Construction Inspector

🏢 GHD
📍 HOUSTON, United StatesOn-site
📅 Posted: 2w ago🔄 Updated: 2w ago
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GHD is seeking a Construction Inspector to join their transportation team. The role involves ensuring contractor work meets project quality standards and contract requirements through daily inspections, sampling, and testing. Responsibilities include preparing accurate daily reports, coordinating with contractors, identifying inspection needs, and addressing issues to support timely corrective actions. The Construction Inspector will also contribute to data collection and analysis, adhere to health, safety, and environmental policies, and maintain personal capability building. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in construction inspection, with a focus on transportation infrastructure projects. A valid driver's license, knowledge of construction techniques, materials, contracts, project plans, specifications, and safety standards are required. The ability to interpret construction drawings and remain flexible in a fast-paced environment is also important. OSHA-10 certification may be a requirement for this position.
Required Skills
Engineering, Construction & Trades
Construction ManagementMaterialsSpecificationsSafety ManagementReading DrawingsConstruction Drawings
Other
construction equipmenttransportation projects
Finance, Legal & Governance
Contract Drafting
Business, Sales & Management
Project PlanningSAFeProgress Reporting
Design, Content & Media
Architectural Drafting
Information Technology
Data ExtractionQuality Assurance
Nice to have:
Soft Skills & Professional Competencies
Adaptability
Requirements
Requires a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in construction inspection, with a focus on transportation infrastructure projects. Must possess a valid driver's license and knowledge of construction techniques, processes, materials, equipment, contracts, project plans, specifications, and applicable industry safety standards. Ability to read and interpret engineering, architectural, and construction drawings is essential. OSHA-10 certification may be required.
Description

Bring your curiosity and determination to make a positive impact on the future of transport, and we’ll help you go all the way. 

Join our team of globally connected specialists to help solve complex transport challenges and experience groundbreaking projects from idea to delivery, and beyond.

Who are we looking for?

GHD is seeking a Construction Inspector to join our growing transportation team! As a Contractor Inspector you will help to ensure contractor work meets project quality standards and contract requirements. This role performs daily inspections, sampling, and testing of completed and in-progress work, while coordinating with contractors to identify inspection needs, address issues early, and support timely corrective action.

The Construction Inspector will prepare accurate daily reports documenting field activities, inspections, tests, progress, quantities, weather, deficiencies, non-conforming work, root causes, and corrective actions. Reports are submitted to the supervising Professional Engineer for review and final sign-off, with additional duties assigned as needed to support safe, high-quality project delivery.

Working with an energetic and high performing team, this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in: 

  • Data Collection and Analysis: Produce accurate reports for others by collecting data from a variety of standard sources and inputting it into standard formats.
  • Health, Safety, and Environment: Follow the organization's health, safety, and environment (HSE) policies, procedures, and mandatory instructions to identify and mitigate risks and to safeguard the environment and the well-being of self and others.
  • Insights and Reporting: Extract simple/automatic data in various forms (graphs, charts, etc.) to include in reports.
  • Operational Compliance: Develop knowledge and understanding of the organization's policies and procedures and of relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct to ensure own work adheres to those standards. Obtain authorization from a supervisor or manager for any exceptions from mandatory procedure.
  • Personal Capability Building: Develop and maintain excellent process or technical skills by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching.
  • Quality Review: Check the quality of work undertaken by teams in accordance with well-defined quality standards, identifying appropriate rectification where necessary.
  • Regulatory and Compliance Management: Carry out a wide range of compliance monitoring activities and give basic advice on compliance and regulatory requirements.

What will you bring to the team?

  • Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in construction inspection experience with focus on transportation infrastructure projects
  • Valid driver’s license 
  • OSHA-10 (may be required by job).
  • Additional safety certifications may vary by project/site location standards. 
  • Knowledge of construction techniques, processes, materials and equipment used in transportation projects
  • Knowledge of contracts, project plans and specifications.
  • Knowledge of applicable industry safety standards, guidelines, and specifications.
  • Ability to read and interpret engineering, architectural, and other construction drawings.
  • Ability to remain flexible and efficient in a fast-paced environment.
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