Precast QC Inspector – PCI/ACI Certified

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

Job summary

Construction Material Testing seeks a Precast Concrete Inspector I to perform plant quality control on precast and prestressed concrete, inspecting forms, reinforcement, and strand records before pours and ensuring dimensional accuracy.

You will run fresh concrete tests, cast cylinders, verify tensioning records, and inspect finished pieces for defects prior to shipment; PCI/ACI certifications are required or earned within months.

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

Reads shop drawings

Tensioning calculations

Attention to detail

Early shift readiness

Education

PCI Quality Control Personnel Certification Level I

ACI Concrete Field Testing Grade I

Tools

ASTM C31 testing

Slump test

Concrete testing equipment

Job description

Construction Material Testing seeks a Precast Concrete Inspector I to perform plant quality control on precast and prestressed concrete, inspecting forms, reinforcement, and strand records before pours and ensuring dimensional accuracy.

You will run fresh concrete tests, cast cylinders, verify tensioning records, and inspect finished pieces for defects prior to shipment; PCI/ACI certifications are required or earned within months.