Electrical Quality Lead
Location: Dublin / Multiple live projects (travel required)
Reports To: Head of Quality
Type: Full-Time
About CTS Group
CTS Group is a fast-growing international design and build company specialising in data centre development across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). We combine engineering excellence, innovation, and digital transformation to deliver high-performance, sustainable, and future-ready data centre solutions.
With over 40 nationalities represented across our teams, CTS fosters a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performance culture where innovation and technical precision drive every project. Beyond construction, CTS develops digital systems and standardised modular data centre units to meet the evolving needs of hyperscalers, colocation providers, and enterprise clients.
Our proven track record and strong partnerships have established CTS as a trusted industry leader delivering large-scale, complex data centre facilities with speed, efficiency, and excellence.
Role Overview
Provide functional QA leadership for the electrical scope across multiple data centre projects. This is not a single-site delivery role; it is a governance and assurance position focused on driving consistent standards, verifying implementation through audits, and ensuring actions are closed effectively. The role partners with site teams, package leads, subcontractors and commissioning stakeholders to reduce rework, protect safety and quality, and deliver audit-ready evidence for handover.
Scope
Applies to all electrical systems, inspections and evidence across the portfolio
Set and maintain QA governance: audit programme, standards, templates, acceptance criteria and evidence rules
Assurance focus: verify site teams are executing QA/QC correctly; intervene early where drift or repeat issues appear
Closeout focus: ensure audit findings and NCRs are converted into actions, owners, dates, and verified closeout
Key Electrical Experience
Containment/cable management, terminations, torque records, labelling/identification and segregation compliance
Earthing/bonding continuity, insulation resistance testing, functional checks and test pack completeness
Switchgear/UPS/generator interfaces: QA readiness, vendor documentation, FAT/SAT evidence control
LOTO / energisation governance interface (quality evidence, safe records, and traceable approvals).
Key Accountabilities
Own the portfolio audit plan for the discipline: schedule, risk-based targeting, and minimum cadence per project
Perform regular site audits and surveillance (planned and unannounced where appropriate)
Coach site QA/QC and package teams on standards, evidence expectations, and first-time-right behaviours.
Identify repeat defects and systemic failures; drive root cause and preventive actions across projects (not just fixes).
Escalate high-risk non-conformities early; recommend stop-work triggers for critical quality/safety breaches per governance protocol.
Verify test packs and handover packs meet contract requirements and are audit-ready in ACC/BIM 360.
Interface with Commissioning/Client QA where required to align expectations on evidence and readiness gates.
Improved first-pass inspection/test acceptance rate; measurable reduction in rework.
Handover packs accepted with minimal churn; evidence completeness and traceability maintained in ACC/BIM 360.
Core Responsibilities
Run weekly/fortnightly quality calls with each site: audit status, action closure, NCRs, constraints, and upcoming hold points
Review QA/QC audit evidence submitted by site teams; challenge weak closeouts and require objective verification
Spot-check field installation quality against drawings/specs and workmanship standards; document findings and corrective actions
Review and sample test records/calibration certificates; verify traceability and compliance
Support sites with difficult closeouts (e.g., access restrictions, design clarifications, vendor gaps) and unblock escalations
Standardise ‘what good looks like’ across projects: checklists, photo standards, test pack structure, naming conventions, and gate criteria
Facilitate lessons-learned reviews and publish bulletins to prevent recurrence across the portfolio
Required Skills & Experience
Strong electrical technical background with mission-critical/data centre experience is highly desirable
Audit capability: can inspect, sample, document, and defend findings with clear standards and evidence
Governance mindset: standardisation, trend analysis, and prevention of recurrence across multiple sites.
Strong communication: can challenge constructively, align stakeholders, and drive accountability to closure.
Comfortable with digital evidence workflows (ACC/BIM 360) and disciplined action tracking.
Degree/trade background in Electrical Engineering / Building Services (or equivalent).
5+ years in data centres/mission-critical delivery or QA/QC, with multi-site exposure preferred.
Demonstrated experience running audits, closing actions, and driving systemic corrective/preventive actions.
Working knowledge of relevant standards and statutory requirements; understanding of commissioning readiness gates.
- Locations
- Dublin Office (CTS-VDC Services)
- Employment type
- Full-time