Transportation Construction Inspector Trainee

Description

Summary/Objective

This position offers a valuable training opportunity to learn how to monitor contractors' work for quality control and contract compliance. As a Transportation Construction Inspector Trainee, you'll be involved in roadway, structure, and bridge construction/maintenance projects of routine to moderate complexity, gaining hands-on experience under the supervision of a Construction Manager or designated supervisor.

Essential Functions includes:

• Inspects and monitors contractual field work which could include excavation, drainage facilities, road surfaces, and structures.
• Reports contractor’s daily operations.
• Takes field measurements of pay items.
• Reviews placement of and witness tests on construction materials.
• Reviews lines, grades, dimensions, and elevations.
• Oversees and enforces the installation of erosion/siltation controls and highways work zones and traffic control devices.
• 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.
• Obtains and maintains required certifications.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Competencies

1. Communication proficiency
2. Ethical Conduct
3. Flexibility
4. Initiative
5. Time Management

Work Environment

This job is performed in an office environment and or transportation construction job sites. This role routinely uses field and standard office equipment such as computers, tablets, phones, photocopiers, digital cameras, filing cabinets, 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, use hands, and reach with hands and arms.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time seasonal position. 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.

Requirements

Required/Preferred Education and Experience

• Previous construction/design/engineering or construction inspector experience preferred.
• Knowledge of mathematics including algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.
• High-School Diploma is required.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

The Construction Inspector Trainee is expected to be willing to learn the following skills:

• Operating computer equipment.
• Functional use of computer and/or iPad.
• Read and interpret roadway, structure and bridge plans and specification.
• Apply mathematical formulas.
• Maintain detailed records.
• Perform and document required materials testing.
• Communicate with the client and contractor personnel and the general public.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, short-term disability, long term disability, life insurances, per the company plan eligible on date of hire.
• Two weeks paid vacation in accordance with the company policy.
• Personal Time Off per the company policy.
• Paid holidays are provided per the company policy.
• Bonus eligibility per Company Employee Bonus Program for fiscal year.
• Eligible for the company 401(k) plan following 12 months of active employment & 1,000 hours of work.
• 401(k) immediate vesting of matching funds.

Work Authorization/Security Clearance (if applicable)

Must be eligible to work in the U.S.

EEO Statement

QCS is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against applicants or employees based on any protected status under federal, state, or local law. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.