Lead Roadway Inspector

Job Description

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Are you ready to be challenged, make a difference, and experience professional growth in your career? Kleinfelder’s Construction Services team is looking for you! From construction management and observation/inspection services to laboratory testing and materials and forensic engineering, our Construction Services market helps to develop and maintain America’s infrastructure and supply chain and is a recognized industry leader with more than 25 accredited laboratories.

Kleinfelder Construction Services is seeking an experienced Lead Roadway Inspector to perform quality assurance inspection services on transportation-related road and highway improvement projects in the Inland Empire.

The Lead Roadway Inspector will be assigned a field vehicle and gas card, reporting to a construction job site(s), with the ability to work extended shifts and nights as needed. The initial assignment is for a bus rapid transit project in Ontario.

• Lead a team of field inspectors coordinating inspection between multiple jurisdictions and municipalities
• Perform quality assurance inspection and documentation of civil (roadway) construction activities under the direction of a Resident Engineer
• Coordinate construction activities with various property/business owners within the proximity to the project; provides verification of adherence to temporary construction easements
• Issue field directives to the Contractor; attend weekly construction meetings; coordination of the construction schedule and notifications with the public outreach team
• Coordinate Quality Assurance materials sampling and testing
• Verify the implementation of the Contractor’s Quality Control Program and adherence to plans and specifications
• Prepare detailed Daily Inspection Reports, with photos, accurately reflecting the construction progress
• Measure, calculate, track, and record pay quantities for monthly estimates
• Assist in maintaining, supporting, and promoting a safe work environment while complying with applicable safety rules, policies, and procedures
• Maintain a set of field as-built drawings
• Assist the Resident Engineer with field input on change orders, RFIs, submittals and response letters to the contractor, and as-built drawings

• High school diploma or equivalent. Associate degree preferred.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of demonstrated experience in roadway construction inspection of highways or major public works projects including traffic control, PCC and AC paving, earthwork, grading, drainage, and signing and striping
• Knowledge and experience with equipment used in construction inspection, surveying and field testing of construction materials.
• Knowledge and experience with principles of effective communication and supervision
• Able to work independently, make effective decisions concerning construction work in progress and solve field problems
• Able to direct the efforts of subordinate inspectors

• BS degree in Civil Engineering and/or EIT
• Caltrans inspection experience
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office programs
• Knowledge of Caltrans standard plans, specifications, procedures, and Construction Manual
• Ability to assist the Resident Engineer in all aspects of required field and office construction engineering work including, but not limited to the following: experience in the inspection of traffic control system compliance, experience in Water Pollution Control Program (Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan) enforcement, knowledge and experience with equipment used in construction inspection, surveying, field testing of construction materials, and construction office engineering, knowledge of computers, computer applications, and computer software programs such as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and others), knowledge and experience with principles of effective communication and supervision, ability to work night shifts for an extended duration

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