Director of Mechanical Engineering

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 ComputeTM: 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. 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 ComputeTM: 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 looking for a Director, Mechanical Engineering to be Volta's subject matter expert and design authority for mechanical engineering across our global portfolio of AI factories. You will report directly to the Senior Director, Infrastructure Engineering within the Delivery organisation. You will fully own all mechanical engineering input across the portfolio from Volta's design standards, Reference Design and running projects. You will move easily between technical detail and strategic perspective, weighing engineering decisions against business priorities. As the business scales, you will build and lead the mechanical engineering team. Act as Volta's mechanical subject matter expert and design authority, owning all mechanical engineering input across every AI factory in EMEA and AMER from concept through to commissioning and handover Develop, deploy and maintain Volta's mechanical design standards, specifications and basis of design documents for all mechanical systems, making sure they are applied consistently across every project and region Provide the mechanical input to Volta's Reference Design for AI factory infrastructure, working with peers in the Design organisation to balance performance, energy and water efficiency, cost, speed of delivery and scalability Support live projects with mechanical expertise from concept through detailed design, construction and commissioning, resolving technical issues quickly so delivery is never held up Work in sync with SMEs across the other disciplines, including electrical, controls and structural, so the overall design is optimised for safety, speed of delivery and cost, rather than for mechanical in isolation Direct the mechanical scope of external design partners, mentor engineers and build out the mechanical engineering team as the pipeline grows Provide mechanical engineering status, risk and decision reporting to the Senior Director, Infrastructure Engineering A degree in mechanical or building services engineering, with chartered or professional engineer status (for example CEng or PE) preferred Significant experience in data centre or mission critical mechanical engineering, including senior technical leadership of mechanical design on large scale programmes Deep technical expertise in data centre cooling, including chilled water and heat rejection systems, air side design, hydraulic design and cooling control philosophy A track record developing and deploying mechanical design standards, reference designs or basis of design documents for a hyperscale, colocation or large scale data centre developer Familiarity with the codes and standards that govern data centre mechanical design in Europe and North America, such as ASHRAE guidelines and NFPA standards Strong commercial judgement, balancing capex, schedule, reliability and operability in mechanical design decisions 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. Retirement/pension contributions Comprehensive health, wellbeing and insurance benefits 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. If you require accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the application or interview process, please contact us at . By applying, you consent to the processing of your personal data for recruitment purposes in accordance with applicable data protect