Field Construction Inspector: Career Ladder Path

State-of-Missour; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 67,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is hiring construction inspectors across multiple locations, with entry, intermediate, or senior levels. You will verify contractor work against contracts, specifications, and engineering principles, and maintain project documentation.

Qualifications include an ABET-accredited engineering degree or related field, with nuclear gauge certification potentially required, and completion of required examinations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from an ABET-accredited college or university curriculum.
• ABET accreditation assures confidence that a collegiate program has met standards essential to prepare graduates to enter critical STEM fields in the global workforce.
• Certification to operate nuclear gauges may be required.
• Successful completion of a work simulation examination and a medical-physical examination.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates and performs construction inspections verifying that contractors' activities are in compliance with contracts, specifications, and engineering principles.
• Performs duties of inspector in charge of routine construction items, such as asphaltic or portland cement concrete plants, asphaltic or concrete paving, including grading and base, small bridges, concrete box and pipe culverts; inspects general or special items, such as utility adjustments, signing, traffic signals and lighting.
• Performs measurements, computations, or other work in preparing final plans, change orders, contractor payment estimates, and engineering costs.
• Maintains required construction documentation, records and files; prepares progress and other reports, keeps supervisor fully informed as to activities or unusual conditions on the job.
• Provides field checks for contractor surveying operations; serves as party chief on routine layout and staking; serves as instrument operator on staking of large bridges, other critical structures, or complex interchanges.

Education

ABET-accredited Engineering degree

Engineering, Construction Management, or related field

Job description

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is hiring construction inspectors across multiple locations, with entry, intermediate, or senior levels. You will verify contractor work against contracts, specifications, and engineering principles, and maintain project documentation.

Qualifications include an ABET-accredited engineering degree or related field, with nuclear gauge certification potentially required, and completion of required examinations.