QAQC Manager - Data Centers

We're supporting a rapidly growing data center developer that is looking to appoint an experienced QA/QC Manager to support the delivery of large-scale data center developments.

This is an owner/developer-side position, taking responsibility for construction quality across the project and ensuring that work delivered by the General Contractor and trade partners meets the required design, specification and quality standards.

The role will work closely with Construction, Commissioning, Design and external delivery partners, providing independent oversight of quality throughout construction and into commissioning and turnover.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the owner-side QA/QC program across the data center project, ensuring construction meets approved drawings, specifications, quality standards and applicable codes.
• Implement and maintain project-specific Quality Plans, Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs), inspection procedures and quality documentation.
• Oversee quality across CSA, MEP and critical power infrastructure, identifying potential issues before they impact commissioning or project turnover.
• Audit and oversee the General Contractor and trade partners’ QA/QC programs, ensuring inspections, testing and documentation are completed to the required standard.
• Manage non-conformance reports (NCRs), deficiencies and corrective actions, driving issues through to satisfactory closure.
• Witness key inspections, testing, hold points and material verification throughout construction.
• Maintain accurate project quality records including inspection reports, test results, certifications, material documentation and as-installed records.
• Support project turnover by ensuring QA/QC requirements, documentation and punch-list items are completed ahead of commissioning and handover.
• Partner closely with the Commissioning team to ensure installations are complete and compliant before progressing into functional testing and commissioning.
• Identify recurring quality issues, construction trends and lessons learned, helping improve quality standards across future data center developments.
• Provide an independent assessment of project quality and escalate significant risks or deficiencies to senior project leadership.
• Work collaboratively with Construction Managers, contractors and trade partners to create a strong culture of quality and accountability on site.
• Support and mentor project teams and delivery partners around quality expectations, inspection processes and documentation standards.

Experience Required:

• 10+ years of construction QA/QC experience, ideally within data centers, mission-critical facilities, large-scale industrial developments or other technically complex construction environments.
• Strong site-based experience overseeing quality on large, fast-paced construction projects.
• Previous data center/mission-critical construction experience
• Experience working for a developer/owner, General Contractor, commissioning provider
• Strong understanding of QA/QC processes across CSA and MEP scopes, including critical electrical and mechanical infrastructure.
• Experience developing and managing Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs), NCRs, corrective actions, inspections and turnover documentation.
• Good understanding of the relationship between construction quality and data center commissioning / L1–L5 activities.
• Comfortable challenging contractors and trade partners when required and maintaining quality standards in a schedule-driven construction environment.
• Strong communication, documentation and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience with Procore or similar construction management / quality platforms is preferred.
• A degree in Construction Management, Engineering or a related technical discipline is preferred, although equivalent practical experience will be considered.
• Relevant quality certifications such as CQM, CWI or equivalent would be advantageous.

This is an opportunity to join a well-capitalized data center developer with a growing development pipeline, taking an important owner-side role in the delivery of major data center infrastructure.

The successful candidate will have genuine ownership of quality on site and will work alongside Construction and Commissioning leadership to ensure facilities are delivered safely, correctly and to the standard required for successful commissioning and operational handover.