QA Manager

Company: CTS Nordics (A CTS Group company) Location: Fyresdal, Norway Reports To: Project Director with functional Quality oversight Type: Full-Time, Site-based role About CTS Group CTS Group is a fast-growing international design and build company specialising in data center development across Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and India. We combine engineering excellence, innovation and digital transformation to deliver high-performance, sustainable and future-ready data center 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 center units to meet the evolving needs of hyperscalers, colocation providers and enterprise clients. In Norway, CTS Nordics AS delivers CTS Group's hyperscale data center construction programmes, acting as EPC contractor from design and procurement through site execution, testing and handover. Current projects include a 460 MW programme in Fyresdal (Telemark), a 400 MW programme at Kvandal in the Narvik region, and a 25 MW development in Vennesla in the Kristiansand region. Role Overview Manage quality assurance across EPC delivery and ensure objective evidence supports acceptance and handover. Work across engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning interfaces to meet agreed safety, quality and delivery requirements. The position sits within CTS Nordics' hyperscale data center delivery in Norway, where EPC teams coordinate design, procurement, subcontractors, construction and commissioning to bring each facility to handover. The role reports to the Project Director with functional Quality oversight and works within the delegated authority set out for CTS Nordics site and project roles, escalating safety, cost, scope and programme matters as required. Key Responsibilities

• Implement the project quality plan, inspection and test arrangements and audit schedule.
• Align contractor quality plans and inspection hold points with package delivery.
• Control nonconformances, root cause analysis and corrective action closure.
• Monitor material traceability, installation records and test evidence.
• Agree completion evidence with commissioning and handover teams and report quality risks.
• Coordinate assigned work within delegated authority, request information or corrective action as needed, and intervene or escalate unsafe work, nonconforming conditions, or cost, scope and programme changes for approval.

Required Skills and Experience

• Engineering or construction qualification with quality management training.
• Typically 7+ years in construction quality including quality management responsibility. Demonstrate transferable experience from complex EPC, industrial, infrastructure or data center projects.
• Quality systems, auditing, inspection and test plans, nonconformance management and turnover records.
• Fluent written and spoken English is required.
• Norwegian or Scandinavian language skills are an advantage.
• Use digital project tools and maintain reliable records.
• Communicate clearly, cooperate across disciplines and act promptly on constraints. Combine practical judgement with accurate follow-up and a calm approach under pressure.