scale.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

• Lead end-to-end recruitment for data centre design and construction roles across Europe
• Partner directly with Volta's design, engineering and construction leaders to define workforce plans and hiring priorities
• 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 management, commissioning and EHS
• Support hiring for modular construction, prefabrication and Design for Manufacturing and Assembly programmes
• Develop location-specific recruitment strategies for new AI factory developments
• Identify and directly engage candidates from hyperscale, colocation, EPC, consultancy and mission-critical construction environments
• Advise leaders on talent availability, compensation, location strategy and competitor activity
• Manage candidates throughout the recruitment process, from initial engagement through to offer and onboarding
• Maintain accurate recruitment data, workforce forecasts and pipeline reporting
• Build a consistent and professional Volta candidate experience across every European market

WHAT YOU BRING

• Strong experience recruiting data centre design, engineering or construction professionals
• 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
• Strong direct sourcing, headhunting and talent-mapping capability
• Experience partnering with senior design, engineering and construction leaders
• The ability to understand complex technical requirements and translate them into effective recruitment strategies
• Confidence managing multiple critical vacancies across different countries and project stages
• Strong organisation, communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience within hyperscale, colocation, EPC, high-performance computing or AI infrastructure would be advantageous
• Flexibility to travel across Europe when required

WHAT WE OFFER

You will join WNTD's specialist embedded RPO team and work at the heart of Volta's European development programme. You will have direct access to senior leaders and play a visible role in building the teams responsible for 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
• Direct exposure to senior design, construction and infrastructure leaders
• 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.

Accessibility

We are committed to providing an accessible recruitment experience for all candidates. If you require accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know. We will work with you to identify reasonable accommodations that enable you to participate fully.

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