Construction Inspector, Water Infrastructure
Your Opportunity
Stantec's Water practice has an opportunity for a full-time Construction Inspector who is excited about the civil, environmental, and water resources fields to join our team in beautiful Phoenix, Arizona.
This opportunity is for you if you are excited about:
- Working for a global and Top 10 Design Firm and being part of a team of over 30,000 employees engaged in a culture where safety is paramount, sustainability and resiliency are valued, and differences are invited, embraced, and celebrated.
- The ability to work on a broad range of projects.
- Leading and training junior staff on how to effectively observe, document, and report on construction progress and quality.
The successful candidate will work on challenging and diverse tasks in a consulting and construction quality assurance role that will require application of technical skills, project delivery, and leadership for construction projects.
Your role will be to observe and record activities associated with the Contractor’s construction progress in a fast-paced environment. The selected candidate will need to be self-directed, capable of independent tasks as well as supporting multidisciplinary complex teams, and should demonstrate a passion for involvement in the civil construction industry with an enthusiasm for successful completion of projects that meet our clients’ needs.
Your Key Responsibilities
Under limited supervision, assist with monitoring, inspecting and documenting the construction contractor’s work and develop an understanding of the comprehensive written Daily Report that includes such observation and description of all work activities, measurement of installed material quantities, an accounting of labor and equipment resources utilized, a statement of general compliance or non-compliance with the work, and supporting video and photographs of the work in progress.
- Under limited supervision, review project submittals, submittal review comments, and RFI and RFI responses, and incorporate them into the quality control inspection plan.
- Review, analyze, and document any construction issues potentially resulting in a scope, time, or cost impact to the work of the Contractor, which may result in a change to the contract.
- Maintain attention to detail during a project’s construction and identify minor problems before they develop into larger problems.
- Attend, as necessary, Client and Contractor Weekly Progress Meetings, including review of progress to the planned schedule.
- Assist with documenting compliance and non-compliance with established quality control and quality assurance procedures.
- Assist with the preparation of a project punch list for deficient or uncompleted work by the construction contractor.
Your Capabilities and Credentials
The Construction Inspector will work in a field office or vehicle at a project site and will be required to work in a manner that ensures personal safety as well as the safety of fellow employees by following project and company health and safety guidelines and policies for planning and executing work in a safe manner.
- Understands underground utility construction for water, sanitary sewer, and stormwater infrastructure, as well as the different methods used during their construction.
- Understand single-point field inspection of the construction contractor’s work, representing the Project Manager in the field.
- Develop an understanding of written reports documenting QA/QC inspections, non-compliance notices, and corrective actions.
- Develop an understanding of project-specific quality control and quality assurance documents and standards for projects that are under development.
- Develops rapport and trust with others.
- Effectively understands and meets client needs.
- Strong organizational skills, along with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks and demonstrate a flexible approach to work assignments.
- Positive attitude, good energy, and proven passion.
- Demonstrating competency in using Microsoft Office and iOS applications to create field work reports.
Education and Experience
- Education: A technical 2-year degree/diploma/certificate in a related program; or equivalent combination of experience and education. Prefer a degree in construction management or a professional discipline-specific field from an accredited institution.
- Experience: Minimum of 5 years of construction observation and documentation experience.
- Acquires specific experience through on-the-job consulting projects and executing standard tasks.
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel, Adobe Acrobat, Bluebeam, and iOS applications to produce field work reports.