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.
All the relevant skills, qualifications and experience that a successful applicant will need are listed in the following description.
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.
About The Role
The Global Estimating Manager owns how Volta prices what it builds. You will set the estimating standards and benchmarks behind every project baseline, giving the business cost certainty early when it matters most.
Working closely with front-end planning, procurement and the wider controls function, you will build should-cost models for major packages, benchmark across the fleet, and make Volta a sharper buyer with every project.
What You Will Be Doing
- Own estimating standards, methods and tools across the Volta fleet
- Produce and assure estimates through feasibility, front-end planning and baselining
- Build should-cost models for major packages and critical equipment
- Develop cost benchmarks across projects, regions and delivery models
- Support procurement negotiations with independent cost intelligence
- Reconcile estimates against outturn cost and sharpen the models each cycle xgikmsk
- Coach project teams on estimating practice and assumptions
- Feed estimating insight into design and delivery strategy decisions
What You Bring
- Estimating experience on data center or major capital projects is essential
- A record producing estimates across early and detailed project stages
- Strong knowledge of MEP-heavy construction cost drivers
- Experience building benchmarks and should-cost models
- Commercial acumen and confidence supporting negotiations
Global Estimating Manager Data Centres in London employer: ALFA TECHNOLOGY RECRUITMENT
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