Transportation Generalist Senior​/Transportation Generalist – Construction Inspector

Working Title: Transportation Generalist Senior / Transportation Generalist – Construction Inspector

Job Class: Transportation Generalist Senior

Agency: Transportation Dept

• Job : 91422

• Location: Marshall

• Telework Eligible: No

• Full/Part Time: Full-Time

• Regular/Temporary: Unlimited

• Who May Apply: Open to all qualified job seekers

• Date Posted: 01/14/2026

• Closing Date: 01/21/2026

• Hiring Agency/Seniority Unit: Transportation Dept / Transportation-Dist 8-AFSCME

• Division/Unit: District 8 – Willmar / Marshall Construction

• Work Shift/
  
  Work Hours:
  
  Day Shift

• Days of Work: Monday – Friday

• Travel Required: No

• Transportation Generalist Senior Salary Range: $26.67 – $34.49 / hourly; $55,686 – $72,015 / annually

• Transportation Generalist Salary Range: $24.76 – $31.06 / hourly; $51,698 – $64,853 / annually

• Classified Status: Classified

• Bargaining Unit/Union: 207 – Technical/AFSCME

• Work Area: Marshall

• FLSA Status: Nonexempt

• Designated in Connect 700 Program for Applicants with Disabilities: Yes ((Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./connect
  700/)

The work you’ll do is more than just a job.

At the State of Minnesota, employees play a critical role in developing policies, providing essential services, and working to improve the well‑being and quality of life for all Minnesotans. The State of Minnesota is committed to equity and inclusion, and invests in employees by providing benefits, support resources, and training and development opportunities.

• Assists the Chief Inspector on a significant portion of complex projects

• Serves as the Chief Inspector on less complex construction projects

• Performs and/or directs frequent/routine field testing of construction materials

• Performs construction inspections and verifies the dimensions and tolerances of constructed roadway features

• Performs routine documentation to record location, quantity and quality of contract work and also completes required reports and administrative documentation (such as pay items, force account summaries, test reports, usage reports, etc.) within MnDOT requirements from letting to finalization to ensure records of work and materials used are accurate and timely as well as enters pay items into AASHTOWARE.

• Applies enforcement procedures to the contract for less complex construction projects or recommends the application of enforcement procedures to the Chief Inspector

• Monitors contractor and traffic control safety practices

• Provides work direction to assistant inspectors

• Interprets plans and specifications to ensure contractor compliance.

• Assists with final reviews on construction projects to ensure contractors have the appropriate certification.

• Perform design activities.

• Obtains representative samples of bituminous, concrete, aggregate, grading and base materials and performs appropriate tests to ensure quality assurance.

• Performs the construction materials acceptance tests (such as gradations, density, air, beam, cylinder and slump) in the field as required to ensure quality of materials.

• Reads and interprets plans and specifications to ensure contractor compliance.

• Checks the dimensions and tolerances of constructed roadway features to ensure conformance to plans and specifications.

• Measures, computes and documents pay items to ensure proper payment for work done under the contract.

• Performs and implements inspection processes so that test failures are corrected.

• Monitors the work of contractor personnel to ensure compliance with established processes, practices, and specifications.

• Assists the Plant Monitor to ensure materials meet specifications and requirements

NOTE:

If you are awarded this position and are a current MnDOT District 8 employee with snow & ice duties, you will continue snow & ice duties from your current location until our back filling process is completed or until the end of the snow & ice season — whichever comes first.

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