Construction Inspector; Civil​/Mechanical

What do you value in your next job?

At the Orange County Sanitation District our Core Values form the framework of our organization and reinforce our professional work ethic. If the following values ring true with you, we’d love to invite you to explore our career opportunities further.

We aspire to the highest degree of integrity, inclusion, honesty, and respect in our interaction with each other, our suppliers, our customers, and our community. We strive to demonstrate these values in our actions, commitments, and service.

We lead by example, acknowledging the value of our resources and using them wisely to achieve our mission. We strive to reach OC San goals through cooperative efforts and collaboration with each other and our constituencies. We work to solve problems in a creative, cost‑effective, and safe manner, and we acknowledge team and individual efforts.

We are committed to acting in a timely, accurate, accessible, and transparent manner through excellent customer service. We are committed to act in the best interest of our internal and external stakeholders.

We continuously develop ourselves, enhancing our talents, skills, and abilities. We recognize that only through personal growth and development will we progress as an agency and as individuals.

We are committed to providing a safe work environment. We will demonstrate leadership, promote individual accountability, and participate actively in the advancement of our health and safety practices.

OC San is currently looking to fill the role of a Construction Inspector (Civil/Mechanical).

Under general supervision, the selected candidate will inspect the installation of assigned OC San construction projects to ensure total compliance with all OC San safety requirements, contract documents, and pertinent state and federal codes or regulations. Other duties will include maintaining files of daily construction–related reports such as daily inspection reports, field test results, field change orders, extra work requests, as‑built drawings, lifetime documents, and maintaining and filing photographs on project sites.

In addition, the successful candidate will provide technical input and support to project management on change orders, pay estimates, design and submittal review, and maintain inspection copies of as‑built drawings as required by Quality Assurance Measures of the Engineering Department.

The successful candidate will be responsible for inspecting all types and phases of construction within a treatment plant or sewer collection system. This includes work involving reinforced concrete, HDPE, VCP, PVC, SST, masonry, wood and structural steel framing, piping and mechanical systems, painting and architectural finishes, valves, pumps, and other mechanical equipment, as well as sewer lines, chemical lines, water lines, foul air lines, pump stations, structural piles, earthwork, and paving.

The selected candidate will also attend meetings, participate in start‑ups and shutdowns, and tie‑ins of facilities with contractors and Operations and Maintenance, evaluate contractors’ methods, and witness required tests.

• Possession of, or the ability to obtain, ICC, NACE, ACIA, ACI, and APWA certification(s).
• Considerable knowledge of the construction methods related to public works contracts.
• The ability to document data regarding construction inspection activities using construction‑management based computer programs and demonstrate both verbal and written communication skills, as well as the ability to organize and inspect multiple projects.
• Industrial plant experience in areas such as wastewater, water, and power facilities.
• Current or past resident…