Construction Inspector

Job Description

Job Description

Job Type

Full-time

Description

To work on heavy highway, road and bridge construction and maintenance projects, monitoring contractors, ensuring quality control and contract. Construction Inspector will be working under the direction of a Senior Construction Inspector, Construction Manager or another designee.

Requirements

Essential Functions

• Performance of Material Testing and Inspections or overseeing the material testing of third parties
• Taking field measurements
• Read and Interpret Plans and Contract documents for structures, bridges, roadways, etc..
• Inspection of various aspects of work and project installation to ensure proper construction.  May include inspection of excavations, drainage facilities, soil and aggregate placement, concrete placement, structure installations, paving operations, etc.
• Document pay quantities for current and final estimates.
• Complete Daily Summary of Construction Activities and work performed.
• Daily interaction with a contractor and ability to work with contractor’s superintendent and foreman.
• Ability to advise contractors of violations.  Ability to make recommendations of adjustments required.  Ability to report to Senior Inspector,      Construction Manager or Designee status of construction operations.
• Reviews lines, grades, dimensions, and elevations using standard survey and field engineering equipment.
• Inspection of Erosion and Sediment Control Installations for environmental compliance.
• Inspection of BMP installations
• Inspection of Roadway Traffic Control and work zone safety.
• Maintains project records; including daily diaries, materials notebooks, as-built plans, pay quantity records, and monthly estimates
• Reviews and monitors Equal Employment Opportunity / Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) documentation and compliance with             Federal labor requirements / regulations for Federal-aid construction projects, ensuring contractor compliance with program requirements.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Competencies

1. Communication proficiency

2. Ethical Conduct

3. Flexibility

4. Initiative

5. Time Management

Supervisory Responsibility

This position does not have supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment

This job is performed in a professional office environment and or transportation construction job sites. This role routinely uses field and standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, tablets, digital cameras, nuclear gauges, surveying tools and other field-testing equipment materials.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; climb, drive; lift things, use hands; and reach with hands and arms.

Position Type / Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position. This position typically works 40 or more hours per week. Day shifts usually start between 6 : 00 and 9 : 00 a.m. and last 8 to 10 hours. Project assignments can also require night or weekend work. Flexibility to meet client or contractor schedule is important.

Travel

Most assignments do not require more than an hour of travel to and from job sites. However, some assignments will require extensive regional travel each day and others could require staying out of town overnight if distance to job site is greater than 90 miles from home.

Required Education and Experience

Expected to have three (3) years of highway construction inspection experience. Additional the Construction Inspector shall have a working knowledge of :

Preferred Education and Experience Required to have and maintain the following certifications :

Certification Issuing Agency

Soil and Aggregate Compaction VDOT or NICET LEVEL II

Asphalt Field Level I & II VDOT

American Concrete Institute ACI

Pavement Marking VDOT

Slurry Surfacing VDOT

Surface Treatment VDOT

Flagger Certification VDOT

Certification for Erosion and Sediment Control Inspection Virginia DEQ

Nuclear Gauge Safety Training NRC

Stormwater Management (Inspector) Certification

Intermediate Work Zone Traffic Control VDOT Approved Provider

10 Hour OSHA Safety Training OSHA

GRIT (Guardrail Certification) VDOT

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

The Construction Inspector is expected to be proficient with the following skills :

Work Authorization / Security Clearance (if applicable)

Must be eligible to work in the U.S. and pass a client background check if asked.

AAP / EEO Statement

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.