Description

For over thirty years, SAM has built a reputation as a trusted, knowledgeable, and innovative partner. Our licensed professionals transform petabytes of complex spatial data into intelligent insights in a holistic Managed Geospatial Services™ (MGS™) framework. As North America's premiere MGS™ company, SAM provides practical, precise, and high-fidelity solutions designed to enhance decision-making, mitigate risks, achieve strategic objectives, and drive costs out of our client's business. Our vision is to advance spatial data acquisition, improve analysis capabilities, and develop predictive analytics to redefine and transform how infrastructure assets are developed and managed throughout their lifecycles.

The Construction Inspector II is responsible for working with others to inspect construction methods and workmanship to ensure contractor constructs improvements in accordance with plans and specifications.  This role is typically more responsible to a more senior inspector and a licensed professional engineer who has full authority for final approval of all engineering-related work. The work requires contact with client, typically a governmental agency and private entities including construction contractors. Provides recommendations to client regarding work progress and challenges encountered.

• Under the review and direction of Project Manager, perform field inspection and oversight of construction activities
• Maintains daily reports of inspection work along with detail records of project progress
• Must possess good interpersonal and communication skills
• Able to read and interpret plans, specifications and applicable standards
• Commensurate with experience, review contract documents to verify compliance with governmental regulations and conformance with project requirements
• Assist with coordinating materials sampling and testing and verifying sufficient testing has been performed
• Verify accuracy of payment requests and invoicing for completed work
• Experienced with NCDOT construction inspection and procedures
• Ability to coordinate with contractors' staff and effectively communicate with all parties
• Ability the measure and/or quantify any pay items in the field and perform the necessary mathematic calculations
• Performs standard mathematical calculations
• Able and willing to work day or night shifts and/or flexible schedules as required to support the project requirements. Ability and willingness to work weekends required
• Able to accept assignments requiring extended travel to project perform inspection tasks, to attend preconstruction meetings, project progress meetings, etc
• Perform other tasks as assigned to help accomplish the Company's strategic goals
• NCDOT construction Inspection Certifications are highly preferred

• High School Diploma or GED
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in Construction Engineering & Inspection (CEI) for transportation project as described herein
• Direct field experience as a Contractor or materials-testing technician can substitute for Construction Inspection experience on a case-by-case basis
• Familiarity with Share-Plus software and familiarity with the use of an iPad is preferred
• Experience with Primavera and Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel,  and other scheduling software preferred
• Must have functional computer skills to include Microsoft Word, proficient at emailing and Excel
• Must have the ability to complete inspector certification courses. Examples include NCDOT classes in hot-mix asphalt and ACI & NCDOT concrete sampling and testing. NCDOT Erosion Control certification Level II
• Highly motivated and works well with minimal supervision
• Thorough knowledge of NCDOT specifications and standards with ability and willingness to study and advance relevant knowledge outside of work

Certifications and/or Licensing Requirements

Field testing certifications through NCDOT and/or ACI is highly preferred

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