Entry-Level Precast Quality Inspector (PCI/ACI)

Construction Material Testing; Joliet (IL); On-site; USD 33,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Construction Material Testing seeks a Precast Concrete Inspector I to perform plant QC on precast and prestressed concrete, checking forms and reinforcement before pours and verifying strand data. You will run fresh concrete tests, cast cylinders, and inspect finished pieces for dimensions and defects before shipping.

The role requires PCI Level I or ACI Grade I certification with plant experience, and involves travel between sites.

Qualifications

• PCI Quality Control Personnel Certification Level I, or ACI Concrete Field Testing Grade I with 1+ years in a precast or prestressed plant.
• Reads shop drawings and tensioning calculations.
• Comfortable with plant hours and an early production schedule.
• Consistent, careful, and honest with the numbers.

Responsibilities

• Inspect forms, reinforcement, embeds, and blockouts against the shop drawings before each pour.
• Verify strand tensioning elongation and force records against the calculated values.
• Run fresh concrete tests (slump, air, temperature, unit weight) and cast cylinders per ASTM C31.
• Perform stripping and release strength breaks and record them against the required values.
• Inspect finished products for dimensions, camber, finish, and defects and tag them for shipment or repair.

Skills

PCI Level I certification

ACI Grade I certification

Shop drawings reading

Tensioning calculations

Plant hours readiness

Attention to numbers

Education

PCI Quality Control Personnel Certification Level I

ACI Concrete Field Testing Grade I

Job description

Construction Material Testing seeks a Precast Concrete Inspector I to perform plant QC on precast and prestressed concrete, checking forms and reinforcement before pours and verifying strand data. You will run fresh concrete tests, cast cylinders, and inspect finished pieces for dimensions and defects before shipping.

The role requires PCI Level I or ACI Grade I certification with plant experience, and involves travel between sites.