PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT INSPECTOR - 2025

Salary : $45,864.00 - $68,536.00 Annually

Location : Fayetteville, AR

Job Type : Full Time

Job Number : 02755

Department : ENGINEERING (621)

Opening Date : 02 / 20 / 2025

The City of Fayetteville is committed to attracting, engaging and rewarding a multi-generational workforce. By offering a total rewards package including competitive compensation and benefits plans and a purposeful work life, the City is an employer of choice focused on serving our community.

Essential Job Duties

The City of Fayetteville is committed to attracting, engaging and rewarding a multi-generational workforce. By offering a total rewards package including competitive compensation and benefits plans and a purposeful work life, the City is an employer of choice focused on serving our community.

Safety / Security Sensitive Designation :

This is a safety / security sensitive position for purposes of the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment.

• Demonstrate an understanding of and explain and enforce City construction standards, specifications, and requirements.
• Verify construction activities are in compliance with all applicable codes, ordinances, and regulations.
• Attend and provide input during preconstruction meetings, site meetings, and final inspections for assigned projects.
• Conduct all applicable inspections of public and private construction projects, including water, wastewater, storm drains, storm headwalls and junction boxes, storm inlets and catch basins, street grading, concrete and asphalt paving, subgrade and base course preparation, curb and gutter, and sidewalk.
• Perform and interpret testing associated with water mains and appurtenances, sanitary sewer mains, sanitary sewer manholes, sanitary sewer force mains, street subgrade, street base course, and street paving.
• Review material submittals and inspect material received by contractors at project sites to determine compliance with specifications.
• Maintain communication with developers, contractors, and consulting engineers and resolve minor problems.
• Investigate complaints concerning defective construction and installations.
• Identify and document deficiencies and deviations from City standards and specifications; refer serious problems and disagreements in interpretation to supervisor.
• Respond to questions from the general public and other departments regarding construction projects; maintain accurate files and records.
• Investigate and respond to property owners' and stakeholders' concerns and communicate with courtesy.
• Measure and calculate quantities of work for payment.
• Assist engineers and other City staff on City projects to gather accurate field data.
• Compile and maintain detailed project records including daily reports and other documentation as needed.
• Attend a minimum of sixteen hours of City-provided training each year to maintain current knowledge of best practices.

Secondary Job Duties

Minimum Qualifications

The City of Fayetteville is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Full Time, 40 or more hours per week, non uniformed employee. Eligible for all City benefits offered to full time non uniformed employees and all full time City accruals of paid leave. Please click this link for more details on City employee benefits :

www.fayetteville-ar.gov / 654 / Employee-Benefits-Information

This position requires a High school diploma or GED and 4 years of related construction experience. Do you meet these requirements?

To qualify for this position, a candidate must possess a valid Driver's License. Do you meet this requirement?

This job requires the ability to read and interpret construction plans and specifications. Do you have these abilities?

This job requires the ability to obtain NPDES certification as a Stormwater Inspector within six months of employment. Maintenance of certification required. Do you meet these requirements?

This job requires the ability to obtain an ARLTAP ROADS Scholar certification within four years of employment. Will you be able to meet this requirement in the allotted time?

A successful candidate must be able to effectively communicate with others orally and in writing. Can you meet these requirement?

If selected, this candidate has to have the ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, area, circumference, and slope. Can you meet these requirements?

This position requires that the candidate must be proficient in the use of a computer and related inspection software programs and must be able to effectively operate standard office equipment. Can you meet these requirements?

What type of computer inspection related software programs have you worked in or have experience with?

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions; moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; and risk of vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. Would you be able to work in these conditions?

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly required to regularly talk and hear due to safety issues and / or to work around certain equipment; stand and walk between various external locations; regularly use arms, hands, and fingers to handle, and feel; regularly reach with hands and arms; regularly sit, climb and balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl. Regularly lift and / or move up to 75 pounds and occasionally lift and / or move up to 150 pounds. If selected, would you be able to meet these requirements?

Required Question

Salary : $45,864 - $68,536