What are the responsibilities and job description for the Construction Inspector Trainee position at Precision Systems, Inc.?
About PSI
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 A Trainee with knowledge and experience of construction standards and practices. The ideal candidate will have from 0 to 3 years of experience performing construction inspection within Virginia that may include work for VDOT. The Construction Inspector Trainee will assist inspect construction and all responsibilities will be in a training capacity.
Responsibilities:
- Monitor the work of contractors to ensure quality control and contract compliance for roadway, structure, and bridge construction projects, under the direction of a Construction Manager or their designee
- Inspects excavations, drainage structures, traffic control devices, road surfaces, and structures by comparing work performed to plans and specifications
- Maintains project records including daily inspector reports, workbook and materials records
- Assist in preparing project records and forming reports
- Receives on-the-job and required classroom training to obtain designated highway material certifications
Qualifications:
- Basic knowledge of mathematics including computation of length, area, and volumetric measurements
- Willingness to learn and apply new information and concepts
- Functional computer usage including familiarity with Microsoft office software
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
Construction Inspector A Trainees shall be registered through Department of Labor and Industry (DOLI) in the Highway Construction Inspector apprenticeship program. Interns may be utilized in this role and do not require enrollment in DOLI if they are currently enrolled as a student in an engineering or technical field and will work no more than 6 months in a 12 month period.
Note: The rate for this Working Title/Class is subject to the Maximum Hourly Rate listed in the current Consultant Construction Engineering and Inspection (CEI) Classification Hourly Rate Pay Limitations Memorandum.
** Precision Systems is an organization committed to diversity and inclusion to drive our business results and create a better future every day for our diverse employees, clients, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Persons with Disabilities
Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Generous 401k Match
- Discretionary annual merit-based bonus and annual raise
- Strong medical, vision, and dental insurance
- and more!
Precision Systems, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, sex, ancestry, citizenship status, mental or physical disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, veteran status, or military status.
