1-2023 Transportation Construction Inspector, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Work individually or as a part of a team of Transportation Construction Inspectors providing oversight of contractor's work efforts by ensuring quality control and contract compliance for roadway, structure, and bridge construction/maintenance projects of routine to moderate complexity, under the direction of a Transportation Construction Supervisor (TCIS), Construction Manager or designee.

Detailed responsibilities include but are not limited to the performance of duties in the following areas:

• Inspection and monitoring of contractual field work including excavation, drainage facilities, roadway surfaces, and structures
• Reporting contractor's daily operations
• Taking field measurements of pay items
• Reviewing placement of and witnessing tests associated with the quality control of construction materials
• Reviewing line, grade, dimension, and elevation parameters.
• Overseeing and enforcing the installation of appropriate erosion and sediment controls
• Overseeing and enforcing the installation of highway work zones and traffic control devices
• Maintaining project records including daily Project Site Activity (PSA) reports, 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

• Must qualify as a TCI-1, TCI-2 or TCI-3
• NECEPT Bituminous Asphalt Field Technician Certification and/or PennDOT Concrete Field Technician Certification as indicated for level of qualification
• NICET Certification (preferred)

The successful Transportation Construction Inspector candidate is expected to be proficient in and possess knowledge and experience in the following areas:

• ECMS – Engineering and Construction Management System
• PPCC - PennDOT Project Collaboration Center
• Operation of computer equipment
• Operation of iPad including functional knowledge of appropriate associated and required Apps i.e. Concrete app, MPT app, VSIR app, etc.

· Roadway, structure and bridge construction/maintenance/repair/rehabilitation methods, materials, standards and specifications

· Ability to read and interpret roadway, structure and bridge plans and specifications

• Application of mathematical formulas including algebra, geometry and trigonometry
• Maintenance of detailed records
• Perform and document required materials testing
• Ability to communicate with the client, contractor personnel and the general public in a professional and courteous manner

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 to be an equal opportunity employer as per AAP outlined in employee handbook.

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