Director, CSA Engineering – AI Factory Infra

Volta; United States; Remote; USD 250,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in Volta

Retirement contributions

Health & wellbeing benefits

Vacation days

Job summary

Volta is seeking a Director, Civil, Structural and Architectural (CSA) Engineering to own CSA input across its AI factory portfolio. You will lead the CSA team, develop Volta's design standards and reference designs, and ensure safe, scalable, cost-effective building designs that meet fire and life-safety requirements.

You will collaborate across disciplines and with procurement to standardise specifications, while advancing CSA practices for next-generation compute deployments and global

Qualifications

• Degree in civil, structural engineering or architecture.
• Chartered or professional status preferred.
• Experience in data center CSA is required.
• Experience leading design teams.

Responsibilities

• Act as CSA design authority across all AI factories in EMEA and AMER from concept to handover.
• Develop and maintain CSA design standards, specifications and basis of design documents.
• Provide input to Reference Design, balancing performance, cost, and delivery speed.
• Own building and site architecture, including loading strategy and envelope layouts.
• Provide geotechnical due diligence input to site selection and project support.
• Track evolution of AI hardware and construction methods for CSA standards.
• Lead CSA design reviews and risk reporting to the Senior Director.
• Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, ICT and controls to optimize overall design.
• Coordinate with Procurement to standardise structural specs and modular delivery.
• Champion safety, fire/life safety, reliability and embodied carbon in design.
• Embed lessons learned into CSA standards for faster, safer builds.
• Direct external design partners and mentor CSA engineers.

Skills

Civil engineering

Structural design

Architectural design

CSA standards

Geotechnical input

Senior leadership

Stakeholder comms

Project leadership

Cost & schedule

Education

Civil/Structural engineering degree or architecture

Job description

Volta is seeking a Director, Civil, Structural and Architectural (CSA) Engineering to own CSA input across its AI factory portfolio. You will lead the CSA team, develop Volta's design standards and reference designs, and ensure safe, scalable, cost-effective building designs that meet fire and life-safety requirements.

You will collaborate across disciplines and with procurement to standardise specifications, while advancing CSA practices for next-generation compute deployments and global