Quality Manager (AI Infrastructure)

TL;DR

Quality Manager (AI Infrastructure): Providing owner-side quality assurance governance for a 200MW data centre build with an accent on independent oversight and contractor compliance. Focus on scrutinizing quality processes, managing non-conformances (NCRs), and ensuring adherence to ISO 9001 and data centre standards.

Location: Onsite - Sines, Portugal

Company

Nscale is building the infrastructure for Europe’s AI revolution through high-performance, sustainable data centres and GPUs.

What you will do

• Provide independent owner-side quality assurance governance across all phases of the data centre programme.
• Review and assess quality management plans, ITPs, and audit programmes produced by the delivery structure.
• Attend key site inspections, hold points, and witness tests, providing independent assurance at critical milestones.
• Monitor and manage the NCR register, ensuring root causes are understood and close-out standards are adequate.
• Ensure full compliance with Portuguese statutory requirements, ISO 9001, and relevant data centre quality standards.
• Produce independent quality status reports and provide early warning of emerging quality risks to leadership.

Requirements

• 8–10 years of experience in quality management or QA roles on major construction or critical infrastructure programmes.
• Proven experience in an owner-side or client-side quality assurance role, assuring contractor QMS.
• Deep knowledge of QMS requirements, ITP review, and audit coordination.
• Thorough understanding of MEP systems quality requirements in critical facility environments.
• Must be based in or able to work onsite in Sines, Portugal.

Nice to have

• Experience with data centre-specific quality standards such as Uptime Institute or TIA-942.
• Proficiency in quality management and document control platforms.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to play a key role in delivering transformative AI infrastructure for Europe.
• Collaboration with the world’s most advanced AI technology providers.
• Inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace environment.
• High-growth potential within a company designed to scale rapidly.