Global Director, Hyperscale DC Commissioning & Handover

Volta; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 240,000 - 400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity

Retirement contributions

Health benefits

Generous vacation

Job summary

Volta is seeking a Senior Director, Global Commissioning & Handover to lead the commissioning of DSX facilities and network across Volta sites, delivering ready-for-service handovers to operations. You will build a global team and define commissioning standards across electrical, mechanical and CDU scopes, including security.

You will align commissioning with the turn-up sequence, manage schedules, ensure facilities readiness, and drive speed to market.

Qualifications

• Experience leading commissioning of hyperscale data centres, including electrical, mechanical and liquid cooling systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead commissioning of DSX facilities and network infrastructure across Volta's AI factories, taking each site to ready for service.
• Build and lead the global Commissioning and Handover team, covering electrical, mechanical and CDU commissioning standards, systems security, commissioning planning, facilities readiness and operational readiness.
• Own Volta's commissioning standards for each discipline, from tagging and method statements through each commissioning level to the turn-up sequence.
• Own CDU installation and commissioning standards, including handover to operations.
• Own the commissioning schedule for every site and its alignment to turn-up, so that commissioning is never the critical path to service.
• Deliver the physical and systems security requirements for each site from construction through tohandover.
• Set the facilities readiness and operational readiness standards and governance, so each facility is ready for operations and the operations team is ready to run it.
• Lead handover into service, working with DC Operations on acceptance, documentation and training.
• Work with Design and Engineering, the regional delivery teams and the DSX execution and network teams so commissioning is integrated into the master schedule on every site.
• Report commissioning progress and risk across sites, and feed lessons learned back into the standards and the reference design.

Skills

Hyperscale DC commissioning

Electrical & mechanical

CDU commissioning

Turn-up sequencing

Commissioning leadership

Facilities readiness

Security readiness

Travel flexibility

Job description

Volta is seeking a Senior Director, Global Commissioning & Handover to lead the commissioning of DSX facilities and network across Volta sites, delivering ready-for-service handovers to operations. You will build a global team and define commissioning standards across electrical, mechanical and CDU scopes, including security.

You will align commissioning with the turn-up sequence, manage schedules, ensure facilities readiness, and drive speed to market.