Equans Data Centers are seeking to appoint a QA/QC Manager based in Motherwell, Scotland, to support our growing Data Centre business.
We are committed to providing cutting-edge solutions for our clients' Data Centre facilities and are recruiting a QA/QC Manager to join our innovative team. The QA/QC Manager will lead and oversee all Quality Assurance and Quality Control activities, ensuring projects are delivered in accordance with industry standards, regulatory requirements, client specifications and commissioning objectives. The successful candidate will be responsible for driving quality compliance, inspection and testing programmes, and continuous improvement throughout the construction and commissioning lifecycle, ensuring the highest standards of quality, safety and operational excellence are achieved across all project phases.
What you will deliver?
- Develop, implement and oversee project-specific Quality Assurance and Quality Control plans across all phases of delivery.
- Lead the development and execution of QA/QC strategies to ensure compliance with project, client and regulatory requirements.
- Establish and manage robust QA/QC frameworks to support successful project delivery and commissioning readiness.
- Drive Quality Assurance and Quality Control activities across multi-disciplinary Data Centre projects, ensuring adherence to agreed quality standards.
- Manage the implementation of project quality plans, promoting a right-first-time culture throughout construction and commissioning.
- Provide leadership and governance for all QA/QC processes, ensuring consistency, compliance and continuous improvement across projects.
What we can offer you?
On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes;
- 25 days annual leave (+ public holidays)
- Life Cover equivalent to 4 times annual salary
- Company Stakeholder Pension Scheme
- Private Medical Insurance
- 2 corporate social responsibility days per year
- Broad range of learning opportunities, such as professional qualifications, collective/individual training, and personalised support programmes
- Attractive Employee Referral Rewards Scheme
- Access to our growing employee networks including AccessAbility (representing those with physical and mental disabilities), Encompass (representing the LGBTQ+ community), RISE (representing people from ethnic backgrounds), WOMEN TOGETHER (representing women in Equans), Working Parents, and Young Professionals.
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app
Who are we looking for?
- Proven experience in a QA/QC leadership role within Data Centre, mission-critical, MEP or major construction projects.
- Strong knowledge of Quality Assurance and Quality Control processes, inspection regimes and commissioning requirements.
- Experience implementing and managing quality management systems in line with ISO 9001 standards.
- Ability to lead quality activities across multi-disciplinary teams, including Architectural, Mechanical, Electrical and Commissioning disciplines.
- Demonstrable experience managing inspections, audits, non-conformances, corrective actions and quality reporting.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with clients, consultants, subcontractors and project teams.
- Strong analytical, organisational and problem-solving capabilities, with a proactive approach to driving continuous improvement.
- Degree, HNC/HND or equivalent qualification in Engineering, Construction Management, Quality Management or a related discipline.
Who are we?
Equans Data Centers is a strategic data centre partner. We deliver the whole data centre, providing full general contracting for hyperscaler and colocation data centre projects across Europe, through a single point of contact.
Leveraging Bouygues Energies & Services and Equans' experiences, we provide expertise in construction and engineering, global standardisation, precision localisation and total control of the supply chain. This enables us to deliver data centres with the best possible quality, speed to delivery and high repeatability and scalability, to realise client needs for cost transparency, low risk, continual availability, innovation and certainty of planning and outcomes.
With more than 1,200 highly skilled employees across 8 European countries, Equans Data Centres has delivered over 400,000m2 of data halls, exceeding 640MW of IT space for major data centres providers such as VIRTUS Data Centers, Digital Reality, Equinix, Vantage Data Centers, Stack Infrastructure, Data4 and many others.
What’s next?
If this role is of interest to you, please click below to register, apply, and track your progress! A member of our Resourcing Team will review your application and be in touch.
As part our commitment to better reflect the markets within which we operate, we encourage applications from women, ethnically diverse individuals and people with disabilities, along with all candidates who identify with protected characteristic groups under the Equality Act 2010.
At Equans we’re committed to delivering a culture where everyone’s voice is heard and supported. We know the value a diverse workforce creates, delivering better results for our people, customers, and stakeholders. Diversity and inclusion is at the core of what we do, should you join Equans you’ll find a welcoming and open workplace where you’re supported and encouraged to be your true self at work.
You’ll also have access to our growing employee networks including AccessAbility (representing those with physical and mental disabilities), Encompass (representing the LGBTQ+ community), RISE (representing people from ethnic backgrounds), Veterans & Reservists, WOMEN Together (representing women in Equans), Working Parents, and Young Professionals.
For this role, you must have evidence of the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are not able to offer a re-location package with this job role. Certain roles may require applicants to undergo a Disclosure check, as noted in the role requirements.
The EQUANS Resourcing Team supports this job advert. Agency involvement is not required. All related enquiries must come to the resourcing team not direct to EQUANS Managers.
