Public Works Construction Inspector

Description

• Drive Project Success: Represent NV5 and our commitment to excellence by maintaining strong client relationships and assessing their needs to provide optimal solutions.
• Safety Awareness - Identify and correct conditions that affect employee safety.
• Be the Problem-Solver: Work directly with supervisors, contractors, and design professionals to tackle challenges head-on, ensuring seamless project execution.
• Proactively Manage Challenges: Recommend solutions for delays, weather disruptions, and site emergencies to maintain efficiency.
• Keep Projects on Track: Track costs and schedules, identify risks early, and ensure that deadlines are met while avoiding budget overruns.
• Oversee Quality & Compliance: Monitor contractor work, inspect structures and systems to guarantee adherence to project plans and specifications.
• Be the Go-To Expert: Interpret plans and contract terms, ensuring all stakeholders—from administrative staff to clients—are on the same page.
• Electrical inspection, including SCADA and Instrumentation for City and Agency municipal projects such as lift stations, pumping stations, water treatment plants, signalized intersections, and other electrical municipal projects.

Requirements

• Conflict Resolution -Effectively and constructively manage conflicts with others.
• Experience providing construction oversight of the Contractor
• Cal OSHA Safety Awareness Training
• 3-10 years of experience and working knowledge of civil construction principles/practices in at least one of the following three fields:
• Candidate must have a valid California Driver’s License and have their vehicle.
• Group II Certifications
• Transportation projects with a preference for highway and Caltrans roadway projects.
• High School Degree or a related technical field
• Working knowledge of and basic proficiency with computers. Ability to create and use Construction Inspection Daily logs on a computer/tablet. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and Outlook. Ability to utilize other construction-related software, including Microsoft Project and/or Primavera, a plus.
• Experience and working knowledge with Caltrans MUCTD and Caltrans Construction Manual
• While Certificates are not mandatory, the ideal candidate may have many of the following certificates:
• Structural Masonry
• Pre-tensioned concrete
• Preference will be given to those who have a minimum of one valid Group II certification.
• Post-Tensioned Concrete
• Preference given to Group II Construction Inspection Certificates or other Valid Construction Certificates in Public Works or Related Fields
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, proven ability to interact with individuals at all levels of construction while coordinating multiple, complex projects
• Knowledge of building codes, including ICBO, ACI, NEC, local City ordinances, and engineering practices for public works and/or transportation projects and/or electrical SCADA and Instrumentation Projects.
• Safety and Basic Certificates

Benefits

• 40-Hour HAZWOPER

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance