Senior Field Inspector - Civil Infrastructure Excellence

HDR, Inc.; Missouri; On-site; USD 62,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR is seeking a Senior Construction Inspector to help deliver safe, high‑quality civil infrastructure projects in the field. You will conduct observations, monitor progress, measure quantities, and verify layouts against drawings and specs.

You will document daily logs, prepare reports on activities and conditions, read and interpret drawings, and identify discrepancies to keep projects on schedule for roads, bridges, water facilities, and pipelines.

Qualifications

• Experience conducting construction observations.
• Ability to monitor progress and measure quantities.
• Proficiency reading and interpreting drawings.
• Strong report writing and daily logging.

Responsibilities

• Conduct and document observations of construction progress.
• Monitor, record, and inspect project progress and output.
• Perform measurements and calculations to determine quantities of work and materials.
• Read and interpret construction drawings, identify discrepancies, and report findings.
• Compose daily activity logs and reports detailing personnel, equipment, weather, and progress.

Skills

Field observations

Progress monitoring

Quantity measurement

Reading drawings

Report writing

Job description

HDR is seeking a Senior Construction Inspector to help deliver safe, high‑quality civil infrastructure projects in the field. You will conduct observations, monitor progress, measure quantities, and verify layouts against drawings and specs.

You will document daily logs, prepare reports on activities and conditions, read and interpret drawings, and identify discrepancies to keep projects on schedule for roads, bridges, water facilities, and pipelines.