volta - Senior Director, Global Commissioning & Handover

London, Greater London, United Kingdom£270k - £290k2w ago

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Requirements

• Experience leading commissioning of hyperscale data centres, including electrical, mechanical and liquid cooling systems. Data centre experience is essential. • A track record owning commissioning and handover across multiple concurrent sites at this level, and the ability to run it from day one. • Deep knowledge of commissioning levels, integrated systems testing and the turn-up sequence for high density GPU environments. • Experience with CDU and liquid cooling commissioning and handover into operations. • Experience setting readiness governance and handing live facilities over to operations teams. • Experience building and leading commissioning teams and managing commissioning agents and contractors. • Understanding of physical and systems security requirements in mission critical facilities. • Willingness to travel to sites across Europe and North America.

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.

Benefits

• United Kingdom£270K – £290K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus • The posted range reflects the typical compensation for this role. Actual compensation is based on market rate, factoring in qualifications, experience, location, and the value you bring - while ensuring fairness and consistency across our organization. Eligible employees also receive a total rewards package, including a discretionary bonus, equity awards, and comprehensive benefits. • Upload your resume here to autofill key application fields. • Drop your resume here! • Parsing your resume. Autofilling key fields... • Please note: To ensure fair review for all candidates, we limit applications to 3 per 60 days and block reapplication to the same role for 60 days after rejection. Thank you for your interest in joining our team! • Please note: • Candidates may not apply more than 3 times in any 60 days span for any job. • Candidates may not re-apply to the same role within 60 day(s) if not presented with an offer. • Candidates may not re-apply to any role within 90 day(s) if not presented with an offer • PDF, DOC, DOCX - max 10MB • or drag and drop here • Yes, I will require Volta to sponsor my employment • No, I do not require sponsorship to work in the country where this role is located • Do you agree to allow Volta Infrastructure Holdings Limited to contact you about job opportunities for up to 2 years? • Recruiting Privacy Policy