Precast QC Inspector I - Early Hours, Growth & Certifications

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

Benefits offered by this job

Certification sponsorship

Per diem on travel

Job summary

Construction Material Testing is seeking a Precast Concrete Inspector I to ensure plant quality control for precast and prestressed concrete. You will inspect forms and reinforcement before pours, verify tensioning records, run fresh concrete tests, cast cylinders, and inspect finished pieces for dimensions and defects prior to shipment.

Certification at PCI Level I is required or you may earn it within the initial months; ACI Grade I with plant experience also qualifies you to start.

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 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

Reads shop drawings

Tensioning calculations

Attention to numbers

Education

PCI Quality Control Personnel Certification Level I

ACI Concrete Field Testing Grade I

Job description

Construction Material Testing is seeking a Precast Concrete Inspector I to ensure plant quality control for precast and prestressed concrete. You will inspect forms and reinforcement before pours, verify tensioning records, run fresh concrete tests, cast cylinders, and inspect finished pieces for dimensions and defects prior to shipment.

Certification at PCI Level I is required or you may earn it within the initial months; ACI Grade I with plant experience also qualifies you to start.