Construction Inspector

The Opportunity

Dream big? You belong here. Ulteig is seeking exceptional candidates for the position of Construction Inspector, helping to bring the most impactful transportation and water infrastructure projects in the U.S. from vision to reality. In this exciting role, you’ll join our elite Critical Infrastructure Command Team, a talented, traveling team of construction quality professionals helping the most complex infrastructure projects meet quality, regulatory, schedule, and budget milestones, and solving challenges others may shy away from.

From bridges and highways to tunnels, dams, and channels, you will be responsible for observing, monitoring, and documenting the work performed in the field by construction and contracting crews, coordinating, and overseeing daily work tasks for a diverse team of field inspectors, all while learning from the best of the best. This position is for those interested in traveling, exploring, and deploying to multi‑billion dollar, transformative projects across the U.S. It requires travel for extended periods of time, approximately 75%-80% of the year, with generous paid allowances for time spent with loved ones.

Some working hours will be during evenings, overnight, and weekends.

If you want to work on projects with purpose, where you’ll build a legacy that will shape communities for generations to come, we want you.

• Seasoned project leadership you can learn from.
• Focus on your professional development, with lots of opportunities to grow, evolve, and make an impact.
• Tiered monetary incentives for traveling teams depending on time spent at project sites.
• Premium per diem.
• Focus on excellent living conditions and the health and wellness of our traveling team members.
• Ability to work on the biggest and most complex projects, the ones no one else can do.
• A team you can count on and grow alongside, built around a code of shared excellence, professionalism, and purpose.

As Construction Inspector on the Critical Infrastructure Command Team, you will report directly to an Ulteig resource manager, and/or to the Construction Monitoring Manager of all assigned projects. You’ll be part of a team that inspects and documents transformational, high‑value transportation and water‑related construction projects, in accordance with the owner’s requirements and contract documents, and assists the Construction Monitoring Manager in on‑site resolution of construction‑related issues as they are identified.

This will require coordination with construction monitoring and project management teams as needed.

Key job duties include, but are not limited to:

• Observe construction in accordance with project specifications, including asphalt pavement, concrete pavement, bridges, storm and sanitary pipe, waterline pipe, curb and gutter, dry utility installation, signal inspection, and more.
• Track and report project/construction progress and status.
• Work closely with the owner, project management team, contractor management team, owner’s engineers, and utilities.
• Ensure adherence to Safety policies.
• Ensure adherence to the client’s Quality Control and Quality Assurance programs.
• Assist project staff in their duties, including change orders and pay item tracking.

• Minimum of 2 years of Comparable Field Experience.
• 2-4 years of related experience preferred.
• Two Year Technical degree in Engineering Technology or equivalent preferred.
• Traffic Control Supervisor, Transportation Erosion Control Supervisor, Flagger, ACI or related certifications for Asphalt and /or Concrete preferred.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to read and understand construction drawings and construction specifications/manuals.
• Ability to read and understand construction and procurement contracts.
• Ability to read and understand project schedules and Gantt charts.
• Knowledge of computer programs, including Microsoft Office, Project/Primavera, and Procore.
• Familiarity with GIS database systems and applications.
• Strong math skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Excellent verbal/written communications.
• Ability to establish and maintain highly effective…