Vice President of Safety
Volta
Vice President of Safety
Volta
Financed AI data centers and infrastructure
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.
Safety at Volta is a function with real authority. As Senior Director, Safety , you will own safety across every Volta project – setting the standards, building the programs and providing the assurance that lets a fast-moving delivery organization build without compromise.
You will lead the safety leads embedded in each project team through a functional line, keeping standards, training and reporting consistent across sites and countries while projects move at pace. The function is being built now, and you will shape it.
Own Volta's safety strategy, standards and management system across all projects
Provide functional leadership to the safety leads embedded in each project team
Set contractor safety requirements, from prequalification through site execution
Run audit and assurance programs across active sites
Lead incident investigation and make sure learning changes how the fleet builds
Build leading-indicator reporting that gives early sight of risk
Ensure compliance with safety regulation across multiple European jurisdictions
Drive safety in design through early project reviews
Safety leadership on data center or mission-critical construction programs is essential
A recognized safety qualification such as the NEBOSH Diploma or an equivalent
Experience running safety across multiple concurrent projects or countries
A strong record managing contractor safety on major construction sites
The credibility to influence project leaders and executives alike
A practical, culture-building approach backed by data
Willingness to travel regularly across European sites
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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
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.
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.
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Volta builds and runs dedicated AI data centres called AI factories and offers AI compute as a financed utility, so labs and enterprises can access Nvidia-class capacity without paying full upfront. It combines capital, land, hardware, software, and day-to-day operations into a single offering, with customers paying for access under multi-year capacity contracts. Unlike traditional data centres, Volta finances and operates the infrastructure and software management to deliver ready-to-use capacity as a service. Its goal is to democratize access to large-scale AI compute across North America and Europe by creating a financed, utility-style infrastructure layer.
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