About Volta
Volta is the category-defining, fully vertically integrated AI infrastructure platform – from capital to clusters to software, under a founder-led enterprise. Our mission is The Utility of Compute™: AI infrastructure as dependable and available as electricity, for every organization that needs it. Launched with a $10B strategic partnership with one of the leading frontier AI labs, a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, and a $5B AI Infrastructure Fund, Volta is building the infrastructure layer of the AI era from the ground up. We are 100+ people across London, Palo Alto, and New York, with rapid growth expectations to hundreds.
The role
As DSX MEP Infra Lead, you will lead the delivery of the MEP infrastructure that supports the DSX platform across Volta’s AI factories. You will set the design, sequencing and commissioning standards that pull turnover dates forward and keep power and cooling off the critical path.
This is a senior leadership role focused on speed, safety and repeatability. You will ensure MEP design frameworks align with the NVIDIA DSX platform and that lessons from delivery and operations feed back into the build standards, so every AI factory builds faster than the last.
What you will do
• Embed critical-path optimisation, trade sequencing and streamlined Level 1-5 commissioning workflows into white space BODs and baseline schedules to pull turnover dates forward.
• Establish field execution playbooks for white space MEP installation, ensuring these are the basis for project baseline schedules on each project.
• Drive Hot Aisle Containment design standards to maximise M&E plug-and-play capability including overhead busway drops, facility cooling system integration and flexible framing to minimise site integration time across diverse room configurations.
• Ensure MEP design frameworks are fully aligned with the requirements of the NVIDIA DSX platform including power, cooling, spatial and structural requirements.
• Define the commissioning strategies for CDUs and their integration to facility water systems to support high-density GPU rack environments.
• Drive efficient and practical design and commissioning strategies for electrical systems to ensure power distribution systems commissioning remains off the critical path.
• Push design and execution strategies towards safe, fast integration of facility racks to commissioned power and cooling systems.
• Partner with Design and Supply Chain teams to evaluate schedule opportunities related to off-site assembly, reducing site trade congestion, de-risking long-lead items and eliminating critical-path delays.
• Drive the reporting and implementation of lessons learned from delivery and operations back into the build standards, so every AI factory builds faster, safer and more efficiently than the last.
• Set the standards for clean handovers from construction to operations teams, ensuring alignment on expectations.
What we are looking for
• Senior experience leading MEP design and delivery for data centres or other mission-critical facilities. Data centre experience is essential.
• Strong knowledge of critical-path planning, trade sequencing and baseline scheduling on large construction programmes.
• Experience leading Level 1-5 commissioning, including electrical power distribution systems.
• Hands-on knowledge of high-density power and liquid cooling, including CDUs and facility water systems.
• Ability to work with Design, Supply Chain and construction teams to drive off-site assembly and de-risk long-lead items.
• A track record of setting standards and playbooks that are adopted across multiple projects and sites.
Nice to have
• Experience with the NVIDIA DSX platform or other high-density GPU rack environments.
• Hot aisle containment design and overhead busway systems.
• Experience setting clean handover standards between construction and operations teams
What We Offer
At Volta, we believe people do their best work when they feel supported, trusted and able to grow. We're building a company where you can make an impact, keep a healthy balance between work and life, and build a career you're proud of.
As a global team, we do our best to provide great benefits wherever you're based. While some benefits vary by country due to local regulations, we believe looking after our people is simply the right thing to do.
Competitive salary based on the work you do here, not your previous salary
Equity in Volta, giving you the opportunity to share in the company's long-term success
Retirement/pension contributions
Comprehensive health, wellbeing and insurance benefits
Generous number of vacation days each year
Additional Information
Background Checks
All offers of employment at Volta are conditional on the satisfactory completion of pre-employment screening, which includes confirmation of your right to work, verification of your employment history and a criminal record check, where this is permitted by local law. Screening is carried out by Zinc, an accredited third-party provider, after an offer is made and all information is handled confidentially and in accordance with applicable data protection law.
Equal Opportunity
Volta is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and make employment decisions based on skills, qualifications, experience and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic.
Accessibility
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