Construction Inspector IV-V - Beaumont Area Office

Essential Duties

• Composes correspondence, reports and supporting documents; files; orders supplies and equipment.
• Coincides programs and projects to enhance efficiency and streamline operations.
• Analyzes procedures to identify deficiencies and recommends improvements to management.
• Ensures contractors build roadways, bridges and related highway structures and/or airport improvements in accordance with plans and specifications.
• Oversees construction record-keeping activities; recommends payments to contractors; recommends change orders, extra work orders/supplemental agreements; reviews proposed change orders submitted by consultants; prepares reports.
• Aids in engineering-related data collection, inspections, assessments, analysis, and review activities for plan development by others.
• Solves differences in interpretation of plans and specifications.
• Reviews construction records, inspection reports and records audits to ensure contractors build roadways, bridges and related structures in accordance with plans and specifications.
• Documents work progress and issues arising throughout scope of project.
• Mentors and develops technical employees in test and inspection procedures and material specifications.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: High School Grad or Equivalent in general high school studies.
• Experience: Construction Inspector IV: 3 years of experience in construction, construction inspection, engineering support, maintenance and repairs, materials or process inspection; or transportation engineering support related experience. (Experience can be satisfied by full time or prorated part time equivalent).
• Experience: Construction Inspector V: 4 years of experience in construction, construction inspection, engineering support, maintenance and repairs, materials or process inspection; or transportation engineering support related experience. (Experience can be satisfied by full time or prorated part time equivalent).
• Related college education or relevant technical training may be substituted for experience on a year per year basis.

Competencies

• Methods for reviewing plans and specifications for compliance with requirements
• Applicable inspection methods, procedures and techniques
• Applicable testing methods, processes and procedures
• Overseeing and coordinating projects and program activities
• Public relations for maintaining effective working relationships with individuals and groups, both internal and external
• Application of engineering fundamentals
• Reading and interpreting applicable plans, schematics, blueprints and maps
• Coodinating labor, materials, and equipment
• Analyzing and organizing business and technical data
• Using computers, applicable programs, applications, and systems

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

• Subject to environmental conditions; protection from weather but not temperature changes
• Subject to inside and outside environmental conditions
• Subject to noise
• Subject to wearing protective gear-respirator, hard hat, or other device
• Works frequently in small/crawl spaces; manholes; areas that can cause claustrophobia
• Balancing-walking, standing, crouching on various surfaces without falling
• Stooping-bending body downward and forward by bending spine at waist
• Crouching-bending body downward and forward by bending leg(s) and spine
• Reaching-extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction
• Hearing-perceive sound at normal speaking levels; receive information by oral communication