Transportation Construction Inspectors

Duties Description

A seasonal Transportation Construction Inspector, under the supervision of a Thruway Engineer-in Charge, will be assigned to one or more construction projects each season to perform inspection or inspection-related tasks.

Field Office

Activities:

Completes and verifies lengths, areas, and volume to support authorization of payments to the contractor and performs other technical and engineering-related office functions and paperwork as required.

Earthwork Inspection: Inspects contractor’s operations in building earth or rock embankments which serve as foundations for pavement; conducts gradation test, compaction test, and moisture content test to ensure material is of correct size and properly densified; and checks thickness of the layer of material placed and type and suitability of compaction equipment.

Concrete Inspection (on-site): Inspects contractor’s operations in placement of concrete for pavements and for bridge piers and abutments; conducts air content test, slump test and obtains cylinders for subsequent load test; inspects contractor’s method of handling and placing concrete to minimize segregation, the finishing of the concrete, and the method of curing; and inspects paving train to insure a smooth pavement on concrete paving operations.

Structural Inspection: Inspects contractor’s erection of steel to ensure correct placement and inspects field welds and painting of steel.

Drainage Inspection: Inspects contractor’s operations in the installation of culverts, sewers, ditches, etc., and ensures excavation of trenches is done in a safe manner to proper alignment and grade, that correct material is placed and properly shaped to “bed” the pipe, and that backfill over pipe is of correct material and properly compacted.

Asphalt Pavement Inspection: Inspects contractor’s placement of asphalt pavement, ensures temperature for placement is correct, that lift thickness is in conformance with specifications, and asphalt is properly compacted.

A valid license to operate a motor vehicle in New York State is also required to perform the duties of the job.

• One construction season (minimum of 3 months) of work experience in highway, bridge or other civil engineering related construction inspection, as described in the Transportation Construction Inspector Tasks and Duties, or;
• Completion of at least one semester (minimum of 12 semester credit hours) of college course work as part of an associate degree program in engineering, engineering technology, construction technology, engineering science, surveying technology, drafting/CAD, or heavy equipment operations or;
• Completion of at least one semester (minimum of 12 semester credit hours) of college course work as part of a bachelor degree program in engineering, engineering technology, environmental sciences or environmental technology, construction management, construction supervision, engineering management, construction engineering or construction engineering technology, transportation planning, mathematics, physical science, architecture or architectural technology, construction technology, landscape architecture, surveying, physics, geology or forestry.

• Two separate construction seasons (minimum 6 months total) of work experience in highway, bridge or other civil engineering related construction inspection, as described in the Transportation Construction Inspector Tasks and Duties, or;
• Completion of an associate degree program in engineering, engineering technology, construction technology, engineering science, surveying technology, drafting/CAD, or heavy equipment operations or;
• Completion of at least 2 years (minimum of 54 semester credit hours) of college course work as part of a bachelor degree program in engineering, engineering technology, environmental sciences or environmental technology, construction management, construction supervision, engineering management, construction engineering or construction engineering technology, transportation planning, mathematics, physical science, architecture or architectural technology,…