​About the Company
The business is a leading European design & build general contractor delivering large-scale mission-critical data centre projects. They manage the full lifecycle of delivery, including design, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning support, and handover. The company operates in a fast-paced, high-accountability environment where quality is central to project success. You will be joining a contractor with strong data centre capability, a growing Nordic pipeline, and a delivery model built around technical control, speed, and repeatable quality.

About the Role
An opportunity for an experienced QAQC Lead to take overall ownership of quality delivery across a major hyperscale data centre project in Finland. This is a senior leadership role on a €1BN+ data centre programme, working within the core project leadership team. The successful candidate will be responsible for implementing the project quality management system, driving compliance, managing QAQC teams, and ensuring the project reaches a controlled, audit-ready handover. This is not a narrow inspection role. It is a full quality leadership position across construction, engineering, commissioning, client interface, subcontractor performance, documentation, and handover.

Responsibilities
QAQC Leadership and Strategy

• Define, implement, and maintain the Project Quality Management Plan

• Act as the primary point of contact for all quality-related matters

• Drive a strong quality culture across internal teams, site teams, and subcontractors

• Establish clear project quality standards, processes, and expectations

• Ensure the quality strategy supports construction delivery, commissioning readiness, and final handover

• Provide leadership, direction, and support to discipline QAQC teams

Team Leadership and Coordination

• Lead and manage a multidisciplinary QAQC team

• Set clear responsibilities, objectives, reporting lines, and performance expectations

• Coordinate QAQC input across CSA, MEP, commissioning, engineering, and construction teams

• Support and mentor QAQC engineers, inspectors, and discipline leads

• Ensure QAQC resource levels are aligned with the project programme and inspection workload

• Promote consistency in quality processes across all project areas

Quality Control and Compliance

• Ensure works are delivered in line with project specifications, drawings, codes, and standards

• Oversee inspection, testing, verification, and acceptance activities

• Review and approve Inspection and Test Plans, quality procedures, method statements, and checklists

• Monitor implementation of ITPs across all disciplines

• Manage non-conformances, corrective actions, preventive actions, and close-out

• Ensure subcontractors comply with project quality requirements

• Track recurring quality issues and implement improvement measures

Construction Completion and Handover

• Lead quality input into construction completion and handover processes

• Support mechanical completion, functional completion, system walkdowns, and commissioning readiness

• Ensure punch lists are properly managed, tracked, and closed out

• Oversee turnover packages, as-built records, certification, inspection records, and test documentation

• Ensure documentation is complete, traceable, and audit-ready

• Work closely with commissioning teams to ensure systems are handed over correctly

Documentation, Reporting and Audit Readiness

• Ensure robust document control and traceability of all quality records

• Oversee inspection reports, test results, certification, material approvals, and quality registers

• Produce regular quality reports for project leadership and client teams

• Support internal audits, client audits, third-party inspections, and regulatory inspections

• Maintain quality dashboards and key performance indicators

• Ensure accurate records are available for final handover and project close-out

Stakeholder Interface

• Act as the main QAQC interface with client quality representatives

• Liaise with consultants, third-party inspectors, regulatory bodies, and subcontractors

• Support factory acceptance tests and off-site quality inspections where required

• Work closely with Construction, Commissioning, Engineering, Commercial, and HSE teams

• Provide clear, confident communication on quality risks, trends, and required actions

If this position is of interest to you, apply now!