CONSTRUCTION INSPECTOR SUPERVISOR

About the role

The overall function of this position is to assist the Project Engineer by supervising a team of construction inspectors engaged in construction inspection duties and reports directly to Engineer 6, Project Engineer.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a team leader over a group of DOTD employees engaged in the inspection, surveying and sampling & testing on a wide variety of construction projects.
• Manages major and minor projects, and performs inspection of contractor’s work for compliance with the plans and specifications on such operations as: asphalt roadway, embankment, drainage structures, placement of reinforcing steel for bridges, concrete roadway pavement, box culverts, pile driving, etc.
• Works directly with the contractor’s supervisory personnel to ensure compliance with plans and specifications.
• Frequently makes field discussions that require technical knowledge and experience.
• Performs calculations for determining areas, weights, and volume, etc. for bridge structures and roadways.

Requirements

• Possession of a high school diploma or GED plus five years of experience in construction inspection or experience in the maintenance of public streets, roads, bridges, highways, or associated structures.
• Six months of experience in sub-professional engineering, heavy mobile equipment operation, or mobile equipment maintenance plus five years of experience in construction inspection or experience in the maintenance of public streets, roads, bridges, highways, or associated structures.
• Thirty semester hours in one of the following specialized fields: architecture, cartography, construction management, construction technology, drafting, engineering, engineering graphics, engineering technology, industrial technology, landscape architecture, math, or physics.
• A bachelor's degree in engineering, engineering technology, construction management, or construction technology.
• Possession of an engineer intern certificate.

Qualifications

• Self-motivated and able to perform duties with or without minimal supervision.
• Able to interpret unforeseen conditions as they may arise.
• Participates in appropriate DOTD structured training programs as appropriate and attends all continuing education classes and conferences deemed necessary to facilitate the performance of required tasks.

Skills

• Technical knowledge and experience.
• Ability to perform calculations for determining areas, weights, and volume, etc. for bridge structures and roadways.

Benefits

• N/A

Pay

• N/A

Schedule

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Contact Information

• For further information about this vacancy contact: Vi Nguyen
  LADOTD
  P.O. Box 9180
  Bridge City, La 70094
  504-736-7090