Utility Inspector - Houston, United States - BBI

BBI

Verified Company

Houston, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

Job Description:

Are you interested in a career in the fun, exciting, yet stable field of civil engineering? Binkley & Barfield | DCCM takes pride in our exceptional staff and considers our team critical to the company's success.

Providing professionals with the tools and training they need to achieve excellence in their careers is key to employee engagement and productivity.

Our goal is to foster a work environment that attracts top talent, inspires innovation, and renders excellence in service to our clients.

Our Construction Management team in Houston has an immediate need for a Utility Inspectors.

In this role Under the supervision of a Professional Electrical Engineer, you will perform project related work in the utilities industry inspecting and reporting to clients.

What you will do:

Attends preconstruction meetings and answers questions from contractors and other attendees
Under the review and direction of Project Manager, perform field inspection and oversight of construction activities
Consults with Utility Engineers, resident project representatives and contractors' superintendents on work progress
Observes and inspects ongoing utility work
Maintains daily reports of inspection work along with detail records of project progress
Documents work progress and issues arising throughout scope of project through daily work reports submitted to Project Manager.
Review contract documents to verify compliance with governmental regulations and conformance with project requirements
Verify accuracy of payment requests and invoicing for completed work
Observe quality assurance testing and review test results for conformance with contract requirements
Experienced with TxDOT construction inspection and procedures
Ability to coordinate with contractors' staff and effectively communicate with all parties

Job Requirements:

Who you are:

What you bring:

Minimum 5 years of construction and utility inspection services experience
Highly motivated and works well with mínimal supervision
Capable of performing basic mathematical calculations
Ability to use personal computers and applicable programs such as Microsoft Office
Maintain a safe working environment
Work under exposure to inclement weather conditions
Possess good interpersonal and communication skills
Thorough knowledge of TxDOT specifications and standards
Able to read and interpret plans, specifications and applicable standards
Good verbal and written communication skills in English; basic knowledge of Spanish is desirable
Ability and willingness to work day or night shifts and/or flexible schedules as required to support the project requirements
Ability to travel to projects outside of the Central Texas area to attend meetings
Ability to work in small spaces and move up to 50 pounds
Valid Class C driver's license
High School diploma or GED
Additional projects as assigned

Our comprehensive benefit package includes 3 medical plan options (2 PPOs and a HDHP), an employer contribution to HSA participants, dental, vision, company-paid group life, short and long-term disability insurance, flexible and dependent care spending accounts, 401(k) with company match, and PTO.

Binkley & Barfield, a DCCM company, and its sister companies offer a range of services, including transportation, structural, traffic, infrastructure (drainage, water, wastewater, and roadway), survey, construction management, utility engineering and coordination, subsurface utility engineering (SUE), telecommunications, power, pipeline, and emerging technologies.

Binkley & Barfield ranks in the top two percent nationally for a flexible work environment by promoting a work/life balance and has won the When Work Works Award, formerly the Alfred P.

Sloan Award, for five consecutive years.

Binkley & Barfield has also been voted one of Houston's Top Places to Work by the Houston Chronicle over 10 years in a row and is repeatedly ranked as one of the Top 10 Largest Houston-Area Civil & Structural engineering firms by the Houston Business Journal.

Binkley & Barfield continues to provide excellence not only to its clients but to its employees as well.