QAQC Manager - Data Centre Construction

About the role

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company, majority-owned by CBRE Group, with a strong presence in the data centre sector. Because of the continued success and expansion of its data centre business in the Nordics, it is recruiting an experienced Quality Manager for construction projects to join its data centre team in Oulu, Finland. The role involves close liaison with the client's representative and coordination with contractors and consultants.

Key responsibilities

• Close liaison with the client's representative to meet the project's quality requirements, and coordinate with contractors and consultants on site.
• Plan and allocate QC resources for on-site and off-site witness inspections proposed by contractors.
• Perform audits and field inspections requested by the client, and review and approve all ITPs and checklists.
• Walk sites with the client or consultant to verify quality requirements, and present quality issues to the client weekly, escalating significant ones.
• Recruit qualified QC personnel, plan witnessing of commissioning, and review contractors' QC resources for competence.
• Attend kick-off meetings with vendors, weekly coordination meetings with client, consultants and contractors, and weekly technical issue meetings.
• Generate weekly and daily quality reports, lead weekly contractor and internal QC meetings, and review the weekly QC activity plan.
• Ensure quality dossiers are entered into the client's documentation system, validate or review as-built drawings, and conduct performance evaluations of QC staff.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field is considered beneficial.
• 5 years of experience in data centre facility maintenance, operation and/or construction.
• Manufacturing or industry QAQC formal qualification preferred.
• Consultant PM experience on large-scale mission-critical projects, with detailed knowledge of data centre pre-construction, build-to, handover/commissioning and post-turnover processes.
• Availability for on-site work.

Required skills

• Proficiency with MS Office (Excel, Outlook, Project, Word).
• Online document management applications are a strong plus.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.