Director, CSA Engineering

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Ireland.

📋 Description

• Serve as Volta's CSA subject matter expert and design authority across all AI factories in EMEA and AMER from the initial concept to construction and handover.

• Create, implement, and uphold CSA design standards, specifications, and foundational design documents.

• Contribute CSA insights to Volta's Reference Design for AI factory infrastructure.

• Manage building and site architecture, structural systems, floor and roof loading strategies, plant yards, building envelopes, and data hall layouts.

• Offer geotechnical due diligence contributions for site selection and assist ongoing projects through detailed design, permitting, construction, and handover.

• Monitor the evolution of AI hardware and construction methodologies, translating findings into CSA standards.

• Lead CSA design reviews, ensure technical assurance, and authorize exceptions to CSA standards.

• Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, ICT, and controls SMEs to enhance safety, expedite delivery, and optimize costs.

• Partner with Procurement to standardize specifications for structural steel, precast concrete, cladding, roofing, and modular building systems.

• Advocate for safety in design, ensuring compliance with fire and life safety regulations, reliability, maintainability, and embodied carbon considerations.

• Integrate lessons learned from delivery and operations into CSA standards.

• Direct external design partners, mentor engineers, and develop the CSA engineering team.

• Report CSA engineering status, risks, and decisions to the Senior Director of Infrastructure Engineering.

⛳️ Requirements

• A degree in civil or structural engineering or architecture.

• Preferred: Chartered or professional status (e.g., CEng, PE, SE, or registered architect).

• Extensive experience in CSA engineering for data centers or mission-critical facilities.

• Proven senior technical leadership in civil, structural, or architectural design for large-scale programs.

• In-depth technical knowledge in at least one area of civil, structural, or architectural design, with a solid working understanding of all three.

• A history of developing and implementing CSA design standards, reference designs, or foundational design documents for hyperscale, colocation, or large-scale data center developers.

• Practical experience in designing and constructing buildings for high-density and liquid-cooled AI and HPC workloads.

• Knowledge of GPU cluster requirements, including rack weight, service density, and plant space, and their impact on facility design.

• Familiarity with Eurocodes, the International Building Code, ASCE 7, and fire and life safety regulations relevant to data center CSA design in Europe and North America.

• Strong commercial acumen in balancing capex, timelines, reliability, and operability.

• Ability to articulate complex technical trade-offs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including executives.

• A collaborative approach and commitment to maintaining standards.

• Eligibility to work in the country where the position is located or capability to secure necessary visa sponsorship.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity in Volta, providing you with a chance to participate in the company's long-term success.

• Contributions to retirement/pension plans.

• Comprehensive health, wellness, and insurance benefits.

• A generous allocation of vacation days each year.

• Discretionary bonuses.

• Competitive salary determined by your contributions to the company, not your past earnings.