Electrical & Instrumentation QC Inspector (Field)

KODIAK Construction Recruiting & Staffing; Odessa (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

KODIAK Construction Recruiting & Staffing seeks an experienced Quality Inspector for industrial electrical and instrumentation projects. You will inspect and verify materials, installations, and test records, ensuring compliance with drawings, NFPA 70, and client standards.

The role requires readiness to work outdoors in West Texas conditions and coordination with construction, engineering, vendors, and commissioning teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industrial electrical and instrumentation construction, testing, commissioning, or quality experience.
• Hyperscale or mission-critical data center experience.
• Knowledge of NFPA 70, grounding and bonding, hazardous locations, electrical testing, instrumentation installation, and calibration practices.
• Ability to interpret one-lines, schematics, loop drawings, wiring diagrams, cable schedules, instrument indexes, and vendor documentation.
• Experience with inspection and test plans, nonconformance control, punch management, calibration records, loop folders, and turnover documentation.

Responsibilities

• Inspect cable tray, conduit, grounding and bonding, supports, cable installation and terminations, panels, switchgear, transformers, motors, instruments, tubing, junction boxes, and control-system interfaces.
• Review one-lines, schematics, wiring and loop drawings, cable schedules, instrument indexes, hook-ups, data sheets, area classifications, and vendor drawings.
• Verify materials for condition, ratings, certifications, hazardous-location suitability, preservation, calibration status, and traceability.
• Confirm installation compliance with approved drawings, NFPA 70 requirements, project specifications, manufacturer instructions, and applicable client standards.
• Witness or review insulation resistance, continuity, grounding, torque, hi-pot, point-to-point, loop-check, calibration, functional-test, and motor-test records as assigned.
• Check cable identification, glands and seals, bend radius, segregation, shielding, grounding, terminations, and enclosure integrity.
• Inspect instrument location, orientation, impulse tubing, supports, manifolds, process connections, accessibility, tagging, and calibration records.
• Prepare inspection reports, surveillance records, punch items, test-document reviews, release records, and turnover evidence.
• Initiate and track nonconformance reports, and verify approved dispositions before closing them.
• Coordinate inspection and test readiness with construction, engineering, vendors, client quality, energization, and commissioning teams.
• Verify test equipment calibration and technician qualifications before accepting test results.
• Support energization-readiness reviews, subsystem walkdowns, dossier assembly, and final turnover.

Skills

Industrial electrical

Instrumentation

Quality experience

Commissioning

Testing

Data center experience

NFPA 70 knowledge

Grounding and bonding

Hazardous locations

Reading drawings & schematics

Job description

KODIAK Construction Recruiting & Staffing seeks an experienced Quality Inspector for industrial electrical and instrumentation projects. You will inspect and verify materials, installations, and test records, ensuring compliance with drawings, NFPA 70, and client standards.

The role requires readiness to work outdoors in West Texas conditions and coordination with construction, engineering, vendors, and commissioning teams.