Senior Construction Inspector I

Responsibilities

• Oversight of construction inspection activities ensuring compliance with project plans, approved shop/working drawings, project documents, and specifications.
• Reporting observations orally and in writing to direct report.
• Application of engineering principles, aligning with established procedures.
• Preparing and submitting accurate, legible, comprehensive, and complete testing and/or inspection reports on a daily basis in accordance with established quality procedures.
• Reviewing plans, specifications, general notes, and shop/working drawings for assigned activities before performing assigned duties.
• Performing, supervising, and reporting on frequency compliance and coordinating field tests on materials and completed work using standard methods established by AASHTO, ASTM, or other agencies with appropriately calibrated testing equipment.
• Training and serving as a lead worker for less experienced workers, assigning work priority tasks.
• Aiding direct report in planning and coordinating inspection operations.
• Making presentations to contractor's supervisors or other project leaders on project sites regarding testing, sampling, or inspection of construction materials or construction procedures.
• Reviewing materials tests and completed work performed by inspectors to ensure compliance with requirements of established procedures.
• Verifying adequacy of samples and locations where samples are collected to ensure representative distribution of sampling and testing.
• Ensuring the safe utilization, storage, and maintenance of all documents and tools, including company vehicles.
• Maintaining effective working relationships with internal and external personnel.
• Working closely with direct report to establish priorities and deadlines, providing updates on progress or delays of tasks or assignments.
• Understanding, adhering to, and participating in Raba Kistner Health & Safety and BBS Programs, setting a good example of safety standards.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Minimum of 15 years’ experience in roadway and related facilities, construction inspection, or NICET Level IV certification in Transportation Engineering Technology (Highway Construction).
• Valid driver’s license within the applicable jurisdiction and meeting firm’s auto insurability requirements.
• Able to travel to project sites and maneuver over rough and uneven terrain.
• Good oral and written communication skills and ability to follow verbal and written instructions.
• Thorough knowledge of highway construction plans, construction inspection procedures, and specifications, materials used in highway construction, and materials testing procedures.
• Considerable knowledge of the State-specific Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices or National Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices approved by the Federal Highway Administrator as the National Standard.
• Ability to use hand tools such as sledgehammers, shovels, and picks.
• Physical capabilities to sit, stand, walk, climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, lift up to 70 pounds, use hands and reach, and perform mathematical calculations using basic algebra, geometry, and trigonometric functions.
• Completion of Troxler Manufacturing or equivalent radiation safety course to use nuclear gauges, completion of State-specific Technician Training and Certification Program (TTCP) for applicable testing/sampling procedures (or ability to complete within 6 months of employment), and ACI Field Testing Technician Level 1 certifications and trainings are preferred.
• Related experience may be substituted with the approval of the client.
• Flexibility to work irregular hours is necessary due to client needs.
• Out-of-town/overnight travel to Raba Kistner offices, client offices, and project locations may be required.