Precast QC Inspector — Early Shifts, Travel & Certs

Construction Material Testing; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 33,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Per diem

Travel opportunities

Job summary

Construction Material Testing is seeking a Precast Concrete Inspector I to perform plant quality control on precast and prestressed concrete, checking forms and reinforcement, running fresh concrete tests, and inspecting finished pieces for defects before shipment.

The role requires PCI Quality Control Personnel Certification Level I or ACI Concrete Field Testing Grade I with plant experience; reads shop drawings, verifies strand data, and works with an early production schedule.

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

Shop drawings interpretation

Reads tensioning calculations

Precise numerical analysis

Early production schedule

Education

PCI Quality Control Personnel Certification Level I

ACI Concrete Field Testing Grade I

PCI Level II certification (preferred)

Job description

Construction Material Testing is seeking a Precast Concrete Inspector I to perform plant quality control on precast and prestressed concrete, checking forms and reinforcement, running fresh concrete tests, and inspecting finished pieces for defects before shipment.

The role requires PCI Quality Control Personnel Certification Level I or ACI Concrete Field Testing Grade I with plant experience; reads shop drawings, verifies strand data, and works with an early production schedule.