Job Description

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What You Will Do:

GFT is seeking an experienced part-time/hourly Construction Inspector to support construction management and inspection assignments involving water and sewer rehabilitation, water storage tanks, cellular antenna installations, and related infrastructure.

At GFT, we're not just engineering the future; we're meticulously building it. Our comprehensive suite of construction and program management services reflects our unwavering commitment to excellence, safety, innovation, and sustainability. Our construction management services are the cornerstone of our commitment to transforming communities and enhancing lives. We oversee every construction phase to help ensure projects are completed on schedule, within budget, and to the highest safety and quality standards.

What you'll be challenged to do:

• The successful candidate will have prior construction or inspection experience involving water and sewer pipelines and rehabilitation, elevated and/or ground water storage tanks, cellular/telecommunications installations, structural steel, coatings, or similar municipal infrastructure. Experience in one or more of these areas is acceptable; experience across multiple areas is preferred.
  
• For water tank assignments, the position requires the physical ability and willingness to climb elevated water tanks and other structures to perform inspections and document construction activities.
  
• Work assignments and weekly hours will vary depending on project needs.
  In this capacity, the successful candidate will be responsible for the following:
  The Construction Inspector may be responsible for the following:
  
• Perform field inspection of construction activities associated with water and sewer rehabilitation, water distribution systems, sanitary sewer systems, elevated and ground water storage tanks, cellular antenna installations, and related infrastructure.
  
• Inspect water main and sewer rehabilitation and replacement, including excavation, trenching, pipe installation, utility crossings, connections, valves, hydrants, manholes, service connections, backfill, compaction, testing, restoration, and related work.
  
• Inspect trenchless and rehabilitation activities that may include cured-in-place pipe (CIPP), sliplining, pipe bursting, lining systems, manhole rehabilitation, grouting, and other rehabilitation methods.
  
• Observe water main pressure testing, leakage testing, flushing, disinfection, and bacteriological sampling activities, as applicable.
  
• Observe sewer testing and acceptance activities, which may include CCTV inspection, leakage testing, mandrel testing, and other contract-required testing.
  
• Verify materials delivered to the site and observe installation for general conformance with approved plans, specifications, submittals, and contract requirements.
  
• Observe excavation, trench protection, dewatering, temporary bypass pumping, maintenance of existing utility service, and site restoration activities.
  
• Document contractor quantities and completed work to support review of progress payments and quantity verification.
  
• Climb elevated water tanks, towers, ladders, platforms, and similar structures as required to observe and inspect construction work.
  
• Inspect installation, modification, repair, or replacement of cellular antennas, mounts, brackets, cable supports, conduits, equipment, and associated structural components.
  
• Inspect water tank rehabilitation activities, which may include surface preparation, abrasive blasting, containment, coating application, structural repairs, welding, appurtenance replacement, and miscellaneous tank improvements.
  
• Monitor contractor activities for general conformance with approved plans, specifications, contract documents, submittals, and applicable requirements.
  
• Prepare clear and accurate daily inspection reports, including contractor manpower, equipment, work activities, quantities, progress, weather conditions, deficiencies, and other pertinent observations.
  
• Take and organize photographs documenting construction progress, existing conditions, deficiencies, concealed work, and completed construction.
  
• Identify potential nonconforming work and promptly communicate observations to the Construction Manager, Project Manager, or Engineer.
  
• Coordinate with contractors, owners, engineers, utility representatives, specialty inspectors, testing agencies, and other project personnel.
  
• Observe construction activities for readily apparent safety concerns and immediately communicate significant concerns in accordance with project procedures.
  
• Participate in project meetings, site visits, punch-list inspections, substantial completion inspections, and final inspections when requested.
  
• Perform other construction inspection and documentation duties as assigned.