Senior Construction QA Inspector - Flexible Hours (Mechanical)

UTMB Health; Texas; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

UTMB Health seeks a skilled construction project QA professional to ensure compliance with contract documents and collaborate with the Construction Manager. The role emphasizes daily field observations, documentation control, and coordination across trades to maintain project quality on large-scale facilities.

Responsibilities include overseeing RFIs, change orders, submittals, and testing, while supporting timely close-out and safety compliance in a healthcare construction environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED and 10 years of related experience in complex construction.
• Technical certification, licensure, or apprenticeship in one or more building trades is required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct daily observation of mechanical construction work for compliance with drawings, specs, RFIs, Change Orders and submittals.
• Attend early morning, evening, or after-hours installations requiring owner representation.
• Maintain on-site mechanical project documentation including inspection and test reports, RFIs and ASIs.
• Review and confirm monthly contractor payment applications and survey progress by trades.
• Coordinate and monitor material testing, air balance testing, and system commissioning.
• Assist the Resident Construction Manager in resolving issues across architectural, civil, structural, plumbing, electrical and mechanical trades.
• Attend Pre-Construction and regular onsite construction meetings and facilitate coordination meetings for key systems.
• Monitor utility outages, noise control, traffic control or security and participate in pre-outage planning.
• Oversee project close-out procedures including O&M manuals, as-builts, punch lists and warranty walks.
• Monitor safety, SWPPP compliance and maintain related files.

Skills

Quality assurance

Field observations

Documentation control

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

UTMB Health seeks a skilled construction project QA professional to ensure compliance with contract documents and collaborate with the Construction Manager. The role emphasizes daily field observations, documentation control, and coordination across trades to maintain project quality on large-scale facilities.

Responsibilities include overseeing RFIs, change orders, submittals, and testing, while supporting timely close-out and safety compliance in a healthcare construction environment.