​About the Company

I am working with a fast-growing international design & build contractor delivering large-scale data centre projects across Europe. With a newly established Dublin hub (mid-2024), the business is scaling a centralised team supporting multiple live projects across the Nordics and wider EU, covering quality, planning, HSE, and project delivery on €bn programmes.

About the Role

2x Positions; Quality Lead (Mechanical) & Quality Lead (Electrical)

This is a senior, portfolio-level Quality Lead position (Electrical or Mechanical), not tied to a single site. You will operate as part of a central function, overseeing QA/QC standards across multiple live data centre projects. Reporting into the Head of Quality, you will be responsible for setting governance, leading audits, driving NCR closeout, and ensuring consistent, audit-ready delivery across all projects. The role requires regular travel across European sites.

Responsibilities

• Own QA governance across multiple projects (not site delivery)

• Develop and implement audit programmes, standards, and quality frameworks

• Conduct site audits and surveillance across active projects

• Drive NCR closeout, ensuring actions are tracked and resolved effectively

• Identify repeat issues and implement corrective/preventative actions

• Support and challenge site QA/QC teams, package leads, and subcontractors

• Ensure test packs and handover documentation are complete and audit-ready

• Standardise best practice across projects (“what good looks like”)

• Interface with commissioning teams and client QA where required

• Electrical Focus (if applicable)

• MV/LV distribution, switchgear, UPS, generators

• Cable installation, terminations, testing and energisation readiness

• QA documentation, FAT/SAT, and commissioning interfaces

• Mechanical Focus (if applicable)

• HVAC systems (CRAHs/AHUs), pipework, valves, pumps

• Pressure testing, flushing, TAB and commissioning readiness

• Plant installation quality and system performance validation

Qualifications

• Strong QA/QC background within data centres or mission-critical environments

• Experience operating across multiple projects or sites

• Proven audit experience and ability to drive quality governance

• Strong technical background (Electrical or Mechanical)

• Ability to influence stakeholders and drive accountability

• Comfortable in a client-facing, high-visibility role

• EU passport required

Additional Information

• Dublin-based (5 days in office)

• Regular travel across EU projects (primarily Nordics)

• Travel and project-related expenses fully covered