Construction Inspector

PSI is a fast growing full-service transportation engineering firm with three decades of delivering award-winning, innovative engineering services to governments at all levels, public agencies, and private clients. Our team of diverse professional engineers, planners, researchers, and software developers combine practical experience and cutting-edge technology to solve operational and design issues facing our communities' transportation systems.

Who We Are:

Precision Systems, Inc. (PSI) embraces technology in design. PSI is a transportation engineering consulting company that serves public and private organizations in the D.C., Northern Virginia, and Maryland regions. We provide services such as roadway and intersection design, construction management and inspection, signal and street lighting design, traffic analysis and reporting, crash analysis and countermeasure design, software development, data management, and more.

Who You Are:

Precision Systems is seeking to hire a Construction Inspector with knowledge and experience of construction standards and practices. The ideal candidate will have 3 – 7 years of experience performing construction inspection within Virginia that may include work for VDOT. The Construction Inspector will inspect all phases of highway construction and maintenance projects under the general supervision of senior or supervisory staff, ensuring construction quality in accordance with plans and specifications and providing a quality transportation system for the traveling public.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor the work of contractors to ensure quality control and contract compliance for roadway, structure, and bridge construction/maintenance projects of routine to moderate complexity, under the direction of a Construction Manager or designee on VDOT projects.
• Inspect and monitor contractual field work which includes excavations, drainage facilities, road surfaces, and structures.
• Observe and document Contractor’s daily production rates.
• Schedule work and inspection phases with Contractor’s superintendent and agency personnel.
• Observe, document and communicate with Contractor's regarding completion of all elements of project work to include identifying non-compliant work. Takes field measurements of pay items.
• Review placement of and perform tests on construction materials.
• Review lines, grades, dimensions, and elevations using standard survey and field engineering equipment.
• Oversee and enforce the installation of erosion/siltation controls and highways work zones and traffic control devices.
• Recommend changes to construction plans to meet field conditions or provide project cost savings.
• Maintain project records; including daily diaries, materials notebooks, as-built plans, pay quantity records, and monthly estimates.

Qualifications:

The Construction Inspector is expected to have a minimum of three years of highway construction inspection experience as well as working knowledge of:

• Experience with roadway, structure, and bridge construction/maintenance/repair/rehabilitation methods, materials, standards and specifications.
• Knowledge of VDOT Road and Bridge Specifications, Road and Bridge Standards, Construction Manual, Inspector Manual, and Manual for Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
• VDOT Certifications related to asphalt, concrete, pavement, inspection or other areas required.
• Knowledge of Construction plans, symbols, and terminology.
• State and federal environmental, safety, and Equal Employment Opportunity guidelines and regulations.
• Use of the Department’s contract management software.
• Mathematics including algebra and geometry.

The Construction Inspector is expected to have the ability to:

• Functional computer usage including familiarity with Microsoft office suite software and all construction management software systems used by the Department.
• Read and interpret roadway, structure and bridge plans and specification.
• Apply mathematical formulas and field management principles to determine minor field adjustments.
• Maintain detailed records.
• Perform and document required materials testing.
• Communicate with the agency and contractor personnel and the general public.

It is anticipated that the…