Global Quality Lead for AI Data Centers

Volta; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity in Volta

Retirement/pension contributions

Health benefits

Generous vacation days

Job summary

Volta, the AI infrastructure platform, seeks a Global Quality Lead to own quality across all AI factories in Europe and North America. You will build the function from the ground up, set quality strategy and standards, and provide leadership to quality resources embedded in project teams.

You will define inspection and test standards for civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and controls packages, drive root-cause resolution, and report performance to the Chief Delivery Officer.

Qualifications

• Quality leadership on data centre or mission-critical construction programmes.
• Data centre experience is essential.
• A track record running quality at programme or portfolio level across multiple projects and regions.
• Experience building or running a quality management system from scratch, ideally aligned to ISO 9001.
• Deep familiarity with commissioning practice on complex, MEP-heavy facilities.
• A strong record in vendor quality and factory acceptance for critical equipment such as switchgear, UPS, generators, chillers and CDUs.
• Structured root-cause problem solving and clear, data-led reporting.
• The credibility to hold projects, contractors and suppliers to standard.
• Willingness to travel regularly to sites and factories across Europe and North America.

Responsibilities

• Own Volta's quality strategy, standards and quality management system across all projects, in Europe and North America.
• Build and lead the global quality function, providing functional leadership to the quality resources embedded in each project team.
• Set inspection and test plan standards for every major package - civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and controls.
• Build vendor quality and factory surveillance programmes for critical equipment, working with Procurement on supplier qualification and factory acceptance testing.
• Own non-conformance management and drive root-cause resolution across all of our sites.
• Set the quality standards that underpin commissioning from level 1 through level 5, working with the Commissioning and Handover team on the path to turn-up.
• Run quality audits and assurance reviews across active sites, and hold contractors and partners to standard.
• Embed right-first-time practices and make sure lessons learned on one site carry to the next.
• Report quality performance to the CDO and leadership team, with clear metrics and trends.

Skills

Quality leadership

Data centre experience

Programme management

ISO 9001 familiarity

Vendor quality

Root cause analysis

Quality audits

Travel willingness

Job description

Volta, the AI infrastructure platform, seeks a Global Quality Lead to own quality across all AI factories in Europe and North America. You will build the function from the ground up, set quality strategy and standards, and provide leadership to quality resources embedded in project teams.

You will define inspection and test standards for civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and controls packages, drive root-cause resolution, and report performance to the Chief Delivery Officer.