- Inspects and monitors contractual field work which includes excavations, drainage facilities, road surfaces, and structures
- Reports contractor's daily production rates
- Schedules work and inspection phases with contractor's superintendent and agency personnel
- Advises contractors of violations and recommends adjustments to operations
- Takes field measurements of pay items
- Reviews placement of and performs tests on construction materials
- Reviews lines, grades, dimensions, and elevations using standard survey and field engineering equipment
- Oversees and enforces the installation of erosion/siltation controls and highways work zones and traffic control devices
- Recommends changes to construction plans to meet field conditions or provide project cost savings
- 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
- Communication proficiency
- Ethical Conduct
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Time Management
- Roadway, structure and bridge construction/maintenance/repair/rehabilitation methods, materials, standards and specifications
- VDOT Road and Bridge Specifications, Road and Bridge Standards, Construction Manual, and Inspector Manual
- VA Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)
- State and federal environmental, safety, and Equal Employment Opportunity guidelines and regulations
- Use of contract management software including Site Manager, PlanGrid and/or AWP
- Mathematics including algebra, geometry, and trigonometry
- Operating computer equipment, software programs and field inspection equipment including Site Manager, PlanGrid and/or AWP
- Functional computer usage including familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite software
- Read and interpret roadway, structure and bridge plans and specification
- Apply mathematical formulas and engineering principles to determine minor field adjustments
- Maintain detailed records
- Perform and document required materials testing
- Communicate with the client and contractor personnel and the general public
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Construction Inspector Staunton - Quinn Consulting Services, Inc.
Description
Job Type
Full-time
Description
To monitor the work of contractors to ensure quality control and contract compliance for roadway, structure, and bridge construction/maintenance projects of routine to moderate complexity, under the direction of a Construction Manager or designee.
Requirements
Essential Functions
Competencies
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:
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**Recognized Provider
Stormwater Management (Inspector) Certification*** Virginia DEQ
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:
Must be eligible to work in the U.S. and pass a client background check if asked.
AAP/EEO Statement
QCS is committed to equal opportunity. We will not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other protected class under federal, state or local law.
QCS has been and will continue be an equal opportunity employer as per AAP outlined in employee handbook.
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.